PRODUCTION ROLESPRODUCTION ROLES

The Basics You Need to KnowThe Basics You Need to Know

PRODUCERPRODUCER

person who arranges for and person who arranges for and organizes team, responsible for final organizes team, responsible for final product delivery – whatever stage it product delivery – whatever stage it is at, reflective of the teamwork – is at, reflective of the teamwork – calls production meetingscalls production meetings

DIRECTORDIRECTOR

looks at script and thinks about looks at script and thinks about storytelling, framing, shot storytelling, framing, shot composition, and order, relates order composition, and order, relates order of shooting to team, determines of shooting to team, determines “Blocking” for actors“Blocking” for actors

CAMERACAMERA

ensures all equipment is there and in ensures all equipment is there and in good order, ready to go, reviews shot good order, ready to go, reviews shot list and composition plans with list and composition plans with director, shoots, checks audio levels (if director, shoots, checks audio levels (if not an extra audio person), reviews the not an extra audio person), reviews the shot setup on a monitor prior to actually shot setup on a monitor prior to actually taping, watches for technical oktaping, watches for technical ok

WRITERWRITER

gives descriptive and specifying gives descriptive and specifying language to provide direction notes, language to provide direction notes, tells a story with flow with a tells a story with flow with a beginning, middle and endbeginning, middle and end

COORDINATORCOORDINATOR

arranges setups and locations for arranges setups and locations for team, permissions, props and team, permissions, props and materials, is direct assistant to materials, is direct assistant to helping the producer keep people helping the producer keep people together and moving aheadtogether and moving ahead

ACTORSACTORS

learn lines and movements learn lines and movements “Blocking” and practice their activity “Blocking” and practice their activity and performance for the shotsand performance for the shots

EDITOREDITOR

reviews all preparatory work and creates reviews all preparatory work and creates the edit plan – takes notes as shooting is the edit plan – takes notes as shooting is going on, on what take was good from going on, on what take was good from what timecode to what timecode – what timecode to what timecode – confirms all that is needed has been shot confirms all that is needed has been shot and is familiar with the look of the and is familiar with the look of the footage so that they can reference it footage so that they can reference it when they editwhen they edit

EVERYONEEVERYONE

takes initiative to organizetakes initiative to organize works like a professionalworks like a professional ensures the work is divided evenlyensures the work is divided evenly volunteers information, helps othersvolunteers information, helps others learns other people’s jobs - fill inlearns other people’s jobs - fill in documents what goes on from their documents what goes on from their

perspective for reportingperspective for reporting