Video Jockey : Introduction
With the advent of various music channels on TV, Video jockeying is
becoming an exciting career option for the music crazy generation. The
main job of the VJ is to introduce music videos and host music related
shows on Television. But as competition increases, music channels are
on the trend of incorporating many diverse shows to attract the
public, especially the youth. So the VJ's area of work involves apart
from introducing videos; hosting game to travel shows to youth forums,
chatting with the public, doing interviews with artists and music celebrities
etc. In short, they act as intermediary figures between the audience and
the musicians or music videos.
It may also involve off- camera work like deciding on the theme and choosing
the songs to suit the theme of the show, participating in promotionals
like road shows, attending theme parties and with experience, even writing
script for the show at times.
VJs must constantly keep up-to-date on the latest trends in music, all
the latest videos and information about music stars and other celebrities.
In that sense, they take upon a more journalistic role. They also should
have a well-rounded knowledge of all types of music and also should be
informed about a bit of everything from films to politics to travel whatever
the theme the show demands. Some of them specialize in a particular area
or genre of music. They must be able to answer any queries about music
and must fulfill their roles as experts. Vj's interact with the viewers
through telephone, e-mail or fax.
Jockeying generally involves three areas and as such Jockeys are called
a Video Jockey (VJ), Radio Jockey (RJ) and Disc Jockey (DJ). They all
deal with music but while VJ's present shows on TV, RJ's do it on Radio
and DJ's in live shows in clubs, restaurants, Music stores etc.
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