Unit 8: Know about job roles in the television and film industries

Brief Definitions of Working Patterns:

Shift work Work different hours.
Fixed term Working but on a contract which states when you start the job and when
you finish the job.

Office hours This is the hours in which businesses is normally conducted.

Freelance Self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular
assignments.

Irregular patterns This is where you are working strange hours.

Hourly rates The amount of money in which you are getting paid hourly.
Piece work Go to particular job on a project, and are given a set bit to do.

Looking into the different hours and explaining them in more detail:
Office Hours, Shift Work, Fixed Term & Freelance, Full Time, Irregular & Anti-Social
Hours, Salaried, On Completion and Part Time.

Office Hours:
When looking at this, this tends to be from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm jobs.
It is generally quite normal for particular workers to work within administration
and office-based employments. With financial, sales and marketing jobs, these
tend to require assistants for instance a Research assistant.
Shift Work:
With Shift Work this generally implies that the working hours in which they would
be working are set specifically for them. An example of this perhaps could be 7
am to 3 pm or even 11 pm to 7am. Shifts can generally be incorporated into late
or night work and would frequently be utilised in places in which would be kept
an eye on 24 hours a day, for instance, a broadcasting centre.
Fixed Term & Freelance:
This is comparable in terms of how they are briefed and generally only last a
specific amount of time. Within a Fixed Term contract you could potentially be
qualified for an amount of company benefits if it is clearly shown to be laid out
within your agreed contract/ agreement. With a freelance worker they would tend
to oversee their own game plans as far as their pensions, holiday and other
allowances. The occupation in which they would be seen under would be
typically fixed term and freelance are Technical, Creative, Sales as well as
Marketing.
Full Time:
With full time, this tends to be roughly around 39 hours a week. Which generally
means it would be a permanent contract and would generally be entitled to
company benefits which would include pensions, sick pay, maternity as well as
paternity leave and holiday pay. This contract would tend to mainly apply
towards Management, Editorial, Financial, and Creative, within some cases would
apply to Sales and Marketing.
Irregular & Anti-Social Hours:
This is generally like additional time, where an individual would be getting paid
additional cash on top of their original wages for working overtime, or even
working unusual hours. This is seen as being entirely normal within the media
industry as with production work, particularly within the location it can tend to be
quite unpredictable and would potentially include working at a young hour in the
morning or even a considerably late hour in the night. With the additional
payments on top, they act as a motivator to the individuals in the effort of
making them want to be there for the unsociable hours.
Salaried:
This is a set early wage which would be separated into regularly scheduled
payments whether it be monthly or weekly. A pay would be promoted as for
instance 20,000 a year and if being paid monthly it would therefore be divided
into 12 different payments, meaning once a month. The job roles in which are
well on the way of being salaried would consist of Management, Technical as well
as Creative.
On Completion:
This is quite likely entirely based within the media industry, particularly with the
workers which are appointed to complete the work. A contract shows exactly
what your job role would be consisting of, and you would be getting paid the
salary which was shown but when the work is completely finished like it would
have been stated within the contract. Jobs which are around Creative and
Technical would tend to be going under with this contract.
Part Time:
This implies to a fraction of the full time contract, because at the end of the day
you would still be having a set amount of hours in which you would be doing
weekly. You should still be qualified to be able to receive the same amount of
benefits in which a full time worker would be receiving. However to some extent
it may be decreased due to the lesser hours in which you would be working. In
terms of the job roles which would/ could come under this role would be
Financial, Sales and Marketing.

MANAGEMENT, CREATIVE, EDITORIAL, TECHNICAL, RESEARCH,

FINANCIAL, ORGANISATIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES:
Production Manager!
Salary: This can vary from 25,000 in the beginning and generally after sometime
can alter between 40,000 and 60,000.

The Working Pattern: Shift/ Work Variable Hours:

In terms of the shift work throughout this tends to allude to various groups of
workers who are doing their shifts in different times. Although there tends to be
various amounts of hours, this would result in someone else working the hours and
can alter from day-to-day based on their overall duties. They tend to also work with
many HODs in the effort to be able to finish estimating and budget particularly
when it includes scouting to find the production materials as well as supplies. They
generally tend to partner with Assistant Directors in the effort to ensure that the
departments budgets are meeting their targets by working with production
accountants to make reports on weekly costs. With a Production Manager and their
responsibilities they tend to comprise of signing releases as well as negotiate
contracts and ensuring that all payments are being made.

Music Editor!
Salary: This starts off from roughly between; 20,000 to 25,000 and usually sticks
throughout the period of working.

The Working Pattern: Full Time:

The Music Editor tends to be there to be accountable for every individual piece of
music which would have been used within the film. They tend to have to collaborate
with the Director as well as the Picture Editor, and this is to be able to show the
soundtrack of each scene and then to get the approval from the director as well as
setting budgets.

Art Director!
Salary: The salary for an Art Director tends to start from 25,000 and up.
The Working Pattern: Variable Hours:
Art Directors, they tend to work in the way of making visual features on a set look
better in the collaboration with construction as well as designers to be able to
accomplish a new and suitable look for that specific film as it would surely be
different every time. They are also there to ensure that all the costs are within the
departments budget. They also at time will tend to work with the Editor, if any
visuals were to require enhancing then they would work with Transport if any
animals for say or large objects which perhaps were required to be moved to each
location. Art Directors tend to work variable hours and this tends to be based on
whether the tasks in which they are undertaking each day to complete.

Producer!
Salary: A Producers salary tends to start off from around 35,000 to around
40,000. If a Producer is offered a promotion they may be in for a chance of it
increasing to around 60,000.

The Working Pattern: Irregular:

Picture Library Assistant!
Salary: There salary tends to consist of being around 25,000 and above.
The Working Pattern: Shift Hours:
They tend to be in charge of scanning as well as captioning all images which are
relevant in the effort to be able to catalogue them by researchers. They will typically
be working alongside Runners since they are in charge of getting tapes. Picture
Library Assistants may be requested to help with Customer Sales as well as Picture
Research and Administrators.

Sound Mixer!
Salary: The Sound Mixers salary is anywhere up to 30,000.
With the Sound Mixer, their speciality tends to be with working on the overall quality
of sound within the set as well as setting up the playback equipment and speakers
which are used for the actors. Sound Mixers tend to send recording files to post-
production after shooting is over. They tend to work alongside different departments
for example; Costume, Visual Effects Supervisors to then be able to systematise
where the microphones should generally be placed as well as to then be able to
accomplish where the best place is in terms of best sound quality. Sound Mixers are
generally freelance workers, meaning that they are self-employed and therefore
work for a vast number of other companies which have hired them to be able to fill
in specific duties which they are responsible to do specific tasks.

Part Time Camera Man!

Salary: With the salary a Part-time cameraman can look to be making around
9,500.

Working Pattern: Part Time.

A Part Time cameraman tends to collaborate alongside the Director and the DOP
(Director of Photography) to therefore be able to accomplish overall shots that
Bookings Co-Ordinator!
Salary: The salary of a Bookings Co-Ordinator tends to be around the range
of 18,000 and 25,000.
Working Pattern: Full Time Office Hour.
The job of a booking co-ordinator is to be able to communicate with clients,
and assist with costing and the job of quoting jobs, making invoices, job
sheets as well as confirmation forms. They tend to normally be working
alongside with Facility Managers as well as Client Services Managers to then
be able to support and manage resources as well as facilities of each of the
jobs.

Location Scout!
Salary: A Location Scout tends to be looking at around 34 p/h meaning it
would generally be around at least 340 per day.
Working Pattern: Hourly Rates.
With Location Scouts they tend to be responsible for finding the ideal suit in
terms of the environment in which a scene of a film would be shot in. The
Location Scout tend to take regular visits to various of sites, once the right
site is discovered they must then get authorisation to be able to film on that
particular property to then ensure that they avoid any legal issues during
the filming stage. Location Scouts work alongside the Director to ensure
that the location is the right place for what the image of the film. They also
work with the Producer to ensure that all fees and costs of hiring the
location are reasonable, meaning that they are within the spending plan. In
terms of their working hours they would be described as unsociable which
generally means that they would be working weekends and late nights. Yet,
when comparing to other occupations within the same filming field they
dont earn as much.