Knowing who’s who in
the television and film industries
In this assignment I will be talking about the different job roles and working patterns in media and explain them with examples.
Producer: A producer is someone who will oversea everything for a movie or a TV show. The producer is usually responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the TV shoe or movie,and they also manage the schedules and contracts for the workers,
Scrip Writer: A script writer is someone who writes about what will be happening in the TV show or movie, they will wright down the location, what the people will be saying in the movie/TV show if anyone will be talking at all and what time of day that the scene will be shot.
Video Editor: A video editor is someone who will create the movie so all of the scenes are together and so it can be shown in the cinema or on TV. They will cut all the footage to make it look better, add sound effects, special effects, music and anything else that is needed for the TV show/movie.
Camera person: A camera person is the person who will be recording the TV show/movie, this is a an important role for making movies/TV show because you will need someone to create the footage so it can be edited and created into a TV show/movie.
Director: The director is very important to create the TV show/move because the director is in charge of creating/visualizing the ideas that they have into a TV show/movie.
Development:
Screen writer - a screen writer is someone who wrights scripts, they will write about what is happening in every scene, for example, the write about who is talking if anyone is, describe the scenery and say what time of day the scene will be shot.
Production manager - a production manager is someone who tells people what to do
Pre-production:
Storyboard artist - a storyboard artist is someone who makes the storyboard for a film or something
Costume designer - this is someone who designs the costumes for the actors to wear.
Production:
Grip - a Grip is someone who works closely with the camera department to provide camera support for it.
Cameraman - the cameraman is the one who holds the camera and records everything.
Director - the director is the one who is in charge of what the film is about, the tell people what to do.
Post-production:
Editor - a editor is someone who edits the video after is has been finished recorded.
VFX artist - theVFX artist
sound mix - the sound mix is someone who makes sure that the sound sounds good and to also make sure.
Distribution:
Marketing - Marketing is when someone produces a product or a service to meet that need and provide it to your audiences, it is all about planning.
Sales - this is when someone is selling advertising such as, newspapers, magazines, outdoor billboards and more.
Publicity manager - the publicity manager is someone who plans or coordinates activities that are designed to create or maintain pubic image.
Exhibition:
Cinema manager - A cinema manager is someone who is responsible for efficient running of all day-to-day services and activities of the cinema
Film buyer - a film buyer is someone who is responsible for getting movies from Hollywood studios or a local cinema.
Fixed team:
A
fixed term is a contract that is for someone who is hired for a certain period of time to do something, for example some actors will only have to work for a certain period of time because when there scenes have ended they wont be needed on set anymore and also a
camera person might be hired for a certain about of time too because they might be hired for as long that the film will take to record.
Freelance:
Freelance is someone who is self-employed who is offering services for people. A freelance sets their own prices and target market of clientele, they can also set their own hours, for example a graphic designer for the TV show/movie, the TV/Film company will reach out to someone who is a graphic designer and ask them if they could work for them and set a time for them to do it.
Hourly rates:
Hourly
rates are how much someone gets paid depending on the amount of hours that they
have to do, for example the runner and the editor will be paid hourly until their work is complete.
Office hours:
Office hours are the hours the hours that the people are working for example, how long the camera crew will have to work for, how long the actors will be working for etc.
Piece work:
Piece
work is the amount someone will get paid depending on how much work they have
produced, for example if someone was required to do a piece of work for the film/TV industry, for example someone who creates posters for a film/TV show, the people who have designed this poster will be paid depending on the completion of the poster.
Shift work:
Shift
work is when people who rotate through periods of times throughout the day, which is usually 9 till 5, for example
runners would do this because they need to get things for people, also editors
would also work in shifts.
Irregular patterns:
Irregular
patterns are when the people who are working on the set are given hours that are after the usual time they would start witch is 9 to 5 hours, for example some actors might have to work later hours due to what the scene is about and also runners might have to work longer shifts so they can deliver things to other companies.
