Who works in the film industry?
The people that work in the film industry are listed below:
Producer - This persons job is to prepare and then supervise the making of a film. Then presenting the finished product to a distributor or someone that will fund the film. Said person can either be an independent producer or an employed producer.
Distributor - A company or person responsible for the making of a film. This person or company might set a release date for the film and method in which a film will be put out to the audience for them to view (e.g. Trailers on TV, Posters, Online information).
Locations Manager - Finds and identifies the ideal location (set) for the film to be shot in. Once they have found the location, they will then notify the Producer and Director and also the Product Designer. The Locations Manager will also have to get all the crew, vehicle access, parking and noise reduction handled before everyone arrives on set.
Lighting - This person or rather people help to provide the amount of light needed in a scene as well as handling the power supply. If a shot needs a certain lighting affect, then the lighting crew will work with the director to pinpoint the exact, or get close to it, style of light or amount of lighting.
Set designer - The set designer is responsible or rather takes on the job to construct and get the set ready for the actors/actresses, director, producer etc. They must make sure that everything is to the directors and producers liking and must follow their (Producer and Director) visions on how the set looks in their mind.
Animal trainer - This person trains the animals if they are needed in film, such as telling a dog to behave in a certain way (e.g. Sit, stay, act normal, be protective, follow).
The UK film industry has a total workforce of 27,800 people. 62% of these people, which is a vast amount, are in exhibition. 4% of the workforce are in distribution. And the remaining 34% of the workforce are in production. Also, 5% of the workforce are in audio visual.
91% of the crew are often freelancers and only 9% are actual employees. The overall percentage of women working in film halts at around 43%. This is slightly greater than the overall percentage for the rest of the creative media industries (The percentage is 42%).
The percentage of people in the film industry that are from foreign backgrounds such as Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic (BAME) stands at around 9%. With regards to cinema exhibition, this is the case for around 12% of the workforce. However, in distribution and production this is the case for only 4% or 5%. In these areas, 2% of workers define themselves as disabled. This is lower than the rest of audio visual and the entire economy's workforce. In both, they have about 5% of workers classing themselves as disabled.
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Assignment Part 1 - Task 1
Using information from the website above write a paragrapher (4 or 5 sentences) on the film industry in your own words.
There are six different components in the film company. Development, Production, Facilities, Distribution, Exhibition and Export.
In Development, before anything is decided, you must imagine your storyline and hire a scriptwriter to put your vision onto paper. How the characters look, how they act, what they do, where they live and their surroundings. The Producer will also help with this vision as they get copy write for the rights of the script from the scriptwriter and providing funds for the film by finding investors. Usually the production company mostly set up certain productions and then shut them down once they are finished (Once the project has been completed).
In Production, the film will be in the process of being made. This means that the project will start to be recorded on cameras and the actors or/and actresses will begin to perform whilst being recorded. More crew will be hired in this stage of filmmaking such as Prop Constructor/Manager, Assistant Directors, Stills Photographer, Picture editor and Sound Editors. The people that have been hired will arrive on set or the location on their call time. Actors however normally have different call times as set construction, dressing and lighting can take many hours and possibly days. But things such as set construction is normally set up beforehand.
In Facilities, the film will be edited by the editor. This stage takes much more time than the actual shooting of the film and can take many months as it must be completely edited, colour corrected, addition of music and sound but also ready for being sent into cinemas or out in DVD's. Once all this has been completed, the finished project is ready to be shown in cinemas and sent out into the media audience. Allowing them to view it.
In the distribution stage, the director will hire a distributor to market the film towards a target audience. A release date will be set by this time and the method in how to release a film is to be made available for viewing (e.g. Either sent directly to the public, theatrically, or for home viewing) or exhibited. However, a the person distributing the film may only be able to deal with particular products such as selling it as DVD'S, Blu-ray or even in a different country or market.
The Exhibition stage is the stage where the exhibition department provides the final piece to the chain in finishing the production to the target audience in filmmaking. Since there are a limited amount of formal training schemes in the UK, a larger cinema chain will offer in-house training as an assistant. The exhibitions stage also helps provide a vital service in this industry as it projects the appropriate impression onto the audience. Depending on how suitable the film appears it will draw people in to watch it.
As for the Exporting stage, this is where the film is advertised on billboards, bus stops, the advertising before a film in the cinema, DVD's, on the TV and many more. This is a way to draw in their audience and is very similar to the distribution stage.
There are six different components in the film company. Development, Production, Facilities, Distribution, Exhibition and Export.
In Development, before anything is decided, you must imagine your storyline and hire a scriptwriter to put your vision onto paper. How the characters look, how they act, what they do, where they live and their surroundings. The Producer will also help with this vision as they get copy write for the rights of the script from the scriptwriter and providing funds for the film by finding investors. Usually the production company mostly set up certain productions and then shut them down once they are finished (Once the project has been completed).
In Production, the film will be in the process of being made. This means that the project will start to be recorded on cameras and the actors or/and actresses will begin to perform whilst being recorded. More crew will be hired in this stage of filmmaking such as Prop Constructor/Manager, Assistant Directors, Stills Photographer, Picture editor and Sound Editors. The people that have been hired will arrive on set or the location on their call time. Actors however normally have different call times as set construction, dressing and lighting can take many hours and possibly days. But things such as set construction is normally set up beforehand.
In Facilities, the film will be edited by the editor. This stage takes much more time than the actual shooting of the film and can take many months as it must be completely edited, colour corrected, addition of music and sound but also ready for being sent into cinemas or out in DVD's. Once all this has been completed, the finished project is ready to be shown in cinemas and sent out into the media audience. Allowing them to view it.
In the distribution stage, the director will hire a distributor to market the film towards a target audience. A release date will be set by this time and the method in how to release a film is to be made available for viewing (e.g. Either sent directly to the public, theatrically, or for home viewing) or exhibited. However, a the person distributing the film may only be able to deal with particular products such as selling it as DVD'S, Blu-ray or even in a different country or market.
The Exhibition stage is the stage where the exhibition department provides the final piece to the chain in finishing the production to the target audience in filmmaking. Since there are a limited amount of formal training schemes in the UK, a larger cinema chain will offer in-house training as an assistant. The exhibitions stage also helps provide a vital service in this industry as it projects the appropriate impression onto the audience. Depending on how suitable the film appears it will draw people in to watch it.
As for the Exporting stage, this is where the film is advertised on billboards, bus stops, the advertising before a film in the cinema, DVD's, on the TV and many more. This is a way to draw in their audience and is very similar to the distribution stage.
My Dream Job Images
The ten pictures below are few of many that I have gathered to show an example of what my dream job would look like as being apart of the Camera Operators.
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