Media industry job roles

Actor:

Actors are the people that bring the script, the set, the costumes and the overall theatre/on screen film and tv series to life. Actors are the once that are representing many others work and efforts.  It is rare for the public to see the Scriptwriter, the Producer, or the Director. Their perception is based on what the Actors portray on screen. To become a brilliant actor you must:

Know how to prepare for and perform at auditions and casting sessions

Have a good short-term memory and the ability to "learn and forget"

Be able to learn new lines at very short notice, to accommodate script changes and cuts

Perform under pressure 

Cry on command

Push yourself

Confidence when speaking aloud  

Advertising and editorial photographer:

Advertising Photographers produce images that support a marketing idea in answer to a photographic brief given to them by a client, a designer or an advertising agency. 

Best Route In:
You can start off in either of these roles by working as an Assistant Photographer, supporting an established photographer and learning on the job. 



Brief description of what it includes:

Taking advertising photographs that are used to help describe and sell a product or idea

• Taking editorial photographs that are used to illustrate and enhance a story or report, used widely in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, books and websites

Director:

Directors are responsible for bringing the film/series to reality. They also take full responsibility of the on screen film or tv shows success or failure. They are the people with the control. To be a director you have to be great at:

• Being determined
• Making decisions
• Creativity 
• Have a deep passion for film making
• Work intensively for long hours   

Art Director:

Art directors are responsible for the creational development of the advertising ideas for films. These ideas that the art directors create in their minds can be used in any format such as posters or prints. 



Brief description of what it includes:

• Realising the Production Designer's creative vision for all the sets and locations that give productions their look and feel
• Project managing the work of the art department
• Also undertaking the role of Production Designer on smaller TV productions

Comparisons of the four job roles:The positives of working behind the scenes in the film industry is that you get to really indulge yourself in creativity and work for as long as you would like before, during and after the film is being shot. The negatives is that everyone is relaying on you do do the best job you can in a very short amount of time before the film is wrapped up. The responsibility of the films success and failure is balancing on your shoulders. The positives of working in front of the camera is that the performer does not have to work full time on the film only in the specific scenes that they are in. The negatives however are quite vast, as you may have to adapt quickly to script adjustments. The overall look and atmosphere is based on the skills that the actor/performer has. The performers are the people you are relying on to pull in money at the box office.