Film Careers
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- Screen Writers
- People who write the story
- Script Readers
- People who evaluate the story for submission to companies
- Story Editors
- People who adapt the story to a movie
- Casting Directors
- People who read scripts and find actors to embody the characters
- Principal Actors
- People who epitomize and embody the characters in the stories
- Talent Agents
- People who represent directors, actors, producers, etc.
- Mailroom Clerks
- People who distribute mail and forward important documents
- Stunt Coordinator/Stuntperson
- Extreme sports/heavy physical activities
- Choreographer
- Dancer
- Animal Trainer, Wrangler
- Person with experience with animals
- Head of Production
- Supervises all aspects of a movie including script, talents, and production team
- Development Executives
- People who support the Head of Production
- Executive Producer
- People in charge of the finances of a film and making sure it stays on budget
- Producer
- Person who develops story, hires writers, directors, actors, arranges financing, oversee film's production and release
- Line producer
- The producer's on-the-set mole
- Unit Production Manager
- Manager of administrative, financial, and technical elements of a film
- Production Coordinator
- Handles administration of the production office and set
- Production Assistant
- Everyone's support and errand-runner/gopher
- Director
- One who translates the screenplay, envisions the final movie, and helps facilitate this to become reality...and is responsible for the cast and crew
- Camera Operator
- Operator of the camera
- First assistant cameraperson
- Maintains/assembles all camera equipment, ensures appropriate focus of the camera during all shots
- Key Grip
- Supervises crew responsible for all the equipment used by the cinematographer on the set
- Gaffer
- Chief electrician of the set
- Best boy
- Assists the gaffer and key grip
- Production Designer
- Oversees the look of the film
- Art Director
- Responsible for drawing all aspects of the film including sets, costumes, hair/makeup, props, etc.
- Storyboard artist/production illustrator
- Draws the script's words to help visualize each shot or scene
- Set Designer
- Helps creates the blueprints for the actual set
- Set Decorator
- Supervises the lead man in charge of the Swing Gang
- Swing Gang
- Crew assigned to dress the set
- Matte Painters
- True artists who paint the background settings
- Special effects artists
- puppeteers, sculptors, property masters, Model & miniature builders
- Location Scouts
- Help find the physical locations to film seemingly remote locales
- Costume Designers, makeup artists, special effects makeup artists, hairstylists
- complete the vision of the film
- Sound Designers
- Responsible for the overall design and shape of the soundtrack from dialogue and sound effects to music
- Sound mixers
- Record and mix all sounds during production including dialogue, background sound, and tone
- Boom Operators
- Manually place and operate all microphones on set to capture the sound for the sound mixer
- Caterers
- Provide food for the filmmakers
- Transportation Coordinators
- Help coordinate the cast and crew's transportation to a site for filming
- Editor
- Helps determine which takes or shots are used for the final product of the film. Assisted by the assistant editor and the negative cutter
- Color timer
- Balances the film's color and contrast to match consistency in the movie
- Visual effects producer
- Supervises all of the crew responsible for the real life effects and computer generated imagery. Need coordination of special effects artists and computer programmers/graphic specialists
- Titles & Optical effects coordinators
- Handle titles and optical effects (ie. twins in a scene)
- Supervising sound editors
- Pick up pieces of the sound designers by directing all post-production sound. Could include adding sound effects to the soundtrack, adding or re-recording dialogue/voice-overs, and charging any sound mixers and sound editors to improve the sound
- Foly Artists
- Enhance and re-create background sound effects (crashes, leaves, falls)
- Film distributor
- Responsible for getting film into movie theatres for thearical release
- Sales Agents
- Work on behalf of film producers to sell international rights to a film
- Theatre owners
- Manage locations where movies are shown
- Publicists
- Create interest in a film by representing the cast, crew, and production companies by arranging interviews with journalists and media
- Still Photographers
- Take pictures
- Advertising & Marketing executives
- Work in the studios to coordinate mass-market inundation of their next big movie - issues like product placement, etc.)
- Festival organizers
- Think Sundance or Cannes Film Festivals
- Entertainment Writers
- For magazines, newspapers, internet articles, and/or books about any aspect of the film industry
- Film instructors, acting teachers, dialect coaches
- Education