INSTITUTION RESEARCHHAFSAH ZAMAN 12.6

JOBS THAT ARE CREDITED IN THE OPENING TWO MINUTES OF A FILM

• DIRECTOR

• MOTION PICTURES/ PRODUCTION COMPANIES

• SCREENPLAY WRITERS

• PRODUCERS

• EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

• MAIN CAST

• CASTING DIRECTOR

• DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

• PRODUCTION DESIGNER

• FILM EDITOR

• MUSIC COMPOSER

• COSTUME DESIGNER

• VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR

• TITLE

DIRECTORS

• A FILM DIRECTOR CONTROLS A FILM'S ARTISTIC AND DRAMATIC ASPECTS, AND

VISUALIZES THE SCRIPT WHILE GUIDING THE TECHNICAL CREW AND ACTORS IN THE

FULFILMENT OF THAT VISION. THE DIRECTOR HAS A KEY ROLE IN CHOOSING THE CAST

MEMBERS, PRODUCTION DESIGN, AND THE CREATIVE ASPECTS OF FILMMAKING. THEY

USUALLY APPEAR AT THE START OR AT THE END OF THE CREDITS

SCREEN PLAY WRITERS

• TO TAKE EITHER A PRE-WRITTEN STORY, OR EVEN A NATIVE STORY IDEA, AND

TRANSLATE IT INTO AN EFFECTIVE SCREENPLAY IS THE PRIMARY ROLE OF A

SCREENWRITER IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

PRODUCERS

1. PRODUCERS PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE TELEVISION, FILM AND VIDEO

INDUSTRIES. A PRODUCER WILL OVERSEE EACH PROJECT FROM CONCEPTION TO

COMPLETION AND MAY ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THE MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

PROCESSES. PRODUCERS WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DIRECTORS AND OTHER

PRODUCTION STAFF ON A SHOOT.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

• AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IS THE HEAD PRODUCER WHO OVERSEES THE

CREATION OF A FILM, TELEVISION SHOW, RADIO BROADCAST, MUSIC ALBUM OR

THEATRE PERFORMANCE. AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER USUALLY WORKS FOR A

PRODUCTION COMPANY, BUT MAY WORK INDEPENDENTLY.

MAIN CAST

• THESE ARE THE PEOPLE ARE ON SCREEN AND THEY ALL HAVE SPECIFIC ROLES

THAT PLAY A PART IN THE FILM

CASTING DIRECTOR

• A CASTING DIRECTOR IS A MIDDLEMAN (OR MORE LIKELY A MIDDLEWOMAN)

WHO FINDS THE ACTORS NEEDED TO FILL ROLES IN MOVIES, TV SHOWS,

THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, COMMERCIALS OR EVEN CORPORATE AND MUSIC

VIDEOS.

FIL EDITOR

• AS A FILM OR VIDEO EDITOR, YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSEMBLING

RECORDED RAW MATERIAL INTO A FINISHED PRODUCT THAT'S SUITABLE FOR

BROADCASTING. THE MATERIAL MAY INCLUDE CAMERA FOOTAGE, DIALOGUE,

SOUND EFFECTS, GRAPHICS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS. THIS IS A KEY ROLE IN THE

POST-PRODUCTION PROCESS AND YOUR SKILLS CAN DETERMINE THE QUALITY

AND DELIVERY OF THE FINAL PRODUCT. YOU'LL USUALLY WORK CLOSELY WITH

THE DIRECTOR TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED END RESULT.

MUSIC COMPOSER

• THE JOB IS TO CREATE THE MUSIC THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE FILM.7

COSTUME DESIGNER

A COSTUME DESIGNER IS A PERSON WHO DESIGNS COSTUMES FOR A FILM OR

STAGE PRODUCTION. THE ROLE OF THE COSTUME DESIGNER IS TO CREATE THE

CHARACTERS AND BALANCE THE SCENES WITH TEXTURE AND COLOUR, ETC.[1]

THE COSTUME DESIGNER WORKS ALONGSIDE THE DIRECTOR, SCENIC, LIGHTING

DESIGNER, SOUND DESIGNER, AND OTHER CREATIVE PERSONNEL

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR

IN THE CONTEXT OF FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION, A VISUAL EFFECTS

SUPERVISOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACHIEVING THE CREATIVE AIMS OF THE

DIRECTOR AND/OR PRODUCERS THROUGH THE USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS. WHILE IT

IS A CREATIVE ROLE

TITLE

• THE NAME OF THE FILM, THIS CAN APPEAR AT THE START MIDDLE OR THE END

OF THE OPENING CREDITS

MOTION PICTURE/PRODUCTION COMPANIES

• THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING THE PRODUCTION DIRECTLY OR

THROUGH OTHER COMPANIES. THEY USUALLY APPEAR AFTER THE DIRECTOR IN

THE OPENING CREDITS

FILM ORGANISATIONSARDMAAN ANIMATIONS

• AARDMAN ANIMATIONS, LTD., ALSO KNOWN AS AARDMAN STUDIOS, OR SIMPLY

AS AARDMAN, IS A BRITISH ANIMATION STUDIO BASED IN BRISTOL, UNITED

KINGDOM. THE STUDIO IS KNOWN FOR FILMS MADE USING STOP-MOTION CLAY

ANIMATION TECHNIQUES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FEATURING PLASTICINE

CHARACTERS WALLACE AND GROMIT. AFTER SOME EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER

ANIMATED SHORT FILMS IN THE LATE 1990S, BEGINNING WITH OWZAT (1997),

IT ENTERED THE COMPUTER ANIMATION MARKET WITH FLUSHED AWAY (2006).

HEYDAY FILMS

• HEYDAY FILMS IS A BRITISH FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1997 BY

PRODUCER DAVID HEYMAN IN LONDON. ITS FIRST FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION

WAS RAVENOUS, DIRECTED BY ANTONIA BIRD. IT IS MOST NOTABLE FOR

PRODUCING THE HARRY POTTER FILM SERIES, BASED ON THE NOVELS BY J. K.

ROWLING, BEGINNING WITH HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE IN

2001.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION 7

• PRODUCTION, IS THE MAKING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FILM. THE ARE

THEY ONES WHO ORGANISE THE FINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FILM IS

PROFITABLE AND IN BUDGET E.G. COLUMBIA

• DISTRIBUTION MEANS THE MIDDLEMAN OF THE BUSINESS AS IT’S JOB IS TO GET

THE FILM TO OTHER STUDIOS. THEY ARE AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY THAT

INSURES A PLACE FOR THE FILM

SOURCES USED

• HTTPS://DAFILMSCHOOL.WORDPRESS.COM/2011/11/30/ROLE-OF-A-

SCREENWRITER-IN-FILM-MAKING/

• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/FILM_DIRECTOR

• HTTP://WWW.PROSPECTS.AC.UK/TELEVISION_FILM_VIDEO_PRODUCER_JOB_DESC

RIPTION.HTM

• HTTP://ENTERTAINMENT.HOWSTUFFWORKS.COM/CASTING-DIRECTOR1.HTM

• HTTP://WWW.PROSPECTS.AC.UK/FILM_VIDEO_EDITOR_JOB_DESCRIPTION.HTM

• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/COSTUME_DESIGNER

• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/VISUAL_EFFECTS_SUPERVISOR

• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/AARDMAN_ANIMATIONS

• HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/HEYDAY_FILMS