ADVERTISING :

Advertising professionals are increasingly turning to the power of multimedia and the world wide web, to make their commercials and advertising campaigns more potent, eye-catching and internationally acceptable. If you have some degree of artistic talent, whether it is in using paintbrush and canvas, pen and ink, or simple sketching and doodling, you can find vast opportunities in suing multimedia. Artist and visualisers can use multimedia to produce artwork needed for multimedia titles. Some create backgrounds for multimedia movies and other visually oriented products, while other design entire scenes. 

Multimedia careers in advertising are open as Artists and Visualisers, Creative Support Professionals, Studio Managers, Modeling Consultants, Media Specialists, Art Consultants, Designers and a variety of other special roles.

PRINT AND PUBLISHING :

Paper publications may soon be relics. The print and publishing industry is being transformed by developments such as DTP the CD-ROM and the Internet. A technology which has grown parallel to, and is supported by Multimedia.

Given the wide range of original artwork required for most multimedia print and publishing products. Every aspirant will surely find an area to match his/her skill. Science fiction, fantasy, psychedelic art, childrens’ books and CDs are few of the popular categories in the multimedia print and publishing world.

Authoring specialists develop and edit multimedia titles based on clear specifications as to how the end product will look and perform. They generate each new product with a multimedia script, detailed multimedia content, multimedia authoring tools and high performance hardware. Career streams here include positions like multimedia authors, Script Writers, DTP Specialists and Creative Publishing Professionals. Layout Artists, Designers Cartoonists, Cartographers, Editing Professionals, Graphic Artists, and many more

TELEVISION :

With powerful satellite channels and cable television bringing programmes from all over the world to your living room, the new generation medium for mass communication, TV has been zapped by multimedia in every aspect.

If you have interest in the sound and video industry of in the recording studio, the TV industry will be an interesting and challenging place to work in. Professionals who are employed to create audio and video forms in multimedia, also extend their skills to areas such as recording and editing, dubbing or generating special effects in the field of computerized sound.

Professional careers in the TV business now include Visual Effect Designers, Software Editor and Mixers, Audio and Video Specialsits, Telecast Professionals and so on.

FILM MAKING :

Lights, camera, action! Every aspect of movie making has been touched by multimedia. In the production of many contemporary movies which involve multimedia creative inputs, an author first writes an original piece of work, called a script, which forms the core from which other content is developed. The script would be the idea or concept in written and illustrated form and is the backbone of the entire movie product. 

The actual creation of the movie could involve intricate computer animation, footage of live action on film and extensive sound and video mixing to produce a dynamic multimedia product. 

Multimedia careers in movie making exists for Authors, Script Writers, Animators, Special and Visual Effects Professionals, Cartoonists, Editors,Set and Costume Design Consultants, etc.

EDUCATION :

Education products become vibrant when multimedia’s multisensory functionality is applied to learning. There are exiting career options emerging which involve creating state-of-the-art multimedia products such as information kiosks, educational CDs and internet sites. Information kiosks are sensitive interactive work stations which can be navigated simply by touching images or texts displayed on the screen. They could be used any where, exhibitions, shopping centers, universities, hospitals or hotel lobbies. Kiosks are attractive and easy to use, and present complex information that users can readily decipher.

Multimedia educational products like CDs and internet sites use colour, sound images, hypertext and hypermedia to let students access a richer world of information without the drudgery of libraries or the need for an instructor.

In multimedia education, you can combine fun-to-use visual, sound effects, a career, classroom learning experience and the excitement of entertainment in unlimited ways.

CONTENT DEVELOPER :

In addition to the Internet, there are many other area where multimedia can create great career opportunities. Multimedia products like games, edutainment titles, encyclopedias, entertainment software, reference materials, and business presentations are in great demand and will continue to do so in the near future. Through the computer will mainly be used for work applications, there is a growing trend in the use of computer for creating entertainment software. And it is Multimedia that plays the key role in creativity bringing together graphics, sound, music and video with interactivity to create entertainment that’s truly original.