Audio Visual Media Course

A course in Audio Visual Media includes among others, film making, journalism, brand
promotion, media promotion and planning, media studies and even photography. If you
have a burning zeal to showcase your creative prowess along with your communication
skills through a lens based media, then Audio Visual Media Course is your domain.
Qualifications
For pursuing an undergraduate course in Audio Visual Media studies you need to pass the
Higher Secondary Examinations (10+2) in any discipline. However, for the post graduate
course you need to have a graduation in either Audio Visual Media studies or other
related fields of study.
Benefits
By pursuing a course in Audio Visual Media studies one can gain a high degree of
competency in filmmaking, screenplay writing, editing, journalism, documentary film
making and many other interesting and potentially challenging fields of study. The era of
globalization and consumerism is creating a huge demand for professionals in the audio
visual media. Therefore, the course prepares an individual on both the theoretical and
practical aspects of this field of study and enables him to make a career out of it.
Courses offered
In India the following seats of learning offer courses on audio visual media studies:
DR.B.S.Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad - 431 004
Film and Television Institute of India, Law College Road, Pune - 411 004
Indian Institute of Mass Communication, PPB No.21, Dhenkanal - 759 001
Indian Institute of Mass Communications, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU, New
Campus, New Delhi - 110 067
Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Milla Islamia, New Delhi
MS University, Vadodara - 390 002, Gujarat
National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad-7
National School of Drama, Bahawalpur House, Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi 110 001
Rabindra Bharati University, 6/4, Dwarakanath Tagore Lane, Calcutta - 700 077
Rupam National Institute of Electronic Communication, Kunda, Amber, Jaipur 303 101
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, E.M.Bye Pass Road, Calcutta - 700
094
St.Xaviers Institute of Communication, Mumbai - 1
Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication (SIMC), Senapati Bapat Road, Pune
- 411 004
University of Mysore, Mysore - 570 005
University of Rajasthan, Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur - 302 004

Scopes in India
After acquiring a degree or a diploma in audio visual media studies an individual can join
the bandwagon of main stream filmmakers, documentary film makers, television film
makers, screenplay writers and other creative fields of activity concerning the media. A
professional in this field can also become a part of the crew of a television channel,
media house, production company, advertisement agency, animation studio and learn the
nuances of this industry. Modern day India boasts of prestigious film production
companies, news channels advertisement firms and animation studios. The Hindi film
industry in Mumbai popularly known as Bollywood, provides plenty of job opportunities
for deserving aspirants. A lot of tenacity and diligence is required to come out with flying
colors in the field of audio visual media studies.
Scopes abroad
Media in the USA and other European countries are much more advanced than their
Indian or Asian counterparts. Therefore, job opportunities for media personnel in these
countries are always a distinct possibility. However, it is rather difficult for media
personnel or a film maker or script writer to immediately make a mark since he needs to
get acquainted with the culture, language and lifestyle of the people of these countries.
Some of the U.K. channels like BBC and Sky TV provide ample job opportunities to
Asians. Hollywood production companies like MGM, Sony Pictures and others offer
trained individuals the scope of joining as a media planner, assistant director, production
designer, editor and screenplay writer. Individuals having aptitude in multimedia can join
companies like Toons Network and others which offer job opportunities as animators.
You can also work as a freelance filmmaker, journalist, ad filmmaker, editor, or
screenplay writer in some of the leading companies in the entertainment industry.