2.1 - 5 Major Roles in the Film Industry

Director
A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualises the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. Directors tend to have their own distinctive /iconic style where they translate this into their work. Sometimes when a style is successfully established in their work, a film can be instantly recognisable to be belonging to a director. A few directors who each have an iconic style/are notably different in their filmmaking are Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David O'Russell and Xavier Dolan.

 









Cinematographer
A cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The cinematographers job is to decide on the films look, what kind of lighting they're going to use and where - what kind of film they are going to shoot - it's down to the cinematographer what is on screen and how it is presented/represented. In recent years, Emmanuel Lubezki has established himself in the field of cinematography. He is known for his distinctive style of long free-flowing shots which help build emotions and momentum to his work.

Producer
A film producer is a person who oversees all aspects of production on a feature film. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new ideas and pitch them to production companies, but upon acceptance they focus on business matters, such as budgets and contracts.

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Costume Designer
A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters and balance the scenes with texture and colour, whilst portraying the costumes to reflect the time period, location or situation. Milena Canonero serves as a great example. She has successfully adapted her designs so that the characters she works with suit their environment. These range from such films, A Clockwork Orange, Godfather: Part lll and The Grand Budapest Hotel.














Set Designer
Also known as scenography, stage design, scenic design or production design, is the person in charge of the on screen scenery - aesthetics of the scene, what props will be used and placed where. The set designer has a huge influence on the overall look of the film, which can include deciding the colour palette used for the film.
Adam Stockhausen is a prime example of a great set designer. He boasts his art directions extravagantly in Wes Anderson's films, using his decor, props and colour palette to visually tell a story, turning the settings into characters of their own.