Creative Roles in the Creative Media Industry:

⁃ Director

⁃ Screenwriter

⁃ Photographer

⁃ Casting director

⁃ Colourist

⁃ Composer

Technical

⁃ Editor

⁃ Sound technician

⁃ Director of photography

⁃ Lighting technician/ spark

⁃ Make-up artist

⁃ Camera operator

Editorial

⁃ Accountant

⁃ Script doctor

⁃ Magazine editor

Marketing

⁃ Content marketer

⁃ Copywriter

⁃ Distributed

⁃ Advertiser

Managerial

⁃ Producer

⁃ Executive producer

⁃ Assistant director

⁃ Studio head

⁃ Project manager

Administrative & Research

⁃ Location scout

⁃ Researcher

⁃ Personal assistant

Roles and Responsibilities in Live TV:

Producer/ News Editor

⁃ the producer initiates coordinates and supervised and controls matter such as raising funding, hiring key personnel, legal, administrative, technological and artistic aspects of a production. The producer is involved throughout all phases of the process from the development to completion of a project ensuring the production always stays on time for deliver.

Director

– The director is responsible for all CREATIVE aspects of a production. The director typically helps hire the cast. The director helps decide on locations and creates a shooting plan (shot list). During shooting, the director supervises the overall project, manages shots.

Production Manager

The production manager makes deals concerned with business about the cast and crew. Creating call sheets, production schedules, budget sheets, ensuring all cost and crew in time, organises the technical needs of the crew and cast.

Floor Manager

Represents the director on the studio floor and gives instructions and directions to the crew, cast and guests. The floor manager also checks that the floor is clear and safe for the performance and makes announcements to the staff and audience. Helps maintain in the quietness and order calls cues and prompts talents as required.

Camera Operator

Uses the camera as instructed by the director to desk and compose the shots. They ensure the required action is correctly filmed in the frame. And must react instinctively as the proceedings take place.

Sound Tech

Weill oversee the audio aspects of the production. During shooting sound operators will maintain good clean audio recording levels placing microphones on cast sound checking ensuring enough battery listening closely to action and adjusting accordingly.

Lighting Tech

Involved with setting up and controlling lighting equipment. Safely lighting the set, selecting the appropriate types of lights colours for the scene and will often lights on and off from the prompt of the director.

Script Supervisor

Oversee the continuity of the production including wardrobe props hair and makeup actions during the scene. Notes will be recorded during the production help the editor.

Set Designer

Collars with the directions and other members of the prod design team to control productions onscreen appearance including sourcing props and materials.

Graphics Designer

Designs what graphic content is displayed on air.

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