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Screenwriter

Executive producer

Director

Development department

Key roles on-set department

• Meet producers to plan filming schedules and resources
• Develop scirpits or ideas for programmes
• Develop storyboards
• Decide how the productions should look and where it should be filmed
• Hire cast and crew
• Explain technical requirements to different teams
• Direct actors on set or location

Guiding and managing the actors and film crew, interpretating scripts, and ensuring the visual storytelling aligns with the desired narrative style

What do they do?

Responsibilities

Director

They are the spokesperson for the production and have the final say

What they do?

They pitch ideas to the TV commissioners and deal with the legal, financial, and marketing aspects

Responsibility

Executive producer

Creates or adapts a story into a script for the entertainment industry

What do they do?

• Comes up with theme and ideas
• researrch background material
• develop plots and chatacters
• lay out the screenplay to an agreed format
• prepare short summaries of your ideas
• sell your ideas or pitch to producers
• get feedback on your work from producers or script editors

Responsibilities

Screenwriter

Line producer

Production coordinator

Finance controller

Production management department

Make sure the film is completed within budget and the money is spent properly

What they do?

• Ensuring accuracy of financial statements
• Overseeing all financial planning and analysis
• Forecasting future peformances
• Recommending changes to improve financial peformance
• Utilising updated technologies for their job

Responsibilities

Finance controller

Ensures that product development goals, milestones, budgets, and timelines are met accurately executed according to product manager's development plans

What they do?

• Preparing
• Updating and distributing crew lists
• Daily progress reports
• Script changes

Responsibilities

Production coordinator

Responsible for human resources and handling any problems that come up during production

What do they do?

• Human resources
• Handling any problems

Responsibilities

Line producer

Hair and makeup designer

Costume designer

Set decorator

Craft department

Prepare and apply paint, wallpaper and other finishes to surfaces, and inside out

What they do?

• Create the background of the action
• Explaining the context
• Adding mood and visual interest as the drama unfolds

Responsibilities?

Set decorator

Create character designs based on the productions setting

What do they do?

• Apply makeup
• Wash
• Cut
• Blow-dry
• Style
• Set hair
• Apply products

Responsibilities

Hair and makeup design

Create clothes for characters that, on the one hand, reflect the ideas and goals of the play

What do they do?

• Change costume team
• Budget
• Time frame

Responsibilities

Costume designer

Sound mixer

The grip

Director of photography

Technical departments

The leader of the production sound crew, responsible for recording high-quality audio on set and location for film and television productions.

What do they do?

Head up the department responsible for all the sound record during filming

Responsibilities

Sound mixer

Estsblishes the overall visual style of the production and understands its creative vision in order to lead the photography sessions

What do they do?

Manage all aspects of filming, sometimes operating a camera

Responsibilities

Director of photography

Sets up, operates and maintains the rigging and equipment that supports the camera

What do they do?

Build and maintain all the equipment that supports cameras

Responsibilities

The grip