Film crew positions
When the idea of a movie pops into your head what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it the actors? The story or plot? What about the crew members? At the end of the movie you always see those I-cant-believe-so-many-people-worked-on-this-movie credits. Like those credits can literally go on for 10+ minutes. But have you ever stopped to wonder what it is all those people actually do for the movie? What their part was in the whole scheme of things? Up until recently neither did I.
In my video production class we started talking about all the different positions on a crew because we have to "interview" for the production position that we want so we can produce a short film this year. Which I am SO excited about!
One of the most famous positions is the Producer. This is a job for the more organized, work-closely-with-others sort of people. They are in charge of making sure everything runs smoothly. They hire all of the key personnel and run fundraisers. Man that is a lot of responsibility. Although I may think I'm an organized person many would beg to differ. I have my way of filing just like everyone else but it may just be a little more chaotic.
The one I feel has a lot of pressure is the casting director. They have to find just the right actor for the part because if they dont then the movie will look bad and neither of us wants that especially if they are making the movie about a book that you like. Like think about what the Harry Potter would be like with out that cast. You cant can you? The cast that was hired worked so well that even J.K. Rowling said that she couldn't have chosen better. Personally when I read a book I keep a running cast list for who I would want to play each character just in case the book gets made into a movie, because then I could, in theory, just send my list off to the casting director and see my vision come to life; or is that to much to ask? Either way I think I would make a pretty good casting director because I can visually see them in the movie, speaking the lines, interacting with each other, and creating the movie master piece that I hoped the book would become.
One of the most famous positions is the Producer. This is a job for the more organized, work-closely-with-others sort of people. They are in charge of making sure everything runs smoothly. They hire all of the key personnel and run fundraisers. Man that is a lot of responsibility. Although I may think I'm an organized person many would beg to differ. I have my way of filing just like everyone else but it may just be a little more chaotic.
The one I feel has a lot of pressure is the casting director. They have to find just the right actor for the part because if they dont then the movie will look bad and neither of us wants that especially if they are making the movie about a book that you like. Like think about what the Harry Potter would be like with out that cast. You cant can you? The cast that was hired worked so well that even J.K. Rowling said that she couldn't have chosen better. Personally when I read a book I keep a running cast list for who I would want to play each character just in case the book gets made into a movie, because then I could, in theory, just send my list off to the casting director and see my vision come to life; or is that to much to ask? Either way I think I would make a pretty good casting director because I can visually see them in the movie, speaking the lines, interacting with each other, and creating the movie master piece that I hoped the book would become.
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