Director
One of the most important roles within the industry, directors are more famed then anyone else within the crew.
Their job is to control and direct the actual filming. This can be anything that immediately relevant such as actor performance and review, screenplay and visualisation, artistic and dramatical camera movement and technique and a large portion of input into the final outcome.
Although public knowledge diticts these people as gods within the film industry, their creative power is limited. Usually producers will have the final say and veto any ideas unliked from director or anyone else within the production.
My favourite director is Park Chan-wook (oldboy and the rest of 'the vengance trilogy) seen below:
Park Chan-wook (born August 23, 1963) is a south korean director/filmmaker, specially noted for his brutal and realistic themes and subject matter, alongside immaculate framing and clever storytelling.
While even Tarantino is a massive fan of Park, he is listed as one of South Korea's best and most famed directors, pulling in over 3 million people (in S.Korea alone) to watch his latest films.
Oldboy is a success all around the world, with the film and actors winning 17 globally recognised film awards. These range from the british independent to the golden trailer awards.
And on a more personal note, Park Chan-wook also turned down the chance at remaking the evil dead (something that could be easily done and would pull in a huge amount of profit).. This makes him a film hero in my eyes.
Light and Sound crew
These 'technicians' of the film crew are there to plan and devise appropriate light and sound for the production. While within this project I took on both roles, real life would see a crew of around 3-4, just for the sound aspect.
These would include (from sources at wikipedia):
* Production Sound Mixer
The production sound mixer is head of the sound department on set, responsible for recording all sound during filming. This involves the choice and deployment of microphones, operation of a sound recording device, and sometimes the mixing of audio signals in real time.
* Boom Operator
The boom operator is an assistant to the production sound mixer, responsible for microphone placement and movement during filming. The boom operator uses a boom pole, a long pole made of light aluminum or carbon fiber that allows precise positioning of the microphone above or below the actors, just out of the camera's frame. The boom operator may also place radio microphones and hidden set microphones. In France, the boom operator is called the perchman.
* Utility Sound Technician
The utility sound technician has a dynamic role in the sound department, most typically pulling cables, but often acting as an additional boom operator or mixer when required by complex filming circumstances. Not all films employ a utility sound technician, but the increasing complexities of location sound recording in modern film have made the job more prevalent. This role is sometimes credited as "cable man" or "python wrangler".
Camera Operator
Another role that is taken on by alot of people within the industry, the camera operator is what it says on the tin, someone who operates the camera.
This is actually a really hard role as without professional equiptment alot of the pressure is put onto the operator. Without a clean take of each scene, filming would go on and on, something which the operator is aware of obviously.
Although given credit, operators are never noted for fame within the industry. This is for good reason though, as operators are not meant to give creative input (especially if the production is massive). They are there to simply film what they are told to film.
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