The document defines the roles and responsibilities of 12 positions involved in film production: producer, director, casting director, screenwriter, production designer, art director, costume designer, cinematographer, lighting director, editor, music supervisor, and hair/makeup artist. It states that producers are responsible for financing and managing the film production process. The director oversees the creative aspects and production. Other roles include finding actors (casting director), writing scripts (screenwriter), designing visual elements (production designer, art director, costume designer), camerawork and lighting (cinematographer, lighting director), editing (editor), music (music supervisor), and hair and makeup (hair/makeup artist). The distributor is responsible for marketing the

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Producer
-Definition
A person responsible for the financial and managements operations of making
the film.
-Key Responsibilities
Producers are in charge of sourcing financial coverage for a film, hiring other
key members onto the project such as directors and writers and the overseeing
of the pre and post production of the film.
Director
-Definition
The director of a film is the person that controls and supervises the creative
aspects of making the film.
-Key Responsibilities
Key roles of the director of a film include reviewing scripts and making
necessary changes for the film, assisting with selecting actors to partake in the
production and overseeingthe entire production process which includes
working with sound teams and editors to produce the final film.
Casting Director
-Definition
A casting director is the person that is responsible for finding and hiring actors
fit for roles in the film.
-Key Responsibilities
Casting directors are responsible for finding the right person to play a role in a
film as well as organizing and conducting the relevant interviews and auditions.
Screenwriter
-Definition
A screenwriter is the person that writes and develops the screenplay for a film.
-Key Responsibilities

2. Responsibilities of a screenwriter include creating and developing a story for
the film, adapting the screenplay into scripts as well as making adjustments to
the screenplay in order to meet any on screen requirements.
Production Designer
-Definition
The production designer of a film is the person in charge of the overall look of
the film.
-Key Responsibilities
Production designer responsibilities include designing sets and graphics,
picking out and designing props, deciding on locations to ensure the film looks
the way it should and bringing the directors vision to life.
Art Director
-Definition
The art director is the person responsible for overseeingthe artistic aspects of
the film.
-Key Responsibilities
The main roles of an art director are normally setting up the overall artistic
style of a film as well as working closely with other members of the crew such
as editors, writers and production designers to ensure it is followed along
throughout the film.
Costume Designer
-Definition
The costume designer is the person who designs the costumes for a film.
-Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities of a costume designer are to create costumes for the film
and ensuring that the costumes fit in with the time period and make sense with
what is happening at the point in the film where are they are being used.
Cinematographer
-Definition
The cinematographer is the person that oversees and directs the cameras and
filming in the film.

3. -Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities of a cinematographer include choosinga visual style for the
film, setting up the cameras for every shot, deciding what shots will look good
and executing complicated shots in order to make the film.
Lighting Director
-Definition
The lighting director is the person in charge of the lighting for the film.
-Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities of a lighting director include deciding what lighting to use
for shots, setting up the lighting to look as natural as it can in the scene and
coming up with good looking ways to light up a shot.
Editor
-Definition
The editor is the person responsible for editing and putting the entire film
together.
-Key Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of an editor include having to sort through footage and
see what works for the film, working closely with the director while editing and
putting the entire film together.
Music Supervisor
-Definition
The music supervisor is the person who is in charge of and oversees all music
related aspects of the film.
-Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities of a music supervisor include finding and sourcing music
for the film, overseeingthe music for the film and ensuring that all legal
requirements are in place to have the rights to use certain music in the film.
Hair/Make-up
-Definition

4. Hair/makeup refers to the person responsible for the hair and makeup of the
actors in the film.
-Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities of the hair/makeup person are to ensure the hair and
makeup of the actors is done correctly and portray the character they are
playing.
Distributor
-Definition
The distributor is the person responsible for the marketing of the film.
-Key Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the film distributor are identifying the films target
audience, coming up with ways to promote the film to that audience and
ultimately hyping up the film through clever marketing and promotions.