What is Film And TV Studies

Mass Communication has two major divisions one is Print Media and other is Electronic Media. Print media deals with visual impression on paper, which is widely circulated, spreading messages to every corner of the world. But this is a medium for literate people only, and you really enjoy when you are educated enough to understand.

Electronic media consists of radio and television. The psychology of making Production for Film and TV is the same. Basically we play with four important elements of Cinema, i.e. (i) Visuals (ii) Dialogues (iii) Music and (iv) Special effects. Together it creates the impact on viewers. What we get on Television is nothing but series of lifeless photographs, moving in front of our eyes, and sound that we recieve from speakers. But ignoring all these technical aspects we get emotionally involved in the programme. This medium is very powerful and today the world is addicted to this. We just can’t survive without Television. Like Roti, Kapada and Makan, TV also has become the most essential part of our life. Electronic media is more complicated (Technical) as compared to print media. The tools used by a reporter of print media are pen, paper, or maximum a Dicta phone. But in case of a TV reporter, the tools are Cameras, Recorders, lights, microphones, Video Tapes and so many other things. One really cannot become true broadcast journalist unless he is fully familiar with his tools. That is the reason why this field has become highly technical. Now look at the today’s Broadcast Journalist (BBC Pattern), he (or she) moves around the location with his small digital video camera, after careful observation he prepares the story, he captures most of the sensitive areas and parts of the events as per the story, prepares the report, stands himself in front of the camera and reports or replies to the news room, (Cameras are often hooked up to the newsroom via microwave link, satellite or mobile phone internet sim card), he further uses his lap top video editor to edit his story to required duration, adds the narration, music, and after completing the whole story sends it back to TV Station via VSAT link. So today’s broadcast journalist is more like a technical person. He is a journalist having knowledge of camera, lights, Microphones, editing, computer and every skill required for TV production. TV Journalist is just like film director but works on news based productions and carries great knowledge of politics and current affairs.

The content of these courses is not similar to the syllabus of any diploma in Mass Communication, but it resembles with the courses offered by Film and Television Institutes in India and abroad.