The document outlines the roles of a documentary production team, including the executive producer who sets goals and delegates tasks, the producer who plans the schedule and oversees the vision, the researcher who finds subjects and verifies facts, the writer who crafts the story, cameraperson who shoots footage, the editor who assembles the documentary within the timeframe, and the on-screen talent who interviews subjects.
1. THE TEAM
1. Executive producer
• Responsible for setting goals, guidelines and to delegate tasks.
2. Producer
• Plan production schedule, assign tasks and be in charge of the overall vision of
the project
3. Researcher
• Identify potential interview subjects and characters
• Exercise quality control on the documentary by verifying all the ideas and facts
provided
4. Writer
• Creating storyboards, writing of script and weaving the story together into a
sequential events
5. Cameraperson
• Scouts for location with the production team and shooting of footage
6. Editor
• Edit documentary and to ensure that the story is told within the timeframe
7. Talent
• On-screen host or narrator who interview subjects
Editor's Notes
The executive producer is the main person in-charge of the entire documenting process and overseeing all the details. He is responsible for setting goals, guidelines and to delegate tasks. Next in line is the producer who is in charge of the particular production and works closely with the executive producer. His main responsibilities are to plan production schedule, assign tasks and be in charge of the overall vision of the project. On top of that, he has to keep log of all the footage shots on location. The job of the researcher is to identify potential interview subjects and characters, and exercise quality control on the documentary by verifying all the ideas and facts provided. He is in-charge of filling in the blanks for the undecided characters, topics and plot through researched information. The Writer is responsible for creating storyboards, writing of script and weaving the story together into a sequential events, while the cameraperson scouts for location with the production team and shooting of footage. The Editor is in charge of the technical work of editing documentary and to ensure that the story is told within the timeframe. Lastly, Talent is the on-screen host or narrator who will be interviewing the subjects. He is also the voiceover artists (reading/translating voices of characters).