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1. Unit 3 TV Job Roles Grid
Job Role
Roles and Responsibilities (what they do and are in charge of)
The camera operator is in charge of filming the shots for
Camera Operator
TV/FILM. There are different people for focusing etc... The
(Studio/Outside Broadcast) camera operator is usually the boss of the Camera grip boy
and the Focus man.
Script Supervisors work as part of the Camera Department on
Script Supervisor
Feature Films and Television Dramas. They ensure that,
despite the fact that films are shot entirely out of script
sequence, they eventually make continuous verbal and visual
sense.
The make-up and hair team are there for making the actors
Make-Up and Hair Artist and presenters look fabulous!
Film & TV
Researcher
The director is in control of everything, How it runs and works.
They can change what the producer and writer says. They are
also in charge of Sound and video.
The researcher find information like weather/news and facts
for the script
Gaffer
Gaffers are in control of the electrical side of the set. They
install all the lighting and equipment for filming/broadcasting.
Director
Boom Operator
The boom operator is the person who captures all the sound
from the set. They are one of the more important people.
Using a boomer they walk around the outside of the set
hanging over the scene.
Qualities Needed (skills and or qualifications)
A sense of visual composition and movement
Co-ordination and strength
High Communication skills
Precise attention to detail
Good attention to detail
Practical Approach to work
Good organisation skills
Presentation skills
Excellent organisation
Makeup and Hair skills
Ability to work under pressure
Able to work good as a team and communicate
Exceptional focus
Artistic vision and creative skills
Good at motivation and control
Calm personality
Excellent analysis
Good commitment
Systematic
Good Imaginative thinking
Strong skill in problem solving
Excellent communication
Self-confident
Physical stamina and agility
Good patients
Precise attention to detail

2. Example of Job Role:
Camera Operator
Jonathan Miller is a camera operator and master from New York, Brooklyn. He has been in this
area of film for over 10 years. He is well known for his elegant camera work in Film, TV and
adverts. He has many awards for his fantastic work including two Spirit Awards and the Grand
Jury prize at SZSW 2012!
Jonathan is an expert in 35mm, 16mm and High definition Cinematography. Clients he has worked with:
IFC
Discovery Channel
History Channel
Travel Channel
NBC
Starbucks
American Express
Cover girl
ABC

3. Script Supervisor
Mel Yap-Stewart is a script supervisor who was trained in the use of ScriptE systems
(Computerized form of script supervising). She has worked on many films such as
Battleships and was a co-script supervisor for the first Hobbit film.She has been a
script supervisor since late 2011 to present date.

4. Makeup and hair artist:
Fine's talent and determination have taken him far from the makeup counter, making him one
of today’s most sought after makeup artists. His work has appeared on the covers and pages
of Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Essence, Vibe and Marie Claire and was chosen as the first
African-American spokesperson for Revlon and Cover girl Cosmetics. But it was the
experiences from his formative years selling makeup that inspired him to write his first book,
Fine Beauty: Beauty Basics and Beyond for African-American Women, a how-to guide that also
highlights his many accomplishments.

5. Director:
Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest Directors of all time. He was born in 1946. Steven is an
American film director, screen writer, Producer and business magnet! He has made many films
in the past like JAWS and Jurassic park, two massive block busters.
In 2005, Steven Spielberg was rated the greatest film director of all time by Empire magazine. In 1997 a Wall Street
sell-side analyst said "There are only two brand names in the business Disney and Spielberg".
From 1985 to 1989 Spielberg was married to actress Amy Irving. In their 1989 divorce settlement, she
received $100 million from Spielberg after a judge controversially vacated a prenuptial agreement
written on a napkin. Their divorce was recorded as the third most costly celebrity divorce in history.
Following the divorce, Spielberg and Irving shared custody of their son, Max Samuel.