This document summarizes important job roles across different creative media industries: - In film, the producer oversees all aspects of production while the director controls the actors, plot, and locations. The costume designer designs outfits to help portray characters. - In television, the producer ensures content follows broadcasting rules while writers create ideas and scripts approved for airing. - Key radio roles include the general manager who ensures station performance and radio engineers who maintain broadcast equipment. - For games, roles like writers, directors, programmers, and sound designers all contribute as teams to solve issues during development.

1. Unit 2 - Working in the Creative
Media Industry
By Connor Crampton

2. Film
 Location Manager
 Producers
 Editor
 Director
 Script Writer
 Actors
 Executive Producer
 Cameramen
 Special Effects
 Props
 Make up artists
 Stunt Doubles
 Costume Designer
 Researcher

3. Importance of Job roles (Film)
 The producer creates the conditions for making the film. They supervise, coordinates, initiates and controls
the matters such as funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging distributors. The producer is involved
throughout the whole phase of making the film/TV show from development to completion. An example of a
famous producer is Quentin Tarantino while he is most known for being a director as well as a producer he
has also starred in nearly all of his own films and has been called "the single most influential director of his
generation" (said by Peter Bogdanovich)
 Director - They are the mastermind behind the films that are made, they control the flow of actors, plot of the
film. They also manage the location and often produce their own films. Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most
famous directors in the the world.
 Costume Designer - They oversee the clothing and costumes worn by the actors/actresses that appear on
screen. They are also responsible for designing, planning and organising the construction of the garments
down to the fabric, colours and sizes. The costume designer works closely with the Director to understand
and interpret "character”

4. TV
 Producer/Executive Producer
 Editor
 Director
 Script Writer
 Actor
 Cameraman
 http://www.televisual.com/read-reports-surveys/39/Salary-Survey-2015.html
 https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Script-Editor-Salary

5. Importance of Job Roles (TV)
 When working in TV it's important to stick to the rules and regulations when something is being
commissioned. One of these specific rules include paying attention to the watershed put in place
on nearly every broadcasting channel. For example, the producer's job is to oversee all aspects of
creation and video production so it would be ideal for them to know at which times
programming should start. (According to Televisual's 20th salary survey "it is possible to earn
a decent salary earning about £45,000 a year".)
 For a script writer/editor their main focus is making sure what when they come up with ideas for
a new tv show that everybody is on board with thei ideas otherwise the
show won't get commsioned . A script editor usually works specifically within dramas and
comedies and closely with writers offering them encourangment and making sure the scripts are
suitable for broadcast. (according to ziprecruiter $68,142 a year)

6. Radio
 Producer/Executive Producer
 Editor
 Script Writer
 https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/radio-broadcast-assistant#
 https://study.com/articles/Careers_in_Radio_Broadcasting_Options_and_Requirements.html

7. Importance of Job Roles (Radio)
 On average a radio broadcasting assistant will be earning £18,000 - £29,000 a year. Some jobs in
radio are very important and can determine whether the station stays on the air, these jobs
include the general manager. Their job is to be responsible for the performance of the
radio station for example on a smaller station they would help with admin and accounting
matters but at bigger stations they have staff to do this for them.
 Another important role at a radio station is the radio engineer, they maintain the equipment used
during the radio broadcasts and make sure the systems are functionally properly. They are
responsible for a station's facilities and may also provide technical support.

8. Games
 Writer
 Project Manager
 Creative Director
 Concept Artist
 Lead Programmer/Programmer
 Sound Designer
 https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/games-developer

9. Importance of Job Roles (Games)
 In the gaming industry every job role is important because anything could go wrong at any time
especially when coding. This is why supervisors and teams of coders and animators are
important because they can work together to solve any issues that might come about, it is also
why the directors and producers are important too because they help manage these
departments.