Tuesday 9 February 2010

Crew Roles and Responsibilities

In studio Roles:
  • Floor Manager (FM)- In charge of the studio, The directors on floor representetive and relays messages from the director to the talent.
  • Camera Op's- Operate the Cameras.
  • Camera Assistant- Sometimes called Cable Bashers, Help to move the camera around.
  • Assistant Floor Manager (AFM)- Either keeps score or sits in with the audience to get them going and generate more of an atmosphere, can also relay messages from director if fm is unavaliable.
  • Talent- Actors and audience anyone who is in front of the camera.

Audio Control Room Roles:

  • Senior Sound Op- Responsible for overall sound.
  • Assistant Sound Op- Responsibility usually shared, so one will control the mic's and other will control Dvd sound and the overall sound, this will usually be the Senior Sound op who does this.
  • Dvd Op- Is responsible for all the inserts that are played within the show, so has to get them cued ready for whenever the director wants to cut to them.

Vision Control Room Roles:

  • Vision Mixer (VX)- Operates the Vision Mixing panel.
  • Director- The creative executioner- Making. Is also in overall charge no-one can argue with he/she whatever they say goes.
  • Producer- Puts together a deal- Content.
  • Camera Control Unit Op (CCU)
  • Assistant Director- Keeps all the timings and times all inserts and gives the director and idea of when to cut of them.
  • Lighting Controler/Operator- Operates the lights and dims or brightens them if needed.

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