Children's Entertainment Program Offers Career Ready Skills
Posted by Jason White on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Under: College Education
Writing for children's media, marketing children's entertainment
products, project management, pitching, TV and multi-platform
production, team building for creative production, child development,
licensing and merchandising, the legal and regulatory aspects of
children's media, personal branding and career planning and navigating
the domestic and international marketplace are all part of the
children's entrainment professional's job.
Whether you want to launch as career as a children's writer, marketing
specialist, project manager, content manager, children's TV producer,
children's multi-platform producer, you must first attend a Children's
Entertainment program such as the one offered at Centennial College.
This child entertainment Toronto
- based offering is actually the first of its kind in Canada and covers
topics in a hands-on way with high-level industry professionals
teaching career-ready skills and helping students to connect with the
industry. Students gain a solid developmental understanding of their
audience, a strategic and entrepreneurial approach to their careers, a
global perspective and the passion and commitment to become tomorrow's
industry leaders. Specific courses in this offering include: Survey of
Children's Entertainment, Licensing and Merchandising, Producing the
Project, The Business of Children's Entertainment, Children's Books and
more.
This learning occurs in the Story Arts Centre, which houses tools of the
trade (such as professional software) to enhance the knowledge and
skills that it takes to create a wide range of entertainment products
(i.e. film, TV, books, education products, games, mobile and interactive
media) for the rapidly growing children's market. Additionally,
students attend an industry field placement that allows them to apply
what they have learned to the real world, network with professionals and
enhance their resumes by working in the field prior to graduation.
This only children's entertainment production, management and writing program Toronto
has to offer was launched in September 2009. It was designed for those
with college diploma or university degree program in any discipline; or
those with partial post-secondary education (minimum two years) and
relevant work experience. It is worth noting that in addition to these
admission requirements, students must also attend a mandatory program
admission session where they will submit an up-to-date resume and
complete a writing assessment.
The offering came into existence with the help of the most respected
contemporary producers, writers and industry leaders in Canada. It is
continuously guided by an active program advisory committee with members
from across the spectrum of areas that involve and affect children's
entertainment — from education and early childhood specialists to toy
manufacturers to interactive digital media producers.
During the short span of time the program has existed, graduates have
already found employment opportunities in diverse areas, including the
independent television production sector, industry funding bodies,
freelance writing for television and cross-platform production.
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