Crew Roles and Responsibilities

Below is a list of the Crew roles that are involved in a live Tv production.

Director - The director is completely incharge of the whole production. He/She tells the camera crew exactly what they want them to do during the show and tells the vision mixer when to cut to the next shot during the 'live' recording.

Floor Manager - The floor manager represents the director in the studio and makes sure that the 'talent' and crew know what they are doing. He/She is also there to sort out any problems there may be on the studio floor, and to state clearly what the director wants crew members and 'talent' to do.

Assistant Floor Manager - An asisstant floor manager helps the floor manager with thier duties and makes sure that the 'talent' have everything they need.

Camera Ops - Camera Operators operate the cameras during the show and try to get a variety of shots that they have been told to get by the director.

Camera Assisstant - Camera Assistants help the Camera Ops to move thier camera during filming and also hold the cables out of the way so that noon trips on them.

Talent - The 'talent' are guests on the live tv show, so their job is to answer the questions and make the show as entertaining as possible. The presenter also counts as 'talent' and his/her job is to deliver the questions clearly and keep the show upbeat as well as being able to focus the contestants if they side-track from the questions.

Sound Op - A Sound Op operates the Audio mixing desk, and makes sure that all the microphones are working before the show.

Vision Mixer - A Vision Mixer, cuts from one shot to the next using the visual mixing desk and can also use various wipes and transisitons to go from the titles into the studio.

Dvd Op - a Dvd Operator operates the dvd player and makes sure that the clips are played at the correct time.

Lighting Op - The Lighting Operator operates the lighting desk and makes sure that the lights go on/off on cue from the director.