Camera - The camera operator's main job is to listen to instructions given to them by the director. If an instruction is not given the camera operator will follow the active character at the time.
Sound Mixer - Often when filming on video, the sound recordist may record audio directly onto the camera rather than use a separate medium, although a separate copy is often made, as it both provides an extra copy which may have more tracks and also may include other sound captured without the camera.
Vision Mixer - The vision mixer will work with the director and mix live, they will change to the camera thats focusing on the main active character. They may change the camera to see reactions of other people on stage.
Lighting Desk - The lighting technician controls the lights in the venue/theatre using a light board. They can control the intensity of lights. Modernly lights can be moved to match patterns.
Floor Manager/Talk back - The floor managers job is too communicate and make sure everyones okay, their doing their job properly and everyone's equipments fully working, so floor manager will get new battery's, mic's etc.. if anyone needs it.
Graphics - TV graphics need to inform or help the narrative. They work with the producer and director to decide when to include them. Knowing when not to put them in is as important as knowing when using one will help.
Director - The director plays a big part on ensuring the production runs smoothly, he instructs people on what to do, he has a visual style from the brief and he will put that into play with his team.
When we used multi-cam to film Fame the show we were all assigned two rolls. I did was a camera operator twice and a floor manager.
For the first 20 minutes i was floor manager then i switched to the main camera. I was then given a brake, when the brake was up i had asked to go on camera 4 which was the camera on the left nearest the sound and lighting technicians.
Whilst having the job role of floor manager i found myself helping the director and vision mixer as they seem to need a little help. When we were happy with a shot i let the camera operator know they were doing good. If it seemed people were struggling on a camera i would go help them and they would carry on. My duty was to make sure everyone was okay with what they were doing and that they were doing it properly, i think i achieved it, but everyone was doing well and they knew what they was doing, if it was at a larger scale my job would of been harder.
Once my job was over being floor manager i then became a camera operator on the main central camera, i didn't move the camera much or focus on anything so this job was fairly easy. When i went on to camera 4 there was much more work to do with the camera, i had to follow the main active character mostly close ups or mid shots, following the active character depending on the shot was hard, they moved fast and jerking the camera wouldn't look effective on screen, when i filmed on camera 4 and there was conversation or singing i had to focus on just following the character on the right. Once i had got the hang off it i would say that was the best job role i did, i enjoyed taking orders to make sure the final edit was going to be the best it could be.
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