Whether you’re looking for creative things to do in your spare time, or you’re serious about building or your skills to get you into a creative career, Trashed is the place to start
The ‘creative industries’ covers any kind of creative jobs, including media, advertising, architecture, crafts, design, fashion, film and video, music, performing arts, publishing, TV, radio and computer game design.
On the Trashed website you’ll find career profiles, helpful hints and tips and expert advice from real professionals who are working in the creative industries.
Always check back to the homepage to see the latest competitions and unique opportunities to work with creative professionals. Or you can simply follow Trashed on Facebook.
And remember: the features on the Trashed website are produced by teenagers, so send us your creative work and we can give you feedback and get it published.
It might help to start with what you’re interested in right now…
Writing
Whether you want to be a novelist, reviewer, interviewer or investigative journalist, there have never been more opportunities for getting your work out there.
Don’t ask for permission – start now! Your writing will improve the more you do it, and when you come to do college, uni or job applications you could have a portfolio of written work ready to show.
If you’re into live music, you could check out our guide to writing previews of events that haven’t happened yet. Or if you’d like to write about events you’ve seen, heard or been too – whether they’re plays, gigs, albums or TV shows – then you’ll find the inside track on writing reviews here.
For expert advice on how to research and investigate issues to write about, the info here can help – whether it’s for your own projects, or school or college.
If you send us pieces of writing here you’ll get feedback from professionals, and we can publish them on this website.
Or you could start your own blog – it’s easy and free! There are tips on the basics of writing a blog here, and a step-by-step guide to the technical side of setting one up here.
Design
Graphic design is a wide-ranging subject that covers everything from marketing and advertising to magazine layout and visual art. On this site you’ll find info on designing promo posters, creating professional magazine covers and making your own fanzines.
If you send us any visual work here you’ll get feedback from professional designers, and we’ll showcase your work on this website.
Photography
You don’t need expensive kit to take a good picture – and it’s actually better if you practice before investing in a posh camera. It’s possible to take brilliant shots using even the camera on your phone.
One type of photography that’s booming is ‘street style’ snaps – you’ll find examples of brilliant blogs to follow and tips on taking your own shots here.
And you can read about how professional photography Boaz Sachs got into the industry here
Music and events
Making it in the music and events industries is tough – but don’t ever believe that it’s impossible. If you really want to succeed you’ll have to know the industry inside out, and that means more than being able to MC, play an instrument or sing.
On this website you’ll find plenty of Career Profiles of people working in the industry, including Paul Kennedy (PR Director), Andrew Spiro (entrepreneur), Nikhil Shah (DJ) and Chris Gold (club promoter).
Digital and websites
Digital development is one of the biggest growth industries in the UK. If you’ve got a great idea for an app, game or website, now is the time to start honing your skills.
We’ve got an introduction to web design here, and we’ll be adding more to the site soon.
And more…
We’ve got even more coming to the Trashed site, including info on the fashion, crafts and computer games design industries.
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