STUDIO MANAGER
A studio manager has the responsibility of managing the studio facilities for recording productions. Unless the studio is extremely busy, the studio manager will always be keen to find new clients to ensure the business runs as close to capacity as possible. The studio manager doesn’t need to have a formal engineering qualification, but the more they understand the technology in the studio, the better they will be able to advise clients and sell the facility.
QUALIFICATIONS: A-level or Higher in film studies, media or art and design.
SALERY: £42,300 to £46,050
In this picture, we can see the studio manager working on the volume of the microphone, the pitch of the music, and the tempo of the song.
LIGHTING OPERATOR
Lighting operators cue and control the lighting on a TV programme. They normally work on big studio shows that use lots of different lights and are in charge of selecting which lights are used and when. Lighting console operators work on live and pre-recorded shows and tend to be employed in-house.
QUALIFICATIONS: You can take A-level or Higher in photography, art, film studies or IT.
SALERY: £30,000 per year or £15.38 per hour.
In this image, we can see the camera operator using the light to point it at where they're supposed to point at.
ANIMATOR
Animators create still images that are played in a rapid sequence to create the illusion of movement. Animators take a visual brief from a storyboard and a verbal brief from a director. Animators work from an overall brief from the director or animation director and base their drawings on what has been storyboarded by the storyboard artist.
QUALIFICATIONS: A-level or Higher in fine art, art and design, graphic design, or film studies.
SALERY: £35,000 per year or £17.95 per hour.
In this picture, we can see someone programming the CGI animation for a film, they can also draw 2D animation and use stop motion, however stop motion films can take over a year to make (Depending on how long the film is.)
COSTUME DESIGNER
Costume designers design, create and hire the costumes for the cast. They start by working with directors, producers, writers, the production designer and hair and makeup designer to contribute to the look and storytelling of the production.
QUALIFICATIONS: A-level or Higher in art and design, fashion, textiles, theatre studies, graphic design or graphic communication are useful.
SALERY: £32,669 per year
In this picture, we can see the designer making the costume for an actress to wear, either made with one of the three fabrics: Silk, Satin and Cashmere.
SCREENPLAY WRITER
Screenwriters write and develop screenplays for film or TV drama. They do this either based on an original idea, by adapting an existing story into a screenplay or base it off an existing project. Screenwriters prepare their script in a way that enables readers to envisage the setting, emotion and the way it will work on screen.
QUALIFICATIONS: A-level or Higher in drama and theatre, English, film studies, media studies and psychology are useful.
SALERY: £24,000
In this picture, we can see the screenplay writer is writing a film script, which is called a draft, this tells what the characters are doing, where the camera is and what transition is used before the next scene.
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