The document discusses career paths available with a digital media degree. It describes how a digital media degree can teach students to combine interests in entertainment, art, and media with an understanding of modern technology. This opens up a vast array of career options in fields like film and video editing, videography, and animation. These careers involve skills like editing footage, capturing moving images, and creating animated sequences. In conclusion, the document advocates that a digital media degree provides many opportunities for creativity and technology excitement in the rapidly changing 21st century.

1. Career Paths with your Digital
Media Degree

2. An Introduction...
Technological developments in the twenty-first century have given us an array
of the most powerful communication tools in human history to work with.
Laptops, mini-DVD players, blue-ray technology, iPads, iPods, smart phones,
digital SLR camera, flipcams are all featured prominently on the scene to
name a few. However, without an extensive knowledge of visual
communication, one might not know how best to use all of these digital media
tools to their advantage. In fact, all of the new technology could certainly be
quite overwhelming if you don't know where to turn first.

3. A Digital Media Degree Can...
 teach you how to combine your interests in entertainment, art and media
with an understanding of modern technology.
 Once you have both the knowledge AND the degree, there is virtually no
stopping you on your path to finding the perfect career in your desired
niche.
 Next, we will explain just a few examples of the vast array of digital media
career options.

4. I. Film and Video Editing
 Editing involves taking pre-shot footage and audio clips and editing them
into sequences.
 Editing film and video involves combining the ancient art of storytelling
with the mastery of modern technology.
 Film and video editors will learn about cutting off film slates, pacing,
rhythm, transitions, music, dialogue and many more layers that combine
to create a finished film.

5. II. Videography
 Videographers capture moving images onto electronic media like
videotapes and camcorders.
 Videography is the equivalent of cinematography except for the images
are recorded onto electronic camera devices instead of film stock.
 In a visual arts college, you will be taught about the blurred distinction
between videography and cinematography because of the popularization
of digital imaging in the late 20th century.

6. III. Animation
 As an animator, it would be your job to create 2-D or 3-D images that are
then displayed in rapid sequence to create the illusion of movement.
 You would learn to use special software that helps to design 3-D imaging,
as well as digital storytelling, web design and visual effects.
 If you've always admired cartoon animation and art, you can learn more
about professional animation careers.

7. In Conclusion...
In the rapidly expanding technological wonderland that is the
21st century, a digital media degree can get you far in terms of
career options, creativity and technological excitement. Editing,
animation and videography are only three out of many more
specialties and digital media careers. If you love to play with
technology, start making a career out of it by getting a digital
media degree!
Are you interested in obtaining a digital media degree? visit
http://fidm.edu/en/Majors/Digital+Media/ for more info