Film staff

A film crew filming CSI: NY in Brooklyn

Organization chart film production

As a film crew (also film crew ) all on one are film production people involved indicated that no actors , extras , extras and stuntmen are. These people are usually listed in the credits .

Each staff is made up of different departments (“Departments”), each of which has different tasks to perform in preparation ( V ), during the shoot on the set ( S ) and in follow-up ( N ). The usual structure consists of production, direction, camera, sound, montage, make-up, costume design, production design, music as well as special effects and audiovisual effects.

jobs

The list of professions listed here is by no means exhaustive; With the further development of the medium of film, new tasks are still being found and new professions are being created. More detailed descriptions of all professions can be found on the linked Wikipedia pages.

production

Production is primarily responsible for project development and implementation, management and organizational management. Fundamentally, the film producer , executive producer , line producer and accountant are to be named. The management consists of the production management , the production management (Unit Production Manager ), the first recording manager or recording manager and the subject recording manager . There is also the film management team and the production assistant. The safety officer filming location (“set”) is responsible for the occupational safety area . The production department also has the set recording manager, the set runner and the production driver .

V / S Transportation Captain
S Move unit coordinator
S Car Captain
S blockers
S set manager
S location manager

Direction / story development

(artistic direction of a film project, adaptation of the script for the recording, acting management, ...)

V / S / N director (director)
V Screenwriter (screenplay / screenwriter)
V dramaturg (dramaturg / script doctor)
V Technical advisor ( Consultant )
V Researcher
V / S assistant (assistant director)
V Casting Director ( casting )
S Script Supervisor (script supervisor) or Story Editor (script editor)
S Script / Continuity (script / continuity)

Production design / costume design / makeup / special effects

(Design and production of a film world in all details, English Art Department )

V / S / N Designer (production designer)
V / S Art Director , depending on the task and project size, other graphic designers and illustrators , as well as:
- Standby art director
- Assistant art director
V location scout
V / S stage (set designer)
- Scenery sculptor or scenery painter
V / S outdoor prop (set decorator or prop master or prop buyer, depending on the task / project size)
S interior prop (standby prop)
V / S prop driver
V / S scenery construction management / stage builder (leadman or construction manager)
V / S Baubühne (set builder, support on set: swing gang)
V / S costume (costume designer)
V / S costume designer assistant
S cloakroom (wardrobe)
V / S artist (makeup artist)

Camera / image creation

(Photographing a story in its film world, taking care of the film material, designing and processing the image level)

V / S / N camera (director of photography / cinematographer)
V / S cameraman (camera operator)
S steadicam operator
V / S 1st camera assistant (1st assistant camera, focus-puller)
V / S / N 2nd camera assistant / material assistant (2nd assistant camera / clapper loader, film loader)
S camera stage ( key grip, dolly grip )
S / N Stillfotograf (still photographer)

lighting

S gaffer (gaffer)
S First light technician (best boy electrician)
S lighting technician (Electrician)
S / N light determiner , colorist (color timer / color grader, colourist)
S / N Digital Imaging Technician
S / N Data Wrangler

music

(Conception and production of the film music)

N film composer (composer original music)
N Music supervisor

Sound / sound design

(Recording and creative processing of language, noises, atmospheres, music)

S Tonmeister (sound mixer) and sound engineer (audio / sound engineer)
S assistant (boom operator)
N Mischtonmeister (Re-Recording Mixer, Dubbing mixer)
N sound engineer (sound editor)
N sound designer (sound designer)
N Foley (Foley artist)
N voice actors
N dialogue direction

Cut / assembly

(Selection and design of the raw material created during the shooting; leads to the final structure and content of the film)

S / N Filmeditor (film editor)
S / N editor (assistant editor)

Visual effects

S / N VFX producer
S / N VFX supervisor
S / N VFX editor
S / N compositor
S / N Matte Painter

animation

V / S / N animator

Others

S Second recording team (Second unit)

V / S / N promoter / organizer
V / S / N system administrator
V / S / N Creative Director
V / S / N Creative Supervisor
V / S / N Creative Producer

Individual evidence

↑ Mike Rößler: Die Arbeitsschutzorganisation in der Filmproduktion , BfbA-Verlag, Potsdam 2013, 2nd updated and revised edition, ISBN 978-3-9815430-1-8 .

Web links

Dossier on the film industry at the Federal Agency for Political Education
Safety Officer film staff book chapter BfbA-Verlag

[1] Mike Rößler: Die Arbeitsschutzorganisation in der Filmproduktion , BfbA-Verlag, Potsdam 2013, 2nd updated and revised edition, ISBN 978-3-9815430-1-8 .