Video Basics
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• The Production Team– Who Does What When?
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• Preproduction Team– People who plan the production. – Normally includes:
• Producer – in charge of team• Director• Writer• Art Director• Floor Manager• Lighting Director• Technical Supervisor
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• Producer– States purpose of show (Process
Message)– Prepares budget– Prepares production schedule
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• Scriptwriter– Script serves as guide for production– Script usually rewritten several times
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• Director– Translate the script into specific video
and audio images– Works with scriptwriter, art director and
other members of preproduction team
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• Art Director– Responsible for the set design or taping
location– Prepares the Floor Plan – the diagram of
scenery, stage properties, chairs, tables, plants, etc.
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• Lighting Director (LD) – Sets lighting in studio or on location
• Floor Manager– Uses Floor Plan to put up and decorate
the set
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• Production Team– Nontechnical Team– Technical Team
Nontechnical Team
Nontechnical Team
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• Nontechnical Production Team
Nontechnical Team
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• Above-the-Line Personnel– Preproduction and Supervisory People
• Below-the-Line Personnel– People involved in the Production and
Postproduction
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• Passing the Buck– Blaming others for mistakes.
Technical Team
Production Schedule
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• Spill & Strike
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• Team Members– Nontechnical & Technical– Preproduction Team– Production Team– Postproduction Team– Floor Plan– Production Schedule
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• Questions
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