After pursuing a professional course in Film making, one can set their careers directly or indirectly. Direct career feature film projects whereas indirect careers involve critics, archivists, and distributors. One can be any of the following after studying a professional course in film making:

• Producer – The producer’s main job is to make assure if people involved in film making courses are doing their work properly or not. He chooses the story, appoints a cast and crew that also includes a director. He can even direct the film. These posts are usually held by a person who is a graduate in Mass communication from film and Television College.
• Director – He is the producer’s right hand. His job is to execute the idea on which film is being made. All the crew and working of the film comes under him.
• Editor – The film is made in a long sequence. It is the job of an editor to cut short the movie focusing on the main scenes so that the film can be entertaining. He has to work closely with the director and producer.
• Actor/Actress -Good persona, confidence, mimicry, etc are the attributes of a good actor. But a degree in acting helps a lot in refining one’s talent.
• Animator – This is a technical field that requires a lot of creativity. It requires tangible technical skills like making cartoons, commercials, games, etc. Fine arts, graphic designs, and animation design graduates are perfect for this job.
• Cinematographer – The work of cinematographers is to compile the entire scenes for visual impact. His job is to decide on lighting, camera angles, etc. This job needs a lot of technicalities.
• Film Archivists – The film can be lost and spoiled. The archivist’s job is to preserve the film by dealing with photos, maps, information, and media.

Film making involves much work from pre-production to post-production so one can choose their interests like an actor, director, music director, lyrics writer, scriptwriter, action master, cinematographer, costume designer, etc. One can even try the hand in the field of Indian television as various opportunities are waiting for talented people. After working for the small screens one can get many offers for films and albums.