TV AND FILM JOB DEPARTAMENTS

Oversees the entire postproduction process, plans the schedule and recruits the team to make the best production that time and budget allows.

Cuts and edits the footage from production, and turns it into a polished feature or programme.

Manages the technical equipment and makes sure all the technical facilities are up to date and runs smoothly.

Creates and edits the sound after production, including dialogue, sound effects, Foley, and music.

Finishes the film by editing the colour palette, adding subtitles, polishing the edits, and making sure everything is correctly formatted.

External job roles are found outside the post-production house.

Starting with an idea, directors, producers, and screenwriters develop a film and raise the money to make it happen.

Once funds are raised, the line producer, assistant director, and locations manager do the detailed planning.

The make-up, costume, props, and set dec departments make sure the film looks right, and construction builds the sets.

Ready to film, the director of photography, lighting technicians, and sound mixers capture the action.

Once filming is done, editors, sound designers, and colorists put it all together and make different versions.

Sales and distribution executives get the film onto screens, whether that be in cinemas, on TVs, or on phones.

Comes up with ideas for TV programmes and pitches them to commissioners, who are employed by broadcasters.

Manages all the logistics of making a programme, and balances the creative vision with financial and time constraints.

Recruits people who wish to work in editorial or production roles, and know who's who in the unscripted TV industry.

Creates the sound and processes the programme audio, whether capturing sound on location or mixing during a live transmission.

Installs operates and maintains the equipment used to broadcast television programmes.

Responsible for the story content of the programme, holds the creative vision and makes it happen.

Creates the look of the programme by designing the set, the costume, hair, and make-up.

Includes the camera and lighting departments, installs the power, and captures the action.

Manages and coordinates the activities in the studio and location-based productions.

Runs the studio from which TV shows are recorded or broadcast