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Diveakssh from India
Alumnus, Queensland Academies for Creative Industries

Narration (Diveakssh):

My name is Diveakssh and I’m from Bangalore, India. About five years ago I decided to move to Brisbane, Australia, and started studying at the Queensland Academy for Creative Industries in Kelvin Grove, Brisbane.

I studied a full IB (International Baccalaureate) Diploma specialising in film and theatre.

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Queensland Academies Creative Industries Campus: our aim is to be a world class learning environment of choice for the aspiring creative generation.

Narration (Diveakssh): 

However, the IB is a very holistic course and therefore you do English, Maths and another language. It allowed me to try a bit of directing, music, scriptwriting, lighting design and finally, sound design; and I thought ‘OK’ this is what I’m interested in.

So, it was a very eye opening experience, also because they allowed me to do courses at university while I was still in high school; and there are a lot of similar programs where your university study can be integrated into your high school study.

The facilities we had at the Queensland Academy are superior to the ones I even have at university level in some aspects, such as the music studio, the film equipment.

I’m on the road to graduate very soon in November and I’ve lined up a job. I’m transitioning into a role at Uber, the ride share service, and I’ll be working as a Marketing Operations Coordinator for Queensland and I’m very, very excited.

I have to say that one of the reasons that made me employable at Uber is the fact that I have skills in audio and visual so the fact that I studied film at QACI, and theatre, allowed me to get these ‘audio visual and technical meets creative’ skills, and I freelance as a sound designer under the name Shae. I’ve started to get paid projects, I’ve made sounds for apps, I’ve made sounds for various films, theatre, both in India and in Australia, and I’m just finding that the skills that I learned from QACI are very, very transferable and applicable. 

So if you’re thinking of moving and joining the Queensland Academies I would really, really recommend it.

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