Knowing Who’s Who In The Television And Film Industries
- Producer: A Producer will oversea all aspects of the production of a TV Show/Movie. The producer would usually manage the budget of the show/Movie, and also manage the schedule and workers contracts.
- Script Writer: A Script Writer is the person who will be the person who creates what will happen overall in the TV Show Episode or Movie. The person will note down in order of what will happen, with locations, speech if there is any, and what time of day the scene will be shot.
- Video Editor: A video editor is the person who will create the overall look of the Episode/Movie. The editor will cut down all footage, add music, sound effects, special effects and adding anything else if needed. To give the overall view of the product which will be shown in Cinemas/TV.
- Camera Man/Woman: This is the person who will record all the footage, and is one of the most important job roles for the production of anything as you need someone to record the footage.
- Director: The Director is one of the most crucial members of a team as a Director is in charge of visualising the ideas into a movie. Bringing a written script to life.
Management is one of the most important roles in TV and Film, as whoever is managing the production is in charge of certain aspects. Job roles such as an Accounting are in charge of managing the budget of the production, managing salaries and what the money is spent on.
Creative job roles are the people who think of the ideas of the production of the movie. Creative workers will be mainly used in the pre-production of the stage of the TV Show/Film. Job roles such as Script Writing.
Editorial job roles are usually people who work on the post production of a movie/TV Show. Editorial job roles include: Video editor, sound editor and a title designer. Technical job roles are usually for people working in the production of the movie/TV Show. Job roles include: Lighting operator, Camera men and a production sound manager.
Research are usually the people who work on pre-production with the job roles of a Prop maker, catering crew and location researcher. People working in finance are the people who look after the budget for the production, and decide what everything get's spent on.
Organisational job roles are similar as they manage organizing the transport, directing the cast members and could also be a photographer. And Administrative job roles can consist of the usual admin roles but can also include health and safety, catering and even transport.
Shift work is where employees are given
certain shifts that are regular such as a 9 till 5 to carry out their jobs.
Jobs in the media industry that would usually work hourly rates editors and
runners. A runner would be working on a shift basis and would be contracted to
a certain amount of hours.
An irregular work pattern is where an employee is given hours that are after the usual 9 to 5 day job hours . For example actors could be required to work late hours due to the nature of the scene and the conditions that the scene needs. Another example would be runners could be required to work night shifts to deliver tapes to other companies at any given hour due to production companies being open all hours of the day.
A fixed term contract is a contract that is only scheduled for a certain amount of time and after that both the person and company will part ways. As an example the actors on a certain TV or film set will only be required for a certain amount of time on set so this is where a fixed term contract will come in requiring the actor to only stay a certain amount of time.
A freelancer is a self employed
individual. An example of freelancing within the TV and film industry could be a
graphic designer for instance the TV or film company could reach out to a
graphic designer and ask if they could
work for them for a set period of time. Freelancers don’t necessarily
have a long-term employer
Piece work is where an employee is paid
on the basis of the actual piece of work that they were producing for the
company. For example someone in the TV and film industry that would be required to do piece work could
be an artist that is designing posters for an upcoming film the people
designing this would be paid based on the completion of the posters completion.
Hourly rates is where an employee will be paid on an hourly basis. An example for this is in the TV/Movie industry people such as a Runner or Editor will only be paid hourly on the basis of the hours they are required to finish the work.
