Tv Roles

The Roles of the Production Team in Tv.
Producer:-
Producers are the main players in the television, film and video industries. The initial idea for a project often comes from a producer, who will oversee each project from conception to completion and may also be involved in the marketing and distribution processes. Producers work closely with directors and the other production staff on the shoot. Increasingly, they need to have directing skills themselves. They attract the money to fund each project and are responsible for keeping production within the allocated budget. Creative input varies, but producers have the ultimate say on the final product.
Producers are responsible for facilitating a project from beginning to end. They are involved in every stage of the television programme, film or video, overseeing the project from start to finish, both in a studio and on location. Essentially team leaders, they are supported by production assistants, co-ordinators and managers, depending on the size of the project. Typical work activities include:
• Raising funding;
• Reading, researching and assessing ideas and finished scripts;
• Commissioning writers;
• Securing the rights to novels, plays or screenplays;
• Building and developing a network of contacts;
• Liaising and discussing projects with financial backers - projects can vary from a small, corporate video costing £30,000 to a Hollywood feature film of more than £100million;
• Using computer software packages for screenwriting, budgeting and scheduling;
• Hiring key staff, including a director and a crew to shoot films or videos;
• Controlling the budget and allocating resources;
• Pulling together all the strands of creative and practical talent involved in the project to create a team;
• Organising shooting schedules;
• Troubleshooting;
• Supervising the progress of the project from production to post production;
• Holding regular meetings with the director to discuss characters and scenes;
• Acting as a sounding board for the director;
• Bringing the finished production in on budget.
In theory, the producer deals with all the practical and political aspects of keeping a project running smoothly, so that the director and the rest of the team can concentrate on the creative angles.

Executive Producer:
This person is hired by a studio to help manage every aspect of a television show. The executive producer is the highest level of producer on a given show. This person is usually a writer, but can also be a non-writing producer. In television, this individual is often the series creator. Essentially all of the producers, directors and actors answer to the executive producer.
First Assistant Director/1st AD:
Responsible for maintaining order and discipline on the set, keeping production moving to meet scheduling goals, establishing the crew and shooting calls, and oversees the selection and management of the extras. This person runs the set and is responsible for keeping the director on course with the production day.
Second Assistant Director/2nd AD:
Responsible to the 1st AD for preparing and distributing the daily paperwork, call sheets, production reports, SAG contracts, etc. This individual sees to it that the cast and crew is in the right place at the right time, maintains the schedule for each shooting day, and selects positions and directs movement of the extras. Second Second Assistant Director/2nd 2nd AD:
This person assists the 1st and 2nd A.D. in running the set. Their main job is the manage the extras and to establish with the director the movement and action of the extras.
Script Supervisor:
Maintains an accurate shooting script and recording in detail all information related to each take, including length of shot, scene and take number, camera placement, and printable takes, as well as any notations on dialogue, action, props, set dressing, wardrobe, make-up, and hair in order to provide continuity during shooting and to facilitate editing.
Casting Director:
Person who finds, auditions, and negotiates for the services of actors. He or she breaks down the script by role, characteristics, and age. Compiles list of potential candidates, checks their availability, contacts agents, and schedules all auditions and call backs.
Production Accountant:
Individual responsible for keeping track of all financial costs and transactions incurred in the making of a television show. Works closely with the UPM in preparing preliminary budgets and monitors the budgetary status of the production. Generates a "hot cost" report that outlines where an episode is financially on a daily basis.
Production Designer:
Individual works closely with producers and director to determine how they see the show, and by choice of colors, textures, and materials determines the overall "look" and contributes to the emotional tone of the show. The Production Designer supervises the search of locations, designs sets, oversees the drawing up of blue prints and the building and dressing of all sets.
Art Director:
This person works with the studio and the executive producers to create a "look" for a show. This person designs the sets that are later built for a television series.
Construction Coordinator:
After receiving the set plans from the Set Designer, this person is responsible for managing the crew that builds the sets. They also budget the build and monitor all set costs.
Camera Operator:
Operates the camera and is responsible to the DP for composition, focus, camera movement, and anything that comes within the domain of photography.
Gaffer:
Individual responsible to the DP for all lighting set ups and procedures on a production. Works closely with the DP and Key Grip in the selection, placement, and desired level and balance of the lighting on a set or location.
Key Grip:
Responsible to the DP and gaffer for providing and placing all diffusion, for facilitating or actuating camera movement, and for moving, erecting, and striking scaffolding. As head of the grip crew, the Key Grip supervises transporting, rigging, placing, operating, moving, lifting, carrying, and striking of all grip equipment and accessories, as well as sometimes assisting other departments in handling and moving their equipment.
Best Boy Grip:
Assistant to the Key Grip. Best Boy takes care of the equipment, brings on extra manpower, orders, supplies, etc.
Dolly Grip:
Person who handles the dollies and cranes. A dolly is a platform on which a camera is placed. It has a hydraulic arm that lowers and raises, and it has wheels.
Prop Master:
Person responsible for preparing the prop breakdown and budget for selecting, positioning, and maintaining all props. Props are items that are carried or handled by the Actors, including food and drink, office or household supplies, money, weapons, tools, toys, games, and so on.
Costume Designer:
Person responsible for researching and designing the costumes and accompanying accessories for the actors & actresses and oversees the making fitting, acquisition, and rental of all wardrobe items.
Key Costumer:
Individual who is responsible to the costume designer for the selection, acquisition, rental, and care of all wardrobe items. This person also prepares a costume breakdown and, in consultation with the costume designer and production manager a wardrobe budget.
Key Make-Up Artist:
Individual in charge with the application of makeup on the actors, actresses, and extras. The Make-up Artist is also responsible for preparing a makeup schedule and for supervising and coordinating with other members of the makeup department, including assistants, body makeup artists, special effects makeup and hair stylists.
Key Hair Stylist:
Styles and it required, cuts, colors, and washes the hair and wigs of all actors and actresses.
Sound Mixer:
Responsible to the director for recording and production sound, and for the quality of the mixed and recorded sound during production. He or she operates the mixing console, recorded and associated equipment.
Boom Operator:
The person responsible for to the production mixer for operating and maintaining the microphone boom along with the attached shotgun microphone.
Publicist:
The individual responsible to the producers and production company for publicising the television show in the various media - print, radio, television, etc.