In Focus: Humanities. (Mass Comm/Film)

IN FOCUS: HUMANITIES AND EMERGING CAREERS
Mass Communication & Film
What careers does the field of Mass Communication involve?
The fields of mass communication involve the basis of conveyance of messages and multiple interactions to widespread channels such as Television, Radio, Newspaper, Cinema and now social media etc. So in a web of these different channels who most often intertwine with their own mediums there is mass employment in multiple different sectors. A film cinematographer and a TV news reporter work in the same sector of Mass Communication. So to name a few careers in the field of Mass Communication:-
  • Publishing
  • Editor
  • Radio Jockey
  • Video Jockey
  • Anchor
  • TV producer
  • Journalist in print/broadcast/other mediums
  • Camera Technician
  • News moderator
What are some more broad options when you wanna work in the field of ‘film’
Working in the field of film is a highly broad umbrella because working with celluloid is anything but a unidirectional job. In the field of films you don’t just make films for features and the conventional film industry but also for companies such as Vox media or BBC basically transcending to more refined mediums. In a layman’s terminology the stuff may involve an actor and a camera but in reality things are very different. Many things compille in making one final audio-visual piece, professionally. Here are a few job prospects in the field of ‘film’
  • Cinematographer
  • Sound Designer
  • Mixer
  • Film Editor
  • Colour Grading expert
  • Sound Operator
  • Set Production Assistant
  • Art Director
  • Costume designer
  • Director
  • Writer
  • Assistant Director

How does one enter the field of Mass Communication and Film.
The field of Mass Communication generally requires most technical expertise than academic knowledge although it is always, always beneficial to have academic excellence. Many colleges offer the field of Mass Communications at an undergraduate level as well, but they are not certainly more than the colleges providing the expertise at postgraduate level. 
STEP-I
The first step is to either take an academic degree in any discipline ranging from Sociology to Science, the choice is completely independent and then moving to a postgraduate diploma/specialisation course for journalism. The colleges that provide journalism/mass communication colleges in India that offer an undergraduate degree in journalism are as follows :-
  • Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune
  • Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi
  • Christ University, Bangalore
  • Amity School of Communications, Noida
  • Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, New Delhi
  • St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
  • I.P College for Women, New Delhi
  • Maharaja Agrasen College, New Delhi


STEP-II
Now that you have finally graduated with a legitimate degree from a recognised university, you are finally prepared to move towards a postgraduate degree/diploma/specialisation course for mass communication that will land you straight into the mass comm/film industry. Here are the more prestigious colleges for PG degrees in the fields :-
  • Indian Institute of Mass Communications, New Delhi
  • Times School of Journalism, New Delhi
  • Xavier’s Institute of Communications, Mumbai
  • AJK Institute of Mass Communication, JMI, New Delhi
  • Christ University, Bangalore
  • Smt. Manorama Devi Somaiya College, Mumbai
  • Indian Institute of Journalism and new media, Bangalore
  • Manorama School of Communication, Kerala


How much money can I make in the field of film/mass communications
Here are some links that will help you get an insight into how journalists in India are paid:-


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