Job Industry for Hank

BY NATHAN BULL

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Company Flow Chart

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Executive Producer

Producer

Location/Casting/Production Managers

Director

Assistant Directors

This is the highest part of the company flowchart where the majority of major decisions are made. After this part of the flow chart, it gets split into different departments and roles within them departments.

Company Flow Chart

Heads of each department

Director of Photography

Sound Designer

Production Designer

Editor

This is the next stage in the company flow chart. This shows that there is a head to each department and also the person that is next down in the flow chart from the heads of departments. These people look over the jobs that are being performed by others down the line and will do some jobs themselves as well as making relatively big decisions on behalf of the head of department.

Company Flow Chart

Director of Photography

Assistant Camera

Gaffer

Best Boy

Sparks

Clapper Loader

Focus Fuller

Grip

Sound Designer

Sound Recorder

Boom

Production Designer

Art Director

Special Effects

Costume

Prop

Make Up

Editor

Dubbing Editor

This is the furthest down in the major parts of the flowchart of a film production company. This shows the setup for most productions from the people just below heads of department all the way down to where somebody would start in a film company.

Company Flow Chart

• The roles in the picture on the slide before are the main roles through a company but there are, on average, 588 people are listed in the credits of films. This information was found by averaging the amount of names on the credits of the top 100 grossing films between 1994 and 2013. This number will be lower for a TV crew due to the fact that not as much will need to be carried out due to shorter episodes or live productions on a general basis. Although the roles for a film and TV set will be different, there will still not be as many crew member on a TV set.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Director of Photography – The main responsibility of the person in this role is to be the leader/chief of the camera and lighting crew during productions. They work alongside the director in a way that they get told by the Director how they want the shots to look and then the Director of Photography usually chooses the lens, filter, lighting and composition to get the best and most accurate result. The Director of Photography is the senior creative crew member directly after the director. Typically if somebody want to be a Director of Photography, their skillset would have to include having an artistic vision, good colour vision, the ability to give and accept direction, have a lot of creativity, have a precise attention to detail, have excellent communication skills, an ability to work well with cast and crew and especially a good knowledge of the requirements of Health and Safety legislation and procedures.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Art Director – The Art Director is the step down from the Production Designer. They mainly report back to the Production Designer to report on what they have seen and done during the production. The main responsibility of the Art Director is to oversee the work of the artists and the craftspeople. These people would include the Set Designers, Graphic Artists and Illustrators, the people that form the production’s design. The people that the Art Director work closely with is the Construction Coordinators and the Key Scenic Artist to oversee all of the aesthetic and textural details of the set and to make sure that the set is how it was planned to be. Another thing that the Art Director is responsible for is the overall budget and schedule of the whole art department. There may be more than one Art Director if the production is a large budget production and in this case, one of the members would be credited with the role of Supervising Art Director or Senior Art Director. In this role, you are more than likely going to be working normal working hours throughout the week but you may need to put in extra hours to meet the deadlines.

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Role Identification

• Director of Photography – This role is in the management department.

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• Art Director – This role is in a way in both the creative and management department in a way that there is management and creativity involved.

Becoming a Director of Photography

• Director of Photography – The main thing that you would obviously need is to have both creative and technical skills. You would need to have an advanced knowledge of the most recent equipment and the flexibility to change and work as the industry requires. Some things that are needed for somebody to become a Director of Photography include attending film school or studying film in general. By doing this you will be aware of the industry and how the job role works. The main thing that would also help is when a person watches as many movies as they can. By doing this you will have even more extended knowledge of film from more than a technical perspective.

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Becoming a Director of Photography

• (Continued) The next thing you will need to ensure is that you are an expert on camera and other filming equipment and supplies. These could be everything from microphones to lights. Directors of Photography also have to have a broad knowledge of electrician tasks due to needing to sometime helping the rest of his crew with tasks. An example of this is when they would need to help the grip with the initial set up of the film.

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Becoming an Art Director

• Art Director – To become an Art Director, you would have to work your way up from either Special Effects, Costume, Make-Up or a role in Props. Most Art Directors have a degree from an art school from studying graphic design, photography and drawing. The main thing that Art Directors need is an advanced knowledge when it comes to using computer programs and especially programs on Macs. Although during their time at art schools, the Art Director might still need to train using programs in the industry because although they should have experience from their course, there may be additional things that do not get covered and are essential.

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