Are you a budding young film buff looking to gain some experience in the online film review sector?
If the answer is yes, and you love watching films and writing quality reviews or synopses about them then you have come to the right place.
WhichFilm.com are always happy to accept students on an unpaid work experience basis who are aged 14+ and it provides you with the following advantages.
1) Totally flexible working hours. You complete and submit the reviews according to your time schedule. This might mean after school, between lectures, during half term or your summer holidays. It’s completely up to you! For the benefit of experience we can set you some challenging deadlines should you wish to find out if you can take the pressure of deadline writing!
2) You get to choose! You might prefer to write reviews or consider a synopsis for a few of your favourite films. You might even wish to mix it up a bit and do a bit of both. It’s entirely up to you!
3) Make a name for yourself with your unique author name displayed on all of your reviews/synopses with the best reviews promoted.
4) After a minimum of 30 reviews/synopses, gain yourself a neat, letter headed reference* from WhichFilm.com to show off to potential future employers.
5) Have your very own Author page detailing your profile for potential headhunters and media publishers looking to recruit the next big talent. Due to technical issues this is currently unavailable.
If you believe the above is for you then please contact us and include the word “Experience” in the subject line, telling us a little about yourself, why you love film and between which dates you believe you’ll be able to add reviews. Once we receive your introduction it should take no more than 48 hours for us to reply and give you the basic instructions to get started!
*References can be provided either in print or pdf format. Please let us know at the end of your experience which you prefer.
Please note references will not be provided to those where it is known that plagiarism has taken place.
Things To Consider
1) It’s unpaid so you may wish to consider whether it is right for you financially, especially if you are after some extra pocket money!
2) Exams are more important than work experience. If you are currently studying for exams, feel there is too much pressure, have a lack of time or are falling behind on your studies then WhichFilm.com is best left alone for the moment!
3) Speak to your parents. Have a chat with them, show them the website and let them know you are considering it. We’re happy to chat with parents should they have any questions, either on the phone or e-mail.
4) Go work experience shopping! If you’re definitely interested in work experience then do look around. Work from home experience is not everyone’s cup of tea, be it for yourself or potential employers. You might wish to wander into a cafe somewhere to write your reviews, if you have a dongle then sitting outside in the summer sunshine might work for you. If you know others into film, get together to chat about it. Working from home can be tiresome but you don’t actually have to be at home!
5) Take a break! Sitting in front of your laptop for hours on end is no good and you might find that bursts of fifteen minutes will work best for you. Make a cup of tea, take a walk or help mum in the kitchen to give your brain and eyes a rest!
6) Deadlines! No need to worry too much about these. We are not going to ask you write 10 reviews in the next hour! These will be based on daily or weekly deadlines much like school.
7) Privacy matters to everyone! Whilst we might have your e-mail, we will only use it to contact you and we certainly won’t sell it. Some of you may wish to use a different author name or pen name for your synopses or reviews and that’s perfectly fine with us, just know that names like William Shakespeare won’t be accepted 🙂
8) Those wishing to contact us can use the Contact Us page, on e-mail at experience [@] whichfilm.com
We look forward to hearing from you.