2. Camera Person
• Camera person usually follows a camera script, which
gives the order of shots. This is practised at rehearsal
and is cued by the director during recording.
• Skills lies in interpreting what the director wants and
acting quickly and effectively to achieve it.
• Working as part of a team of camera operators filming
live events, such as sporting and ceremonial occasions
and music performances.
• On location, where there is likely to be more
opportunity for creativity through suggesting shots to
the director.
3. Lighting Person
• Liaising with the director and/or other staff to interpret their
creative vision into the lighting design.
• Managing the lighting budget and advising on the purchase/hire of
suitable equipment.
• Visiting and assessing locations for technical purposes.
• Conducting risk assessments for health and safety purposes.
• Establishing lighting requirements.
• Plotting the lighting.
• Working as part of a large crew, especially on feature films.
• Deciding on the lighting crew numbers and equipment needed and
then employing the crew and hiring the equipment;
• Coordinating the equipment and the technical crew and training
other crew members as required.
4. Lighting Person
• Assembling all the lighting and filter equipment needed.
• Ensuring all lighting equipment is in working order and organising
any necessary scaffolding and cranes.
• Pre-rigging the lighting and ensuring all cables and wires are safely
concealed.
• Loading automated colour change systems.
• programming and operating lighting consoles.
• supervising the focusing of lighting at rehearsals.
• operating and maintaining equipment during the shoot.
• changing lighting between shots, as necessary.
• de-rigging all equipment at the end of the broadcast or production
and ensuring it is safely transported away from the location and/or
stored.
• reviewing footage shots with the director.
5. Locations
• assessing scripts or story boards and scheduling them according to
location.
• meeting with the director and designer to discuss projects and working to
their creative vision.
• collating ideas and undertaking research using resources such as the
internet, specialist location libraries, local and regional film commissions
and agencies.
• visiting and photographing locations appropriate to budget in order to
assess suitability.
• making preliminary enquiries regarding access, parking and location use.
• liaising with the director to discuss and show ideas and photographs.
• collating practical information on potential locations, such as hotels for
accommodating the crew and cast, and, in the case of photography
shoots, often booking the hotel and making travel arrangements.
• liaising with key members of the production team to assess visual and
technical specifications.
6. Locations
• researching locations thoroughly to ensure no disruptive noises or events are likely to occur
during the shoot.
• negotiating access and drawing up a contract with location owners.
• organising permissions for access, for example, with local authorities and the police.
• scheduling crew arrival dates and times and keeping all parties informed on site.
• ensuring the technical specifications for equipment, power sources and crew accommodation
on site are met.
• ensuring compliance with health and safety and security requirements and undertaking risk
assessments.
• distributing maps, directions, parking plans and all relevant support information to
all services and crew.
• arranging schedules for the day with the assistant director to ensure continuity.
• managing the location on the day and resolving practical or people-related problems as they
arise.
• supervising location support staff throughout the process.
• dealing with members of the public who may intrude upon a shooting location.
• ensuring the final clearing up ('the wrap') runs smoothly and thanking site owners.
7. Director
• programming and budgeting.
• working with writers through workshops or script development schemes.
• adapting a script and, if the play is newly written, working with the writer or
collaborating with playwrights.
• breaking down a script, analysing and exploring the content and conducting
relevant research.
• translating and interpreting a script or musical score.
• conducting auditions for productions, selecting and hiring designers, musicians,
etc.
• managing time and organising people and space.
• attending production meetings with set designers.
• conducting rehearsals.
• communicating and liaising with all parties involved, including actors, the creative
team, the production team and producers.
• attending preview performances and preparing detailed notes for the cast and
creative and production teams.
• helping to publicise the production by giving interviews and leading discussions.
8. Producer
• raising funding.
• reading, researching and assessing ideas and finished scripts.
• commissioning writers or securing the rights to novels, plays or screenplays.
• building and developing a network of contacts.
• liaising and discussing projects with financial backers - projects vary from a small, corporate video
costing £500 to a Hollywood feature film at more than £100million.
• using computer software packages for screenwriting, budgeting and scheduling.
• hiring key staff, including a director and a crew to shoot films or videos.
• controlling the budget and allocating resources.
• pulling together all the strands of creative and practical talent involved in the project to create a
team.
• maintaining contemporary technical skills.
• organising shooting schedules - dependent on the type of producer and availability of support staff.
• supervising the progress of the project from production to post production.
• holding regular meetings with the director to discuss characters and scenes.
• acting as a sounding board for the director.
• bringing the finished production in on budget.
9. Writer
• selecting subject matter based on personal or public interest, or commissioned by
a publisher or agent.
• developing the technical skills of writing and maintaining originality.
• using literary skills to develop themes and storylines, while making characters and
plots believable.
• working to tight deadlines, especially for theatre, screen and radio.
• undertaking research, including plot-lines, places, themes and characters.
• verifying the factual content of written work.
• conducting interviews with people either face to face, over the telephone or by
email.
• submitting material for publication in the required and expected format.
• rewriting and adapting material (and sometimes the work of others) for alternative
formats, e.g. adapting novels for stage or producing a web-based 'e-book‘.
• maintaining an active interest in the specific genre (such as novels, film, TV, radio).
10. Writer
• exercising self-discipline and time management to organise writing
in conjunction with developing financial management/self-
employment skills.
• encouraging and acting upon critical feedback in the most
appropriate manner.
• being prepared to rewrite and revise work (often several times)
following feedback.
• liaising with publishers, agents, script editors, producers and
directors.
• finding, pursuing and maintaining knowledge of publication
opportunities.
• attending courses and participating in workshops to improve and
build upon writing skills.
• appearing at public readings and book signings.
11. Cast/Actors
• job seeking and networking.
• liaising with an agent.
• preparing for and attending auditions.
• learning lines and rehearsing.
• researching or undertaking activities to help prepare for a part.
• discussing interpretation and delivery with other members of the company and the director.
• performing for a live audience.
• performing in a studio or 'on location' for film, television, internet and radio broadcast.
• doing voice-overs for advertisements or recording audiobooks.
• managing the performance area, costumes and props.
• undertaking activities associated with touring, such as driving a van, ‘get-ins’ and ‘get-outs’ at
theatres (i.e. setting up and dismantling the performance area).
• liaising with venue managers and accommodation providers.
• keeping records for company managers.
• working as a walk-on or extra for television or film.
12. Art Department
• Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach, and specify material details, such as style
and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video and sound.
• Review and approve proofs of printed copy and art and copy materials developed by staff
members.
• Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
• Confer with creative, art, copy-writing, or production department heads to discuss client
requirements and presentation concepts, and to coordinate creative activities.
• Present final layouts to clients for approval.
• Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation
approaches, styles, and techniques.
