Jobs aplenty in electronic media

Being a cusp of technical, non-technical elements, one needs to be a ‘jack of all’ in electronic media

Lights, cameras …rolling! With a spate of new television channels coming up, career opportunities relating to the media are on the rise.

As a result, industry experts have cited a shortage in manpower and a lot of media institutes have started banking on the sudden demand.

Being a cusp of both technical and non-technical elements, the electronic media needs one to be a ‘jack of all trades’, a.k.a. multitasking.

Options

Before taking up a career in the electronic industry, one has the comfort of choosing a career from a plethora of options that are available today.

Right from anchoring shows to being a radio jockey, the opportunities are abundant and all one needs is a knack for it.

“There is need for a number of people in the electronic media. More importantly, the need for technically sound people is more. One has to have common and aesthetic sense for making a film, or even a news story,” says president of Telugu Film Producer’s Council, Tammareddy Bharadwaja.

Technical courses

However, the demand is more on the technical side as it is only during the past few years that media institutes have started technical courses such as camera handling techniques, editing and the latest being graphics.

“The industry demands people with sound technical skills and every person entering the industry should be well-trained,” he adds.

Media schools in the twin cities such as Film Acting Coaching Institute (FACI) and Channel 4 train people interested in working in the media.

Those enrolling get to choose from several facets of the trade.

For instance, FACI trains its students in various aspects of film making such as acting, dubbing and writing screenplays, to name a few.

The four-month course is taught in Sarathi Studios under the tutelage of film director M. Balu.

Fee structure

Channel 4 offers courses in presenting, reporting and editing news in addition to handling cameras, video editing and compiling graphics. The courses offered by Channel 4 are of two month duration each with fee ranging from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000 for different streams. “At present there is a demand and people who have good aesthetic sense are well-suited for the industry,” says B. Samson, technical faculty from Channel 4.

Well-trained

“Moreover, new channels that are being launched are seeing to it that those recruited are trained in all aspects of production so that they can handle different aspects if the need arises,” says M.E. Azad, general secretary of Andhra Pradesh Movie Dubbing Artistes Union.

Details

For more information regarding the courses call FACI at 98480 83139 and Channel 4 at 3256 8444, 93928 89898.