PPD2 company research

As part of our PPD2 brief we have to contact potential employers ans establish a list of companies we would like to work for with details of the managing directors or who we need to speak to.

As I am very seriously considering moving to Buxton I decided to start there, I have found 2 studios there who deliver visual solutions for other companies.

The first are called: NCH audio visuals, they were formed in 200 and have 20years experience in the industry, they are a family run business. The guy I need to speak to is called Nick Hollis and I have information about his previous work in the U.S and his contact details.

They specialize in tourist videos, training films, events, promotional films and weddings etc.

I plan to contact them this week to arrange an interview or meeting if possible to show them a show-reel of my work, (something I haven't done yet, maybe a DVD of what I have done so far would be better as I will be doing a show-reel at the end of the year anyway which will have all my work from Digital media and access on it)

The second company are a division within the health and safety executive within the government and they are based in Buxton, this is the main site and is 550 acres in size, they also have smaller field offices spread throughout the UK.

I recently found about about the HSA and HSL on my hairdressing course, so it's funny that a few weeks later I find that I will be speaking to them directly about future career possibilities!

I will be contacting the visual presentation section who work on videos and photo's of accident sites, they also research accidents and create 3D mock up's of potential accidents for educational videos. (I wish I had paid more attention in Maya now!) they have a FAST editing suite and use silver? I will have to find out what that is exactly because I haven't used it before, oh and they also make PDF's, something we have not done, but I am interested in writing and scripting so I may be able to utilize these skills in that or other areas.

They have a roland RD7 MP3 recorder and a microdrome, these sound interesting so I will look into what they are and what they do a bit further, and they use adobe premier pro- again something I have not used but I will ask about at uni/college.

I have already spoken to a relative that works there, so my next step is to contact the head of VPS who are expecting my call and arrange a date and time to go and see them.

I am nervous and excited at the same time! I just need to pick up the phone tomorrow and sort something out, I rang today but missed him so I'll try again tomorrow.

Best geta dvd made too so they can have a copy of everything I have done!