Thursday, 20 September 2012

Homework


Stunt  Coordinators: stunt coordinator, usually an experienced stunt performer, is hired by a TV, film or theatre director or production company to arrange the casting (stunt players and stunt doubles) and performance of stunts for a film.

First Assistant Director & 2nd 3rd & 4th: The role of an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set. They also have to take care of health and safety of the crew. 

Location Manager: The location manager is responsible for the finding and securing locations to be used and coordinating the logistics involved for the production to successfully complete its necessary work. They are also the face of the production to the community and responsible for addressing the issues that may arise due to the production's impact on the community.

Production Manager:  The production management team (consisting of a production manager and any number of assistants) is responsible for realizing the visions of the producer and the director or  choreographer within constraints of technical possibility. This involves coordinating the operations of various production sub-disciplines (scenic, wardrobe, lighting,sound, projection, automation, video, pyrotechnics, stage management, etc.) of the presentation.
 
Script Editor:A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted television programmes, usually dramas and comedies. The script editor has many responsibilities including finding new script writers, developing storyline and series ideas with writers, ensuring that scripts are suitable for production.
 
Camera Operator: A camera operator or cameraman is a professional operator of a film or video camera, The cameraman is responsible for physically operating the camera and maintaining composition and camera angles throughout a given scene or shot.

Focus Puller: A focus puller,  is a member of a film crew's camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed.

Grip: Grips are lighting and rigging technicians in the filmmaking and video production industries.

Set Dresser: Set dressers arrange objects on a film set before shooting. They work under the direction of a leadman, a set decorator and a production designer. Set dressers place furniture, hang pictures, and put out decorative items. They are also responsible for some light construction and assembly of small items, such as air-conditioning ducts.

Graphic Designer: A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design.

Props Maker: Someone who get's the props and designs the props to be used in a film or episode.

Dubbing Mixer: A dubbing mixer is a person who is part of a post-production sound team and works specifically with dialog, music and sound effects to create the final soundtrack for a production.

Foley Editor: A foley editor produces  the reproduction of everyday sound effects which are added in post production to enhance the quality of audio for films, television, video, video games and radio.

ADR Editor:  Is the process of re-recording the original dialogue after the filming process for the purpose of obtaining a cleaner, more intelligible dialogue track




Monday, 17 September 2012

Doctor Who Notes


During the main run of the series from 1963 to 1989 and after its cancellation, numerous novels, comic strips, comic books and other material were generated based on the characters and situations introduced in the show.
 
Torchwood is a spin-off  of doctor who,
 
The Sarah Jane Adventures: A complete overview of the 2007 doctor who spin-off series starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith.
 
The Lost Stories An in-progress guide to all the unmade Doctor Who Adventures.
 
Aswell as spin offs, their has been lots of merchandise for Doctor Who.
 
Magazine:
 
DWM- (Doctor Who Magazine) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series doctor who. Its current editor is Tom Spilsbury. The Magazine has been running for years, the first one in, 17 October 1979 and now, 511 issues later, the latest as of 30 August 2012.
 
Aswell as a magazine, their is also a website for Doctor Who, the websites link is:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0 as it is made by the bbc, it includes videos, galleries, latest news, and a full list of the characters.
 
There is also merchandise for Doctor Who, such as Monopoly, Scene it, and also DVD trivia games.