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It's only
when you join the industry you realise what you've learnt at IIJNM.
Testimonials:
 Date:
26 September 2007
Dear Ma'am,
Hello, and how
are you? How is life at IIJNM?
Life is good and my job is also picking up slowly. I want to take
this opportunity to thank the faculty for training us so well. Deadlines
used to be a nightmare for us at IIJNM, but those very same nightmares
are my savior now. Very often, while doing regional TV packages
I have strict deadlines of less than half an hour but surprisingly,
I end up finishing the job much before my deadline. All the credit
goes to you teachers for making us strong enough to face the heat
out here, because this industry hardly gives you a chance to commit
a mistake.
I
got a chance to do a documentary for PA. As one of their projects,
PA helps a home for HIV infected children here in Mangalore. They
needed a film to carry back to the UK and they asked Neelima and
me to do a bit of work on it. My boss was going to do the post production
work in UK, but when she saw our thorough preproduction work, (our
questionnaires, our shot list, and all the other preparation), she
was very happy with us. (I know you will find it difficult to believe
I actually remembered, and did all this work). I remembered all
your instructions; white balance, focus, exposure.... and even did
shooting, even though we were given a professional cameraman.
When
my boss saw what we had done (transcripts, logging etc), she changed
her mind about editing in the UK, and gave us permission to edit
the film here! We are now scripting it, and are almost ready to
start the editing. This has made me very happy. And I must thank
you all for the training at IIJNM, which has been so practical and
just what the industry requires. Your having been so tough on us
has paid its rewards!
Please convey
my regards to Kanchan M'am , Surekha M'am and Girish Sir.
Cheers,
Vikas
 Date:
11 September 2007
Dear Ma'am,
I'm
fine and work is picking up pace and the training is going to start
soon alongside the shooting, which is October 4th onwards.
I'm working
in the fashion beat for the time being and have some 7-8 stories
that my team and I are working on right now. We will start shooting
by October 1st week and that should be interesting...oh! before
I forget I told Surekha ma'am and I meant to tell you also...the
training we got at IIJNM, especially the hands on experience, and
you guys insisting on us using and knowing the manual mode of the
cameras and especially the PD170, really helped, I think...I really
feel we are better equipped with the skills and know how where terms,
pictures, camera usage and script writing or rather the way to work
on a story/documentary are concerned. Especially compared with some
of the other trainees and people from the various institutes here
:)
Just wanted
to let you know that that's what I've come across till now.
Priya Randhawa
 Date:
25 August 2007
Hi Prof. Nikhat
Ma'am,
How
are you doing? I am fine here. Enjoying work thoroughly and remembering
all of you and your advice! We talk about IIJNM and everything else
back there... One thing I would like to admit... IIJNM TV Journalism
course structure rocks!! It is planned according to the needs of
the industry. We are expected to know everything and thankfully
we do.
Working life
is exciting, We are allowed to experiment and do our stories. The
people here are open to ideas and want us to experiment, so its
a lot of fun..
We
have been given beats, temporary ones of course, and we are planning
stories. We have to have quite a few ready before the launch..
How
is everyone back in Bangalore? How are the new students?
Do keep in touch..
Sneha Mordani
 Date:
20 July 2007
Hi ma'am,
I thought I should
let you know that when I was speaking to students from other colleges,
they told me that lots of their classmates did not get placed from
college. So in actuality, when our students say we don't assure them
placements, I think it's important to tell them that no college does.
In fact, a number of print students from other colleges didn't get
placed and they didn't get as many TV news channels to come to campus
as IIJNM did. At the end of the day, it all depends on the individual,
and your work speaks for itself.
keep
in touch.
regards,
Anna
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