Unit 3 TV Job Roles Grid

Job Role Roles and Responsibilities (what they do and are in charge of) Qualities Needed (skills and or qualifications)

Camera Operator (Studio/Outside Broadcast)

The camera operator is in charge of filming the shots for TV/FILM. There are different people for focusing etc... The camera operator is usually the boss of the Camera grip boy and the Focus man.

A sense of visual composition and movementCo-ordination and strengthHigh Communication skillsPrecise attention to detail

Script SupervisorScript Supervisors work as part of the Camera Department on Feature Films and Television Dramas. They ensure that, despite the fact that films are shot entirely out of script sequence, they eventually make continuous verbal and visual sense.

Good attention to detailPractical Approach to workGood organisation skills

Make-Up and Hair Artist - Film & TV

The make-up and hair team are there for making the actors and presenters look fabulous!

Presentation skillsExcellent organisationMakeup and Hair skillsAbility to work under pressureAble to work good as a team and communicate

DirectorThe director is in control of everything, How it runs and works. They can change what the producer and writer says. They are also in charge of Sound and video.

Exceptional focusArtistic vision and creative skillsGood at motivation and control

ResearcherThe researcher find information like weather/news and facts for the script

Calm personalityExcellent analysisGood commitmentSystematic

GafferGaffers are in control of the electrical side of the set. They install all the lighting and equipment for filming/broadcasting.

Good Imaginative thinkingStrong skill in problem solvingExcellent communicationSelf-confident

Boom OperatorThe boom operator is the person who captures all the sound from the set. They are one of the more important people. Using a boomer they walk around the outside of the set hanging over the scene.

Physical stamina and agilityGood patientsPrecise attention to detail

Example of Job Role:Camera Operator

Jonathan Miller is a camera operator and master from New York, Brooklyn. He has been in this area of film for over 10 years. He is well known for his elegant camera work in Film, TV and adverts. He has many awards for his fantastic work including two Spirit Awards and the Grand Jury prize at SZSW 2012!

Jonathan is an expert in 35mm, 16mm and High definition Cinematography. Clients he has worked with: IFC

Discovery Channel

History Channel

Travel Channel

NBC

Starbucks

American Express

Cover girl

ABC

Script Supervisor

Mel Yap-Stewart is a script supervisor who was trained in the use of ScriptE systems (Computerized form of script supervising). She has worked on many films such as Battleships and was a co-script supervisor for the first Hobbit film. She has been a script supervisor since late 2011 to present date.

Makeup and hair artist:

Fine's talent and determination have taken him far from the makeup counter, making him one of today’s most sought after makeup artists. His work has appeared on the covers and pages of Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Essence, Vibe and Marie Claire and was chosen as the first African-American spokesperson for Revlon and Cover girl Cosmetics. But it was the experiences from his formative years selling makeup that inspired him to write his first book, Fine Beauty: Beauty Basics and Beyond for African-American Women, a how-to guide that also highlights his many accomplishments.

Director:

Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest Directors of all time. He was born in 1946. Steven is an American film director, screen writer, Producer and business magnet! He has made many films in the past like JAWS and Jurassic park, two massive block busters.

In 2005, Steven Spielberg was rated the greatest film director of all time by Empire magazine. In 1997 a Wall Street sell-side analyst said "There are only two brand names in the business Disney and Spielberg".

From 1985 to 1989 Spielberg was married to actress Amy Irving. In their 1989 divorce settlement, she received $100 million from Spielberg after a judge controversially vacated a prenuptial agreement written on a napkin. Their divorce was recorded as the third most costly celebrity divorce in history. Following the divorce, Spielberg and Irving shared custody of their son, Max Samuel.