Roles in Television and film industries

Commissioning editor

 

Commissioning editors find and commission

work to be created or published by screen

writers.

They chose what to take on further from a

screen writing to a film or television show.

If the commissioning editor doesn’t like the

screen writing it wont get pushed on to be

created into a film or television show. 

 

Producer

A producer starts by getting the rights to

create or co-create a film or television

show.

The producer oversees the development

and process which can include coordinating,

supervising and hiring keys roles such as

the casting director and film director. 

 

Director

The director, directs the cast and the crew

members into developing the film or television

show.

Directors often use storyboards to help them

understanding the shot and show other cast and

crew members what's happening in that shot.

They can also use a director’s viewfinder which is

like a storyboard but shows as seen by the camera

lens to know what angle and position the camera

should be set up.    

 

Script Editor

A script editor is a member of the production

team.

The script editor job is to find new script

writers and develop the storyline and ideas

with the writers to make sure the script is

suitable for production.

 

Reader

 

The reader is someone who will read the

screen writers work and give them feedback

on what works and what needs changing in

order to make it as good as it could be.

 

Studio executive (aka executive producer) 

 

An executive producer of a film or television show

is not involved with the normal day to day

production, they are involved in representing a

financial investor such as a film or television

studio.

The executive producer can be an author of the

book which the film or television show is based on,

or one of the actors of the film or television show

who has asked the film/television studio to do the

film or show

 

Agents

A agent is someone who works for the

screenwriter, they find jobs and task for the

screenwriter to do such as writing a

screenplay for a brief.

They also send and get the commissioning

editor to read the screenplay and to get it

commissioned on so that it can eventually

get put into production.