Production roles - Dr Who

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Production roles - Dr Who

• Grip - Technicians, work with the camera department to provide camera support. A Grip will build and maintain all the equipment which is needed to support a camera and ensure it moves smoothly, this can include; tripod, dollies, tracks and cranes

• Gaffer - Head electrician, responsible for lighting plans under the direction of the Director of photography 

• Best boy - Gaffer's assistant 

• Set director - Head of set decoration, responsible for selecting, designing, fabricating and sourcing the 'set dressing' elements of a set 

• Prop master - Provides the elements handled by the actors 

• Petty Cash buyer - Assist the buyer and assistant buyer with the locating, purchasing or hiring of small items 

• Draughts person - Makes technical drawings/plans of machinery, buildings, electronics etc 

• Prop chargehand - receives props from the props storeman and then allocate his or her team with a certain number of props to install around a set or location.

• Concept/graphics artist - will create illustrations used to convey an idea for films before it is put into the final product 

• Focus pullers - Assistant to cameraman, responsible for keeping lens focused during filming