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Leading to Specialisation in Photojournalism, Sport, Photo Documentary.
Students will be introduced to contemporary practices of photo journalism and explore
aesthetic, technical, cultural and historical forces that have shaped its evolution
as a form of visual communications. students will learn how real photojournalists
work, and will be expected to work similarly. selected weekly assignments will be
set up in which they must produce good story telling images. Students will learn
to develop a story idea , cover events and produce images like professional. The
course will be conducted similarly to the real working world of professional photojournalism.
Student will be responsible for taking pictures with their own cameras and producing
their digital images. Editing photography and scanning and preparations of images
will be expected, through the emphasis of the course will be on picture taking not
picture developing.
Job opportunities span careers in various aspects of the newspaper industry, magazines
and journals. Entry level positions begin from photographer and can lead up to
photo editor or director of the photo department. Freelance assignments for international
magazines and agencies is common as well, and with multimedia training documentary
work for events like film festivals is yet another option.
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