Professional Job Roles discusses several film and video production roles including: Editor - Assembles shots into a coherent whole and creatively edits film to craft a cohesive story. Producer - Manages financial and administrative aspects of video production and oversees the production team. Director - Has creative control over interpreting scripts and making creative decisions to achieve their vision. Cameraperson - Operates cameras technically and creatively under a director to capture shots that tell the story.

1. Professional Job Roles
Editor
Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection
and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art
of storytelling. Film editing is the only art that is unique to cinema, separating film from other art
forms that preceded it (such as photography, theatre, dance, writing, and directing), although there
are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms like poetry or novel writing. Film editing is
often referred to as the "invisible art" because when it is well-practiced, the viewer can become so
engaged that he or she is not even aware of the editor's work.
On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique, and practice of assembling shots
into a coherent whole. A film editor is a person who practices film editing by assembling the footage.
However, the job of an editor isn’t simply to mechanically put pieces of a film together, cut off film
slates, or edit dialogue scenes. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story,
dialogue, music, pacing, as well as the actors' performances to effectively "re-imagine" and even
rewrite the film to craft a cohesive whole. Editors usually play a dynamic role in the making of a film.
With the advent of digital editing, film editors and their assistants have become responsible for
many areas of filmmaking that used to be the responsibility of others. For instance, in past years,
picture editors dealt only with just that—picture. However, digital systems have increasingly put
these responsibilities on the picture editor. It is common, especially on lower budget films, for the
assistant editors or even the editor to cut in music, mock up visual effects, and add sound effects or
other sound replacements. These temporary elements are usually replaced with more refined final
elements by the sound, music, and visual effects teams hired to complete the picture.
Film editing is an art that can be used in diverse ways. It can create sensually provocative montages;
become a laboratory for experimental cinema; bring out the emotional truth in an actor's
performance; create a point of view on otherwise obtuse events; guide the telling and pace of a
story; create an illusion of danger where there is none; give emphasis to things that would not have
otherwise been noted; and even create a vital subconscious emotional connection to the viewer,
among many other possibilities.

2. Producer
The enormous success of music videos has opened a new and highly creative field to producers.
Video producers are now in demand by record companies and recording artists who want visual
interpretations of the songs they are promoting. A music video producer is responsible for seeing
that the visual effects complement the musical piece and effectively highlight its performer or
performers, who generally "star" in the video. Music video producers are in charge of the financial
and administrative aspects of video production. They are responsible for making a successful video
while staying within a budget. They often work with the director to hire the production team—the
choreographer, film editor, lighting director, and director of photography. They must keep order
among the creative personalities involved in making a music video.
As a rule, video producers are hired and paid by the record companies or artists who are financing
the project. Sometimes producers are asked to submit ideas for a video to promote a specific song.
They must then compete with other producers for the job. In some cases, producers come up with
an idea for a video and then try to sell the concept to a production company, record company, or
artist. Some producers start their own production companies. Independent producers often must
find their own investors or use their own money to finance a project. Some producers have very
little involvement with the day-to-day operations in making the video. Others are hands-on
producers who take part in both the creative and administrative work, sometimes even doubling as
director or film editor of the video.
Director
In movies, television, and plays, a director is the man or woman (or maybe kid) in charge. There may
be other people, like producers, who have a lot of say about what can or cannot be done, but the
director is the person in charge of making all of the creative pieces come together.
Directors will make the big decisions. Writers will give those scripts, but directors get to interpret
those scripts and decide how they should become movies, plays, or TV shows. Actors perform, but
directors will decide if they need to be funnier, be more serious, say their lines faster, or any other
number of small changes to fit the overall vision of the show.

3. Directors also help cast (find actors,) help choose music, and help decide on costumes. In animation,
they may even help choose the colours that will be used. They certainly have a lot of people that
help them, but the directors’ creative decisions are usually the final ones. It is their responsibility to
make sure the film, TV show, or play looks good when it is done. Some famous directors you may
have heard of are Steven Spielberg, M. Night Shyamalan, Spike Lee, Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas,
and Ron Howard.
Cameraperson
A television camera operator works with digital, electronic and film cameras in multi and single-
camera operational conditions, producing pictures for directors by combining the use of complex
technology with creative visual skills. The work is based in three settings: in a studio, where the
camera operator usually follows a camera script, which gives the order of shots. This is practised at
rehearsal and is cued by the director during recording. The skill lies in interpreting what the director
wants and acting quickly and effectively to achieve it; outside broadcasts, 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.
A camera operator might specialise in any or all of these disciplines. Typical work activities are; a
camera operator usually works under the direction of a director and/or director of photography and
may be supported by a camera assistant. The role involves a mix of technical and creative skills.
Work activities vary greatly depending on the type of programme, for example studio/outside
broadcast programmes, television dramas, commercials, documentaries, current affair and news,
and whether the camera operator is using one of several cameras or a portable single camera (PSB).
However, generally typical work activities include: assembling, preparing and setting up equipment
prior to filming, which may include tripods, monitors, lighting, cables and leads, and headphones;
offering advice on how best to shoot a scene, explaining the visual impact created by particular
shots; planning shots - when filming an expensive drama scene, such as an explosion, there may be
only one chance to get things right so shots need to be meticulously planned beforehand; practising
the camera moves required for pre-arranged shots; studying scripts; finding solutions to technical or
other practical problems (for an outside broadcast, for example, the natural light conditions need to
be taken into account when setting up shots); being prepared to innovate and experiment with
ideas; taking instructions from the director or the director of photography; working quickly,
especially as timing is such an important factor.