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Adobe MAX (How to be successful in the media industry)

 

Hello and welcome to my blog about adobe max. I attended a good few sessions which included (interview with Zendaya, Adobe max keynote, how to make engaging social media videos by Amber Torrealba, taking next step in creative career and photoshop for visual designers). Today I will be going into depth on my favourite two and telling you all what you need to be doing to have a successful career in the media industry.

Off the bat I was amazed at how good the quality of the adobe max talks actually were and I was very surprised that were all free . usually something of this high quality costs a lot to view. The video quality, audio and the whole setup of every session was immaculate. Adobe put some serious work into this and I am so grateful as I actually learned so much from it. I was going into this conference trying to gain more video skills and I definitely did.

                                                                        Amber Torreabala



                                                               Ambers Instagram

Amber,s session was really engaging. She is a champion skim-boarder and filmmaker. The first thing I learned was all about adobe premiere rush a great mobile app for editing videos. The main thing Amber tried to get across was how your content should flow seamlessly. Amber herself loved to use lots of transitions and her videos flowed so well that they were really easy to watch.  If you look at content that is watched online it is either one of two. Either it is really funny or has great editing and good transitions. boring videos of just talking nowadays do nothing to spark interest. If I am trying to incorporate that into my world, for instance I post workout videos online and some are just clips and while they can be kind of helpful , If I want to up my game I need to be doing good transitions , edits and flow each clip seamlessly the next one. overall if I was trying to get you to take something away from this it would be to don't just post basic things, do cool edits and always think if what you are about to post is engaging or not. If you do that then you are in a great place to have a successful media career.

                                                                            Zenadaya 



  Now I will talk about the luminary conference I attended. I attended an interview with Zendaya a huge actress who has starred in movies such as Spiderman and many more. This interview was amazing and I tried to always bring it back to me and say how I could become successful in the media industry. throughout the interview Zendaya was asked about what sparks her creativity and how you succeed in this industry. Her answer shocked me at first but I gradually grew to understand it more as the interview went on.  Her whole point during the interview was that you constantly need to be learning new skills and diversifying your skills. Zendaya said she had learned piano over lockdown. This got me thinking a lot. I want to be a filmmaker/editor after college and while I need my skills in that area to be amazing , I also need to not forget the other aspects of media as being diverse is key to thriving in this industry.

Overall if I was leave this blog off on a sweet note I would say be diverse , always challenge yourself to learn new skills and put the effort into everything you post , don't just post crap for the sake of it.


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