Professional roles 2 – Lighting / Camera / Sound

Professional roles 2 

Again during this weeks lesson we looked at some more job roles in the industry and again i will just right a quick summary as for some i have already went into depth with or will do later down the line.

Lighting

Simply Lighting Tech., are involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial, electric lights for video, television, or film production. In video, television, and film productions, lighting technicians work under the direction of the Gaffer or Chief Lighting Technician who takes their direction from the cinematographer.

Camera 

Often called the camera operator or a cameraman and/or camerawoman is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In film making, the leading camera operator can often be known as the cinematographer,  often a camera operator in a video production may be known as a TV camera operator, video camera operator or simply videographer depending on context and technology involved they are often operating a professional video camera.

Sound

Sound can often be put in different categories whether  its as a Foley artist or sound designer, for easier understanding i will only use boom operator 

 boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, usually using a boom pole with a microphone attached to the end, their aim being to hold the microphone as close to the actors or action as possible without allowing the microphone or boom to enter the camera's frame.