Hi my name is Tess Van Hemert and I'm
the study area coordinator for entertainment industries at QUT.
Entertainment industries includes film, television, video games, radio, news,
and advertising so you're probably already an avid consumer of media and entertainment content.
If you think back over your lifetime you will have witnessed vast changes
to how media and entertainment content is produced and when and how you access it.
The entertainment industries course at QUT takes you behind the scenes to understand the business
of producing entertainment so we look at the whole process through from the production of
entertainment content, the people and the organisations who work in the field,
and the types of content that are produced.
We also look at how audiences are thought about and how that informs the production
of content from the beginning of the cycle.
The best thing that you can do to prepare yourself for studying at QUT
is to immerse yourself in the world of entertainment.
So this is your opportunity to binge watch Netflix, to go to the movies, listen to the radio
and find lots of new musicians and artists that you're interested in following, because
the more entertainment content that you consume the better placed you are to be able to study it.
So we're looking for students who have a curiosity and passion for
knowing more about media and entertainment content
and a determination to work in an industry that's constantly changing and adapting.
So in the entertainment industries course you'll develop critical thinking,
research and industry-focused skills.
You will learn about industry trends, about how entertainment content is financed and produced,
about the importance of marketing branding and social media and also about the laws and
regulations that shape the way that content is produced and regulated in the industry.
So going to uni isn't all about studying theory and in the entertainment industries
course we have lots of industry engagement throughout so you'll get to meet industry
professionals in your first year of study and as you move through your degree you'll
get to work with them through industry placements and through creating your
own intellectual property and working with industry professionals as mentors.
Our entertainment industries course is unique to QUT.
Our graduates go on to work in roles such as producers, distributors, sales agents,
development executives, and other roles in research and advocacy.
I think the two things that make QUT different is that we've got industry engagement throughout
the degree and we work with the industry partners really closely to make sure that the information
in the degree is up to date and following industry trends and then the other thing
that's really important is that our staff are doing cutting-edge research with international
research organisations and so on and that's really fed back into the degree for the students as well.
The entertainment industries course at QUT allows you to tailor it to your interests so
if you're interested in the music industry, screen, maybe video games, you can pursue
that area of interest throughout your degree and we also find that a lot of our students
find it very useful to do double degrees as well so with law or business are particularly popular.
The entertainment industries is constantly changing because of globalisation and
changes in digital technology and also the fact that audiences expectations and
what we expect from content is always changing as well
but I think that the entertainment industries is a really exciting space to work in because
there's lots of opportunities to move across and between the different areas within the industry
and yeah there's just lots of exciting things happening in that space.
The entertainment industries degree is really fun.
There's lots of opportunities for you throughout
the course and we look forward to seeing you on campus really soon.