Careers Handbook

Task 3 - Careers Handbook

 

Director of Photography

 

The Director of Photography is encharge of creating a visual look of a film or TV programme

 

Do you need special training or skills?

• You need to know all about camera equipment
• Have artistic Vision
• Have in -depth knowledge of lighting techniques and know how to achieve them
• Have considerable industry experience

Actor

 

 An actor can be anyone if its your true passion you can do it but on skillset it says that you need to have perfessional training. I don't think this is true because if your confident and feel like your a good actor you can make it.

 

Being an actor you have to e comfortable with any role you are given. To be an actor there are things that you eed to know or be able to do. Some of these things are...

 

• Be able to deal effectivley with the press
• Be able to be your character and make
• Memorise your lines
• Convince the audience that you are someone else

Actors do have to do some research such as researching their character or a streotype of people so they can really feel connected to their character and perform how they think that person would act.

Editor

The editor has o work closely with the director ensuring hey get he knowledge of how the story unfolds. An editor has to be able to put extra hours into work at the editing suit as they have a deadline for the time tat their work has to be in for.

The editor needs to have these skills....

• Have technical aptitude
• Be able to lead a team
• Have patience and attention to detail
• Be creative under pressure
• Have good organisational skills
• Have imagination and an understanding of narrative

If you want to get into this job it's best to get as much experience as possile and get a higher eduction. The bst way to start the job is to become a runner to get to know each area of production then become a 1st assistant for a couple of years to then become an editor.

 

Task 5