Roles of the film industry

the film distributors

some of the jobs of film distibutors include

• buying the rights to a film (usallly done by the larger distribution companys)
• prints and advertising
• work out percentage deals with cinema owners

the percentages involved between the distributors and the cinema genrally tend
to favour the distributors in the earnings during the first few weeks of the films
showing but will move to favouring the cinema's in the last few weeks the film is on show

Actors

the job of the actors is to perform in the film.
when the credits are rolling before or after the film the most important actor
is normally shown first then the order of importance goes down to that until
there are two actors shown together to shown they play much less important roles
in the film.

casting director

in film the job of the casting director is similar to applying for a job first the casting director

• gathers a list of potential candidates
• meet them
• get an idea of who they are
• give them a script to read from
• start narrowing down potential candidates

costume designer

the job of the costume designer is to not only make the clothes for the actors in the film
but also create a costume that echoes the type of charecter on screen or what the charecter
may represent.

music creator

the job of the person who creates the soundtrack for a film is to make sure
the it has appropriate music that fits in with the genre of the film and the type of feel it has

production designer

roles that the production designer takes in a film can often vary
however the most important ones are

• the visual concept of the film
  

the design style used for the

• set
• locations
• graphics
• props
  
• lighting
• camera angles
  

aswell as the costumes the production also works in close relation with the director
and producers

director

some of the standard duties that the film director has to do include

• using the script to create a film or writeing the script itself
• the locations for shooting, the shots and the pace of the movie
• the cinematography
• the technical aspects of the film
• the coaching of the actors
• co-ordination of staff
• meeting timetabled deadlines