#SPECIAL - Shakeelah Archibald: University Dropout Successfully Progressing in The Film Industry

Shakeelah Archibald is a ScreenSkills film art trainee with experience working in the TV and film industry. With her firm interest in the art, props, set dec and SFX department, she came from the amazing grassroots filmmakers Fully Focused Productions, shortly after that she joined Film London and did some preliminary vocational training on Set Ready. She is also a BAFTA bursary recipient and a member of their New Talent alumni. After completing her apprenticeship in the props department on Eastenders, she was recruited by a training inclusion manager to join Culprits, a Disney+ 8-part TV series, as an art department trainee. Soon after, Shakeelah was accepted into the ScreenSkills Trainee Finder scheme for 2022–2023 where she worked successfully on four major HETV and feature film productions. In her second year at the university, she made a big decision and decided to drop out. Since then she’s been successfully progressing in the film industry and honing new skills. Listen to this episode to hear Shakeela's honest confession about dropping out from the university, learn more about working in props, special effects and the art department and be motivated by her inspiring story and the importance of giving back. 

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• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9754064/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanstobbs/

Topics:

• Introduction
• Getting into the industry
• Dropping out of the university
• Advice
• Progressing in the industry
• Skills diversification
• Working in the props department
• Working in special effects (FX)
• Credits
• Set experience
• Influential films 
• Public speaking and coaching
• Final message
• Follow Shakeelah

Quotes:

“I was thinking what if this opportunity doesn't come up? I remember at the time my mom was really angry with me. She was like, you might as well finish. You've got one more year. And I kind of just said that I'm going to take a gamble on myself and I chose this job over education.”

“This is probably the hardest thing, which is easier saying it than doing it, is believing in yourself and listening to your own voice before others. A lot of the time we know the answers to our own questions. What do I need to do in my life? I feel stuck. Write these thoughts down.”

“The only person that knew that I was dropping out was my mom at the time. So none of my friends knew. So I didn't show up in September and I had a lot of messages and people were like where are you? Is everything okay? And I just said, I'm not joining you guys. Good luck.”

“You need to have this balance. Let's try our best to get this for the director. But you've also got to understand we're not saving lives. So I've had to understand this over the years. I've got to come to understand that actually we do make mistakes and it's okay.”

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