Assistant director - Helps the director, keeps other people in order so that the director can for fill their job as best as possible
Camera man - the person who actually operates and controls the camera
Camera operating assistant - is a person standing behind the camera operator and carries the cables from the camera over their shoulder to insure they don't get damaged or entangled round the camera ped or operator. (See post below for more!)
Floor manager - 'Is the directors voice on the floor'. using *talkbacks the floor manager is able to have direct contact with the director before,during and after the production. The floor manager is also in charge of everything and everyone in the studio and makes sure that everything is running smoothly on the floor.
Floor managers assistant - is much the same to the Floor manager as what the Assistant director is to the director. They make sure everything is ok, pick up any extra jobs if the Floor manager has to much to handle and generally make sure the floor manager is able to do their job to the best of their ability.
Vision mixers - control/switch what shots are show/what cameras are online based on the directors orders
Sound operator - Has control of the audio mixing desk, mixing the levels and making sure that all the mic transmissions do not bleed over 0 dB.
Secondary sound operator - normally used to fix a sound problem with a mic if something goes wrong.
Lighting crew - they control the lighting of the set, they also decide what lights to use, the brightness and where would be best to place them.
Talent - the people in front of the camera, hosts, hostess, contestants, news reporters etc.
*Talkbacks/ commonly know as 'Cans' - Headsets with buttons allowing for communication to all wearing or listening to them. Mainly worn by FM/Floor Managers, assistants and all Camera operators, once on 'Cans' they are not allowed to be taken off other than when the director says its ok. The Vision mixing and the sound room also have talkbacks but they are in the form of inter-coms not head sets.
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