Film Production Roles

*You are to profile five film production roles. You are to specify what they do, who they work with and at what stage of the production process (ie. Pre-production, Production, Post-production).

Music Supervisor-

Music Supervisors works between Production teams and Composers and their teams. . They also suggest ideas, and research and obtain rights to source music for films; they will include Orchestrators, Engineers, Musician’s, etc. Music Supervisors are usually employed at the post production stage, but may be asked to come into the movie a little earlier in production.

Lighting Technicians-

Lighting Technicians help to provide the relevant lighting and power supply for a film, either on a studio set, or on location. Some lighting technicians usually set up the lighting before an shoots of production and they also do lighting tests before the shooting.

They lighting technician must be able to stand heights therefore some of the lighting will need to be shot from high places. They must be able to adapt to roles that has been given to them

Prop Makers-

Prop makers make/design props that haven’t been hired or bought from others, but if the props have been bought, they will usually modify them. They must design the props to fit in with the film and so they work with the lighting that’s available.

They work with the Production designers. They get the ideas for the props from them, so then they know what they are creating.

The prop makers work during Pre- Production because they need to get ready for the shooting of the movie and the casts and others need to be organised.

Camera Operator

The camera operator works closely with the Director and the Director of Photography. Camera operator’s work usually starts at the end pre-production.  The director of photography and camera operator work together and work out what positions the camera will be in when working on the film.  They set the camera out of that when they are shooting they are prepared and they don’t have to make any other arrangements. They make other set ups just in case there is any last minute changes.

Costume Designer

In Pre-Production the costume designer goes the script scene by scene to work how many characters will be in the movie and to work out what costumes will be needed. They usually come up with costume designs from scratch.

Depending on the amount of costumes they will have to work long hours. Usually this includes over time on week days and working on weekends.