My Guru

As a third year, we get put into small groups and are given a guru for the year who give us advice and feedback on our portfolio's along the way. I didn't get the chance to meet my guru the evening she came to university, but I did get in contact with her via email.
My guru, Sam, is a recent graduate who works for a TV Company as an art department assistant. This job roll involves finding props suitable for the scenes they are filming, or if she can't get or find the prop she's after, she make's a mock prop of it, and it could be anything. When she does get a brief to make a prop, she will only have a limited amount of time to do it in, so there is a lot of pressure but she enjoys it because it's what she loves doing....making things! I had never even considered this as a job option but it has got me thinking that it is something I would love to do in the future.


Luckily for me and the peers who I am grouped with, (who also have a love for making) Sam was able to get us in touch with a company called- film dust, which is a prop house I'm currently working with at the moment. This is great for me to be involved in because I am now amongst people who have experience in the industry. The manager at film dust, use to work on film sets as a prop maker for 16 years, but with having to run the place and deal with customers, he doesn't get a chance to make as much anymore, but he said if an opportunity does come along to make a prop, he would happily give the project to me and my peers. This would be a great experience and a wonderful addition to my portfolio if something did come along.