Film crew
A film crew is a group of people hired by a film company for the purpose of producing a film or motion picture. Crew are distinguished from cast, the actors who appear in front of the camera or provide voices for characters in the film.
Production & general:
These crew members keep the production orderly.
- Film director
- Guild: D.G.A. Directors Guild of America ( http://www.dga.org/ )
- Assistant director
- Guild: D.G.A. Directors Guild of America ( http://www.dga.org/ )
- Line producer
Producer with day-to-day responsibility for a film. The line producer is responsible for keeping the production on schedule and within budget. - Floor manager
- Stage manager
- Unit manager
- Script supervisor (in older terms script girl)
Keeps track of what parts of the script have been filmed and makes notes of any deviations between what was actually filmed and what appeared in the script.
- Cinematographer or director of photography
- Guilds: A.S.C. American Society of Cinematographers, B.S.C. British Society of Cinematographers
- Camera operator
- Focus puller (First assistant camera)
- Clap boy (Second assistant camera)
- Gaffer or chief electrician
- Key grip
Supervisor of the grips. Grips are responsible for jobs such as setting up equipment and moving props. - Best boy, Spot boy
- Light technician
- Sound man
- Recording mixer
- Boom operator
- Film editor
- Guilds: A.C.E. American Cinema Editors
- Chyron Operator - Creates titles and/or text graphics
(Chryon is a brand name for a character generator)
- In the traditional Hollywood system:
- Dialogue editor
- Sound effects editor
- Northern California system: (see Walter Murch, Skywalker Sound)
- Common to both systems:
- Music supervisor
- Music editor
- Foley artist
- Rerecording mixer
See also:
- Manuscript
- Theater company