Video Project
Personnel

Personnel in Various Production Environments

Note: The notes below represent a cursory outline of personnel and job responsibilities.

Be sure to refer to lecture notes and the Zettl text for additional detail.

Preproduction

Planning phase

• Producer - organizer, planner, researcher, manager

• Writer

• Director

• Art Director - set decoration/design, graphics, floor plan

• Lighting Director

• Floor Manager

• Technical Director

Production Team

• Producer, Associate Producer, Production Assistant

• Director, Associate Director, Technical Director

• Talent

• Floor Manager, Grips/Floor Persons

• Camera Operators

• Character Generator operator (CG)

• Audio and Video Engineers

• Videotape Operator

Postproduction Team

• Director

• Editor - rough cut/off-line version, final cut

• Audio engineer/sound designer - sweeten audio: add necessary layers, fine tune layers

• Producers…sometimes