1. The Art of Filmmaking:
A Collaborative Event of Creativity
Bong S. Eliab
Ateneo de Davao University

2. Cinematographer
 Director of Photography
 Handles the lighting,
chooses the lenses and
film stock, visual elements
of image, its spatial
qualities, density, color
values or gray scale
 Responsible for all camera
operators
Iggmar Bergman and Sven Nykvist

3. Camera Operator
 responsible for physically
operating the camera and
maintaining composition
throughout a given scene
or shot
 a camera operator is part
of a camera crew
consisting of the director
of photography and one or
more camera assistants.

4. Focus Puller
 First Assistant
Cameraman
 responsible for keeping
the camera's focus right
during a shoot
 This typically requires
pulling the focus with a
follow focus device during
the take, to compensate
for camera or subject
movement

5. Clapper Loaders
 Second Assistant
Cameraman
 To load and change the
film, put lenses on the
camera, operate the
clapper
 Provide reference point
for the editor to
synchronize visual and
aural elements
 oversees the state of the
undeveloped negative

6. Second Unit
 a team that shoots footage
which is of lesser
importance for the final
motion picture
 Second unit footage
typically includes shots
like scenery, close-ups of
objects and other inserts
or cutaways.

7. Grips
 Headed by Key Grip
 Responsible for safety
and movement of
cameras, camera
accessories like
cranes, dollies, tracks
and rigging
 Best Boy Grip
 Dolly Grip, Grips

8. Crane Grip

9. Dolly Grip

10. Gaffer
 Chief lighting
technician
 in charge of all
lighting and electrical
supply on the set
 Best Boy: number one
electrician in-charge
of a group of boys

11. Costume Designer
 Responsible for
everything the actors
wear in the movie -
from head to toe
 Coordinates with
production designer on
color palette
 Deals with the actors’
skin tones and colors

12. Make-up and Hair Supervisor
 Organizes make-up tests
for actors
 Responsible for designing,
styling, creating the look
for each character
 Maintains the coherence
of actor’s make-up in the
scene with many shots

13. Greens Department
 Responsible for all the
green materials in sets
 Plants, trees, forests,
gardens, flowers

14. Catering Supervisor
 Responsible for menu
plans during the shoot
 Takes charge of
mobile catering
services, hot boxes for
off-site crew
 Over-all in-charge of
supply chain to ensure
food 24 hours/day

15. Production Designer
 Art Director
 Conceives and elaborates the
settings, rooms, and exteriors
for the physical texture of the
film, and for its spatial and
temporal orientation
 Combines talents of graphic
artists, CGI designer, costume
designer, interior decorator,
architect, art historian

16. Composer
 Responsible for the film’s
musical sound track
 Two important film
music written as
complete: title score and
the music for final credits
 Others: music cues,
fragments and snatches of
melodies
Michael Giacchino, Star Trek Music Composer

17. Actors
 Most recognizable,
most promotable and
memorable elements
of film
 Simulcra of our
desires
 Star System
 Creative Individual
 Screen Persona

18. Screenwriter
 Create the story/ plot
 Write actual dialogues the
actors would speak
 Script Doctors: fix words
others have written that
the director thinks won’t
transfer well when filmed
 Make “shootable” scripts

19. Editor
 Assembles pieces of
footage into a coherent
whole
 Gives the film its final
shape
 sees the footage in the
larger perspective of
continuity styles
 Has sharp eyes for detail,
rhythm and prodigious
visual memory

20. Producer
 An initiator of project,
a fund-raiser, a deal
maker and an
administrator
 Oversees the writing,
casting, designs,
direction and editing.