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TV Production Courses

The glitter and glamour of media is something which dazzles all of us sometime or the other and many young people dream of joining the media to make a long term serious career out of it. Indeed, media plays a powerful role in our lives and with plenty of channels today opportunities of building up a career in this enigmatic world of light and sound are galore.

Television production is a very interesting and challenging facet of serial, or film development for television viewers. With the recent boom in mega serials, and inception of plethora of private channels like SONY, ZEE TV, ETV, STAR PLUS, etc a previously unexplored horizon has opened up for the aspirants in this filed.

In layman terms television production is actually the entire gamut of activities starting right from concept generation of a serial, film or video for television viewers, to the entire management implementation ensuring the smooth and timely delivery of the end product. The end product here would be the work which is being telecast.

It is divided into pre production and post production and both involve meticulous planning and preparation. To summarize it’s an interesting career with very good growth opportunity and a lot of jobs available in different segments. After completing graduation in any discipline one is considered eligible for taking up television production courses. The course mainly focuses on developing the skill sets of a student in various aspects of television production. This course itself adds a lot of value to the professional portfolio of a “would be” television producer and familiarizes the student with the production process, use of cameras and film, video digital editing, light design and media planning.

Talent recognition skill is also imparted by the institutes since as a professional producer he or she would need to tap correct human resource to build up some really good entertainment. On completion a student can initially work as a personal assistant to a television producer and get adequate professional exposure and learning.

A good eye for detail is imperative for this job and right from the time of arrival of actors to availability of props and costumes every thing needs to be monitored closely while on shooting set. A television producer also needs to delve deeply in shooting, editing and budget planning. There are very good scopes of working in our country as a professional in this field. Apart from the innumerable private channels, Doordarshan creates a wide range of programs based on literacy, culture and education.

As far as private channels are concerned, Balaji Television house is currently the giant player in limelight which concocts magic with light and sound. For skilled professional getting jobs abroad is also possible and host of channels like BBC, CNN, and National Geographic needs editors, sound technicians, production designers and theatre advisors for their channels. Some of the institutes in India that conduct these courses are:

• Film & Television Institute of India, Pune
• Symbiosis institute of Mass Communication, Pune
• Satyajit Ray film & television Institute, Kolkata
• Jadavpur University, Kolkata
• Chitrabani St Xavier college, Kolkata
• Bihar Institute of film & Television
• Xavier Institute of communication, Mumbai
• Mass communication research centre, New Delhi
• University of Mysore.