A day in this work
You tell stories on screen: writing, shooting, editing, sound. Work ranges from films and OTT series to brand videos and your own channel.
Ways in
- Any degree plus hands-on work from day one
- Mass communication degrees, then film and television institutes such as FTII and SRFTI, which mostly admit graduates
- Assist on sets, build a channel, grow a reel
After Class 10
Any stream
Entrance exams to know
- FTII and SRFTI Joint Entrance Test
- CUET-UG (mass communication)
- IIMC entrance (postgraduate)
Years, cost and pay
- Years of study
- 3 to 5
- Whole-course cost, government or aided
- under ₹2 lakh
- Whole-course cost, private
- ₹8 to 25 lakh
- Typical starting pay
- under ₹3 lakh a year
Indicative bands from the pilot dataset (0.1 (pilot), 19 September 2026). Real fees and pay vary a lot by college, city and year. Check the official sites below.
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Outlook, and how AI is changing this work
Outlook: Changing fast. AI is changing much of the daily work.
Income is uneven, especially early. A second skill such as editing or motion graphics pays the bills.
Try this week
Shoot and edit a one-minute film on a phone about someone in your street.
Check the facts yourself
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