| TV Presenter Careers |
Work Environment:
TV presenters are public-face of TV, informing and entertaining audiences/viewers on regional and national TV, and cable and satellite channels.
Being a presenter, you'd work in all types of recorded/live programs, comprising:
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Your job will be to connect with un-seen viewers. Your duties would be based on kind of show you're presenting, although they'd generally comprise:
Qualification, Education and Experience:
To be a TV presenter, you can take different routes. For instance, several TV presenters begin as researchers/journalists and other TV presenters have been DJs, musicians, actors or models. Some of them are specialists in subject they present like history, property-developing, sport or health.
In several kinds of program, right skills, look and personality are essential than qualifications, aside from news and current issues where you'd generally have to be qualified journalist. You'd also require luck, perseverance, dedication and capability to network and find out opportunities.
You must attempt to gain more experience to improve knowledge of production procedure and to create contacts within industry. You can achieve this by:
You must create a demo CD/DVD which demonstrates how you appear on camera. You'd generally require a demo CD/DVD to market your abilities while applying for work.
You can enter in this field by participating in competitions which are sometimes held by broadcasters to discover newer presenters. For details regarding any running competitions, visit the websites of broadcasters.
Training Details:
Generally, you'd improve your presenting abilities at the work. You might obtain formal training in the beginning of career, into skills such as interviewing methods or utilizing an auto-cue.
For details regarding related media courses and training, check the website of skill-set.
Skills and knowledge:
Salary and Other Benefits:
TV presenters are generally paid with fee for every contract.
Freelance pay scales could differ widely. You can settle fees/charges depending on your reputation or kind of production.
Working Conditions:
Hours of working will depend on filming-schedule of program. They might be irregular and long, and comprise late nights and early-mornings.
You may work within air conditioned television studios, or on outside-broadcasts which could take-place in all circumstances and climate conditions.
Different Opportunities:
Most of the presenting jobs are on freelance-contracts basis.
Auditions and openings might be publicized by industry and nationwide press, recruitment sites and broadcasters' sites. You might get job by agents or networking.
Being an established and successful TV-presenter, you can advance to writing for magazines and newspapers, radio work or acting, or you may present more shows. If experienced, you can decide to advance to producing.
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On live shows, though you'd generally work as per a screenplay, you might need to ad-lib (respond promptly to unintended events) sometimes.
Acting classes or drama-schools could be helpful to learn presenting abilities. Few training schools and colleges provide short training courses for those who wish to enter in this field. Though, these courses could be expensive and don't guarantee job, thus you must investigate carefully.