By Raphael Blake and Andre Pinkney

1.Executive Producer -An Executive Producer (EP) is a producer who was not
involved in the technical aspects of the filmmaking process in the original definition,
but has played a financial or creative role in ensuring that the project goes into
production.
2. Producer -A Film Producer creates the conditions for filmmaking

3. Screenwriter -Is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing
screenplays on which mass media such as films, television programs, comics or
video games are based.

4. Unit Production Manager -is the Directors Guild of Americaapproved title for the
top below-the-line staff position responsible for the administration of a feature film
or TV production.
5. Director -A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

6. 1st Assistant Director/1st AD -The First Assistant Director (First or 1st AD)
has overall AD responsibilities and supervises the Second AD

7.The Second Assistant Director (Second or 2AD) creates the daily call sheets
from the production schedule,
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in cooperation with the production
coordinator.
8. Casting Director -A casting director or "CD" (and sometimes the casting
associate) is in charge of most of the daily work involved in this process
during pre-production.

9.Script Supervisor-A script supervisor (also called continuity
supervisor) is a member of a film crew responsible for maintaining the
motion picture's internal continuity and for recording the production unit's
daily progress in shooting the film's screenplay.

10. Director of Photography -A cinematographer or director of
photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the
camera and lighting crews working on a film, television production or other
live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical
decisions related to the image.


11. Camera Operator/Videographer-A camera operator or
cameraman/camerawoman is a professional operator of a film or video
camera.

12. 1st Assistant Camera/1st AC- The First Assistant Camera, 1st AC or
Focus Puller, is responsible for keeping the camera in focus as it is
shooting, as well as building the camera at the beginning of the day and
taking it apart at the end.


13. 2nd Assistant Camera/Clapper/Loader -The Second Assistant Camera,
2nd AC or Clapper loader, operates the clapperboard at the beginning of
each take and loads the raw film stock or blank videocassette into the
camera magazines between takes, if there is no additional specifically
designated Film Loader.

14. Sound Mixer -In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer,
also called a mixing desk, audio production console, soundboard or
simply mixer is an electronic device for combining (also called "mixing"),
routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals

15. Boom Operator- A boom operator is an assistant of the production sound
mixer.

16. Production Designer -a production designer or P.D is the person responsible
for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, video
games, music videos or adverts.

17. Art Director -Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions
in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, film and television, the Internet,
and video games.

18. Set Dresser -Set dressers arrange objects on a film set before shooting.

19. Props Master -The Property Master is in charge of finding and managing
all the props that appear in the film. These include any item handled by an
actor that is not part of the scenery or costumes, and all consumable food
items that appear on screen.

20. Gaffer - The gaffer is the head of the Lighting Department, responsible for
the design of the lighting plan for a production. Sometimes the Gaffer is
credited as Chief Lighting Technician

21. Best Boy Electrician -The Best Boy is the chief assistant to the Gaffer. He
or she is not usually on set, but dealing with the electric truck, rentals,
manpower, and other logistics.

22. Key Grip-The Key Grip is the chief Grip on a set, and is the head of the
Set Operations Department. The Key Grip works with the Director of
Photography to help set up the set and to achieve correct lighting and
blocking.

23.Dolly Grip- The Grip in charge of operating the camera dollies and camera
cranes is called the Dolly Grip. They place, level, and move the dolly track,
then push and pull the dolly, and usually a Camera Operator and Camera
Assistant as riders.

24. Special Effects Artist -The Special Effects Supervisor instructs the Special
effects crew on how to design moving set elements and props that will safely
break, explode, burn, collapse and implode without destroying the film set.
S/he is also responsible for reproducing weather conditions and other on-
camera magic.

25. Visual Effects Artist -The Visual Effects Producer works with the Visual
Effects Supervisor to break down the script into storyboards, and advises the
Director as to how s/he should approach the scenes. Together they
determine which sequences are to be shot as live action elements, which
would work well in miniature, and which (if any) should be computer
generated.

26. Editor -The Film Editor is the person who assembles the various shots
into a coherent film, with the help of the Director. There are usually several
Assistant Editors.

27. Production Manager -This position is responsible for all of the details required in
the actual production of local programming. The production manager supervised
producers, directors, floor directors and stage managers.

28. Sound Recordist -an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation
of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound
effects.

29. Make-up/Costumes -Make-up Artists work with makeup, hair and special
effects to create the characters look for anyone appearing on screen.

31. Production Designer -The Production Designer is responsible for creating
the visual appearance of the film - settings, costumes, character makeup, all
taken as a unit.