1. Unit 3 TV Job Roles Grid
Job Role Roles and Responsibilities Qualities Needed
Camera Operator
(Studio/Outside Broadcast)
The camera.
Equipment like rigging putting the cameras together correctly.
Good eye for detail when following instructions.
Some knowledge of basic electronics.
Good colour vision and precise hand-eye-co-ordination.
Excellent physical stamina knowledge of relevant health and
safety procedures.
Script Supervisor
Make sure that it’s possible for each shot to be edited.
File reports and also keep photographic evidence of the
previous days shoot.
Good attention to detail.
Quite organised.
Can work well in a team.
Make-Up and Hair Artist -
Film & TV
Personal hair/make-up artists only do hair and make-up for the
one actor that employed them.
Hair dressing skills.
Good presenting/organising skills.
Can work as part of a team.
Have good computer skills.
Director
Determining the company’s strategy’s
Monitoring progress.
Appointing management.
Accounting.
Organisation skills.
Work well in a team.
Management experience required.
Researcher
Conduct literature reviews.
Collect and analyse data.
Prepare other articles, reports, and presentations
Monitor the project budget.
Good IT skills.
Good maths.
Able to lead a team.
Gaffer
Helps interpret the director’s vision of the overall look of the
film.
Chief lighting technician.
Have excellent IT skills.
Be willing to work long and irregular hours.
Be able to do physically demanding tasks.
Be able to concentrate for long periods of time.
Pay close attention to detail.
Boom Operator
Assist the production sound mixer on film and television sets.
Positioning microphones.
Making sure sound equipment is in good working order.
Excellent hearing and precise attention to detail.
Extensive knowledge of audio electronics and sound recording
equipment.
Good timing, a good memory and the ability to anticipate.
Patience, flexibility, reliability and precise attention to detail.