Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Crew Roles & Responsibilities.

Studio Roles:

  • Floor Manager (FM)
    In charge of the studio, and controls who comes in/out of it. They represent the Director on the floor and keep the production going. They wear radio head sets (cans) to deliver messages from the Director to other crew members on the studio floor who are not on cans and vice versa. They also cue in the talent, whilst indicating which camera they need to talk into to.

  • Assistant Floor Manager (AFM)
    Helps the Floor Manager with their given tasks in the studio, and performs jobs such as tallying the score (for quiz shows) or leading the audience when giving applause.

  • Camera Operators
    As the name suggests, they operate the cameras. Their principal task is to deliver well framed and well focused shots. They are given cans so that they can communicate with the Director.

  • Camera Assistant
    Helps the operator to position/move the camera, and keeps hold of the cables to prevent them from being tripped over.

  • Talent
    These are the people who appear infront of the camera, such as presenters/contestants.

Vision Control Room Roles:

  • Director
    In charge of the studio, crew and talent. They direct, organise and establish shots and the order in which that they appear. The production is ultimately, their vision.

  • Assistant Director
    Cues in any visual inserts, and then keeps the timing for them.

  • Vision Mixer
    Operates the Vision Mixing Panel, which is used to switch between the different camera shots and any external inserts (video clips) which will be recorded/broadcast.

  • Lighting Controller
    Operates the lighting elements on the set.

Audio Control Room Roles:

  • Senior Sound Operator
    Operates the audio mixer to control the sound levels of the microphones in the studio and any DVD inserts, making sure they aren't too loud or too quiet.

  • Assistant Sound Operator
    Helps the Senior Sound Op on the audio mixer.

  • DVD Operator
    Controls the DVD to cue in any VT inserts.

Other:

  • Producer
    Funds the production and is responsible for hiring both the crew and talent.

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