How to encourage creativity related to media careers
A fabulous television serial in Tamil, in a famous private channel, comes alive at 9.30 PM every night. The force behind this number one rated serial in Tamil ( reportedly leading among all Indian languages, in the top five), is its famous director, who goes around the State of Tamil Nadu, keenly watches real life characters and then develops a big story around what he gets to see.Ably supported by a superb script writer, who is also a television artiste, the serial is well known for its native Madurai accent and the story that involves a massive dose of women's liberation, beautifully set up in a cultural context.
This brings us to one vital question -- we have too many script writers in our schools and colleges. Very often they imagination runs wild and they come up with good scripts. We should encourage such talents at a very young age and keep motivating them to do their best, even in the school or college functions.
Today, we have already reached a tipping point in terms of massive influence of such television serials in our lives. The serial under reference has been dubbed and is now available in other languages as well. It is so popular that it also comes live on Sundays as well, and is probably the only serial that has earned this distinction. Each of the characters are so real and closely resemble what we see all around us.
Young students with diverse creativity talents can simply take on the world in the coming years. The electronic media is here to stay as a big game changer in our lives.