Assignment part 1 - Task 2

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.