Produced By - Insight #SPECIAL - Shakeelah Archibald: Helping Others by Sharing Experience Through Public Speaking and Coaching

Episode Date: November 17, 2023

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.     Boost your creative career by joining our new Skillshare course at https://skl.sh/3Rh7ZtY and don’t forget to let us know how you liked it! Connect with Shakeelah: ⁠linkedin.com/in/shakeelah-archibald⁠ ⁠https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9754064/⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanstobbs/⁠   Episode quotes: “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.”   Connect with the podcaster: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tomasloucky.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/TomasLoucky⁠     Follow the podcast: 🌐 Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://produced-by-podcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗 Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/produced_by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   💬 Contact: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://produced-by-podcast.com/contact⁠⁠⁠ 📷 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/produced_by_podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  🎥 YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5LHnM6YCaeVzIr0WatOsw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  🎵 TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@producedbypodcast⁠  👾 Discord: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8j3zNzwqJg⁠ ⁠ ✉️ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠https://lnkd.in/e5Y8Wscx⁠  Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/produced-by/id1684669642⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📨 Newsletter: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7092551882589528065 ⁠   If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it on ⁠Patreon⁠. ❤️ 🤩 If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please, leave a review on your podcast app, subscribe or share it with your friends. You can also send us a message and share any feedback, advice and tips for guests. 📭 Subscribe at ⁠⁠⁠https://produced-by-podcast.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠ so that you don't miss out!    #producedbypodcast #producedby #enterthespotlight     Enjoy! Connect with Tomas:X: https://x.com/TomasLoucky⁠⁠⁠Stan: https://stan.store/TommenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/⁠⁠Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/⁠⁠Unproduced:Newsletter: https://unproduced.substack.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unproducednotesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Ddo8ibDlLYoaP7FFLIWMore:Links: https://linktr.ee/produced_by⁠⁠⁠Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://producednewsletter.substack.com/⁠The Podcast Club: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/25420030/Tools & gear that support the show:Metricool: https://f.mtr.cool/HRJBZKRiverside: https://riverside.sjv.io/vDnDodFavikon: https://www.favikon.com?fpr=tommenRa Optics: https://ra-optics.myshopify.com/discount/TOMMEN?rfsn=8803777.591d19JamX: https://jamx.ai/podcasters-offer?ref_id=e02d48af-ef66-4e76-b804-c2e8d282a8bfSome links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. If you find them useful, using these links helps keep the podcast running. Thank you!  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I see on panel. I talk about the first job I got within the art and props department. I share about... On a YouTube or somewhere? No, so like in person. So when I got my first job for film London, I made some great connections and I expressed for them that I want to speak on panel.

And they actually offered me a speaker role. this was like a year and a half ago and they keep inviting back and then I think the word got out to other organisations like BFI, green skills and yeah so whenever they have course that they're running if the art department's being covered they will send me an email and they'll say

hey Shakila we've got this are you available do you want to speak I think you know you've got great experience your alumni with us and then I'll have a look at the dates and I'll kind of gauge what the audience like. I'll see if it's something I want to do. Not a lot of the time I say yes, but I'm really passionate about what I do and I'm giving back essentially. Great that I'm able to give back of the organisation that literally helped me. One of the organics really helped me get to where I am now. So positive influence in others by sharing your story or giving them advice.

It's only great. And just out of curiosity, weren't you afraid before to speak in front of people about your experience? You know, because people are often afraid or was speaking in front of large audiences. I always had the fear of public speaking. That's why I wanted to do it. It was kind of like one of the things I wanted to tick off my life, be in front of a crowd. And I think I'm getting better at it.

And that fear is slowly going away, but it's still there. Do you still get stressed when it comes to you? They still get a bit nervous. Oh, yeah. I still do get nervous. And I think a lot of it is making sure I say the right thing. A lot of the time I've been in panel talk or discussion, I think, well, I wish I said no, you know.

I wish I said more of a lot of the time You know limited on time And is it online or in person or both In person on Zoom For certain person Just because you can kind of gauge the audience And kind of have a feel of the ages as well I think when it's online

There's a little bit of disconnect But when it's in person I currently enjoy it So it would be some advice when it comes to speaking in front of people or even large audiences. You mean when I speak? Yeah. I'm good with small groups of people. So if it's under 30 people, I'm fine.

But if it's more than 30 people, the anxiety, as we like to call it, increases. So now I've started writing notes, like on pieces of a paper, the things I might forget to say or to get me back when trying. usually I hold something in my hand as well to distract myself yeah I think those are my coping the mechanisms at the minute and is there some funny or even awkward or some kind of moment from your speeches that would be funny to share maybe you forgot words or you said something wrong oh I don't know actually or maybe all of them were I think earlier on I was always just scared. I remember one time they handed me a mic. I hate. Okay, that's one thing.

I'm being on stage and talking into a mic. That for me, I don't enjoy that. I just don't remember I got giving the mic and I think they were recording it. I was just like, oh no, this is double whammy. So I've got a large audience. I've got a mic and recording me. And I've got to be smiley and I've got to remember what I've got to say. So yeah, there's a few times. That's the worst to watch it afterwards. Yeah, because you think, oh God, like, but now I'm, I don't know, if I make mistakes, I kind of laugh it off.

Yeah, start again, let's start again. Yeah, everyone makes mistakes. And have you got maybe favorite speaker, or someone who inspires you or someone from whom you learned? Favorite speaker? Actually, motivational. be called Mel Robin This lady with

glasses and blood hair? Yeah I think I read some books from her Yeah I think she's one of the many people who I Went to for advice On this confident thing and speaking And he's one of the past people that come to my mind

When I think about her I've seen a podcast with her as well Yeah I was just trying to think about that book it was something like five seconds something or I cannot remember now. The five second rule. Nothing. Yes, that's the one.

Yeah, I think that's the one. And I can't remember his name. There's another guy. He started off doing wine, I mean a wine company, and he still does. Yeah, is it, Gary, I mean a talk. That's it. Gary, Renato. This gentleman here let me in the face of his words.

Thank you.