Nick Handley works as a dubbing editor, editing sound after video editing to make transitions smooth and add music or effects. He aims to mix as well as edit sound under a supervisor. Handley studied media production and started as a technical runner, gaining experience. The film industry is booming with opportunities for training and assistance for newcomers like Handley received when starting out.

1. Unit 8

2. Screenwriter
Screenwriters are responsible for researching the plot, developing the narrative, writing
the screenplay, and delivering it to the development executives. Screenwriters have a big
influence over the creative direction of the screenplay and the finished result. It is
mainly a creative job. Screenwriting requires a deep understanding of visual storytelling
and the different ways that a narrative can affect audiences.
Several screenwriters provide a draft which the producer, director, production designer,
composer and editor all try and incorporate their creative efforts with. A screenwriters
main job is to write a screenplay so that the reader can visualize the film unfold
cinematically in their imagination (e.g. a screenplay is more than a book because it
includes shots types/angles/descriptions/special effects etc.).
The screenplay must not only feature characters and a plot but also logical ways of
construction, as well format and style. Screenwriters also need to be highly creative in
writing and be good with strict deadlines. They need to work well with other members
of the production e.g. the script development team to create a script that can be financed
and made.

3. Production Accountant
Production accountants are mainly responsible for managing finances and
maintaining financial records during film production. On a normal day they
work closely with the producer and the production team to manage the day-today accounting office functions, and keep up to date on the films financial state
against the budgets (cost reporting). Production accountants are responsible for
ensuring that bills are paid and for maintaining financial records during
production.
Production accountants in the film industry need to have organisational skills,
as well as being good team-players which means being capable of
communicating and working with financiers, producers and production
managers.
There is usually a team of three or more accountants for a feature film. The
production accountant manages budgets, payrolls, taxes, insurance claims, and
at the end of the production they close the film down financially.

4. Script Editor
Script Editors look over and check the screenwriting process, and
communicate between the producer or development executive
and the screenwriter. Script editors use their analytical skills to
help screenwriters find problems, explain the potential
consequences of screenwriters decisions and help to strengthen
and develop screenplays. Script editors are sometimes full-time
employees of a film production company.
Script editors have a special insight into the structure of screenplays
and the effect that different types of narrative have on the
audience. Script editors have to work between the screenwriters
creative ideas and what would fit in the commercial market. Script
editors also usually help the screenwriters to develop a
route/path for their story.

5. Location Manager
The location managers main job is to research,
look into and find ideal locations to shoot
certain scenes which the director has described,
whether its outdoors, indoors, a specific type of
studio etc.
The location manager is responsible for finding
and securing locations to be used for the
production and organising the coordinating,
permits and costs involved (like
parking/hiring skips).

6. Director of Photography/Cinematographer
The director of photography (DoP) who is sometimes called the
cinematographer is the head of the camera and lighting
department of the production. The DoP makes the decisions on
lighting and framing of scenes along with the director. They
organise and select all the necessary camera equipment for the
production which means they have to work alongside the
technical director.
The DoP decides which lights and camera equipment are
needed and hires/rents/buys these. The DoP is also in charge
of the photographic quality of the film. They have to be able
communicate with the director when making decisions about
the atmosphere of the film and the way it looks on
camera compared to the actual set (e.g. if they need more
smoke/lighting/props etc.)

7. Art Director
The art director has to oversee the artists and craftspeople who
work together in the production design as it develops (the set
design team, prop designers, assistant art director, helpers etc.)
The art director works closely with the DoP and provides and
organises all the hired equipment. Art directors are responsible for
the art department budget and work schedule and help the
production designer to work out the best ways to spend their
budget allocated to the department.
Art directors lead and instruct the assistant art director and all
construction people. Many art directors work on television dramas
and adverts, but mostly on films.
Sources:
http://www.media-match.com/usa/jobtypes/art-director-jobs-402675.php
http://www.creativeskillset.org/film/jobs/productiondesign/article_4669_1.asp

8. Ginger McCarthy – RIGGER
Riggers are like scaffholders. They create a safe, accessible working platform and provide the
main backbone for a set build.
After McCarthy left school, he qualified as a scaffholder. He managed to get into the film
industry by coming across Sir Richard Attenborough because had chosen „Magdalen College‟
in Oxford as a location for Shadowlands, where McCarthy happened to be working. Later,
when the film production crew arrived, they asked if he could build a lifting gantry on the top
of Magdalen tower. The thing McCarthy enjoyed most about this experience was the
atmosphere it created. He stated “with the rig built, the crew arrived. The place was buzzing.
I decided there and then that this was for me, and I wanted to know more”.
Its also interesting to know that the main piece of advice he got from people in the industry
was „to get myself known around the studios‟.
Later, McCarthy then travelled either to Pinewood or Shepperton studios to walk around the
stages and meet crew. After socialising and meeting new people for over a year, he had a job offer
in the rigging department on a film called ‟First Knight‟. Since then, he has worked on major
feature films such as:
By researching Ginger, I
• GoldenEye
have learnt that it is very
• The Saint
important to communicate
• Evita
and get to know people
• The World Is Not Enough
because the word will
• Die Another Day
spread about your
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
reputation and you might
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
be offered a job!

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565145/
http://www.creativeskillset.org/film/stories/
production/article_3398_1.asp

10. Nick Handley - Dubbing Editor
Nick Handley edits the sound after the video edit, mainly from Avid systems. He aims
to make the sound as smooth as possible between edits and add any music or
effects that are required. he works on everything from documentaries and light
entertainment to sport. When dubbing he mainly works with a sound supervisor
but will soon be mixing as well as editing.
After A-levels Handley did a B-tech in media studies and onto a 3 year Degree in Media
Production and Management. When he left college he started at The London
Studios as a Technical runner working in the Post Production Dept. Handley
enjoyed the first two years of the Degreemainly because it contained a lot of
practical work.
An interesting thing I read about Handley is that there is a boom in film and TV
production due to the increasing number of channels and films and that hopefully
people like me will get the training and assistance that he did when he was new to
the industry instead of being used.
By studying Handley, I have learnt that you should never set your sights too high when
you start out because with the right attitude you can go along way quickly.