Professional job roles

1. Professional job roles

2. PRODUCER
Producers play an integral role in the television, film and video industries.
• A producer will oversee each project from conception to completion
• Involved in the marketing and distribution processes.
• Producers work closely with the directors and other production staff on a shoot.
• They need to have directing skills as they may be the director and be in charge of
all project operations.
• Producers arrange funding for each project and are responsible for keeping the
production within the allocated budget.
• raising funding;
• reading, researching and assessing ideas and finished scripts;
• commissioning writers or securing the rights to novels, plays or screenplays;
• building and developing a network of contacts;

3. Director
• Film directors have multiple responsibilities, the chief of which is to study a script and determine
the best way to interpret its message for public entertainment or education.
• Other duties include auditioning actors, selecting cast and crew members, choosing settings and
film locations, and deciding how and when to shoot scenes.
• Directors also have financial obligations that require them to make their decisions based on a
budget.
• Film directors work closely with actors to provide guidance on characterization and the movements
needed in each scene to minimize rehearsals and takes.
• Directors plan the framing and composition of each scene, coordinating it with camera movement
and sound. They also establish the pacing and the timing of the scene sequences.
• Another job of a film director is to coordinate and supervise the work of the camera, lighting and
sound crews.
• Directors confer with managers, technical directors and writers on the details of the production,
including the script, photography, sets, costumes and music. Film directors are involved in the
editing process on a holistic level, cutting the film or tape and integrating the pieces into the final
product.
• They also collaborate with sound editors on added special sound effects and
soundtracks.

4. Cameraperson
• Camera Operator is a senior role within camera
departments, but precise responsibilities vary greatly
depending on the type of production.
• They operate one of several cameras capturing images
at the same time (multi-camera shoots), which involves
receiving camera directions (usually over a headset)
from the Director, who is based in a ‘gallery’
(production area) away from the location or set.
• These directions will be about where to position the
camera, and how to frame shots and move the camera
during the recording.
• Camera Operators must be able to translate these
instructions into carefully framed and composed shots.

5. Editor
• receiving a brief, and maybe an outline of
footage and/or a shot list, script, or screenplay;
• assembling all raw footage, with camera shots
either recorded or transferred onto video tape in
preparation for inputting into the computer;
• inputting uncut rushes and sound, and
synchronizing and storing them into files on the
computer;
• digitally cutting the files to put together the
sequence of the film and deciding what is usable;
• creating a 'rough cut' (or assembly edit) of the
program /film and determining the exact cutting
for the next and final stages;
• reordering and tweaking the content to ensure
the logical sequencing and smooth running of the
film/video.