Endless openings for multimedia graduates

by Charmaine FERNANDO

The Faculty of Communication and Media, South Asian Institute of Technology and Management, (SAITM) has opened the doors to learning and mastering the techniques of New Media that is expanding the technological horizons beyond the norm, said Dr. Sirimevan Widyasekera, Dean of the Faculty, in an exclusive interview with Sunday Observer.

This is an era where the world is seriously excited over what animation can do to a story board. Churning out unfathomable hilarious detail in redefined reality, animated films have written a news-story to relish, in visual form. Anime has come of age. We know the youth of our country have been waiting to get into a quality driven study program with international certification. We are happy to introduce for the first time in Sri Lanka, the BSc Course in Multimedia from the University of Wolverhampton. It can take our youth places, said Dr.Widyasekera.

From web design and development to e-Learning design, digital sound and video, 3D Animation, image composition, project management to creative thinking the three year degree program with Edexcel BTEC, the HND covers every aspect of interactive media at degree level. There is also a certificate course, a diploma and higher national diploma leading to the degree.

Avenues may even open up to give our new media graduates a chance in a lifetime to further their skills with Walt Disney Studios or share the mythical world of Anime story teller, Hiowa Miyesaki, in his hometown in Japan.