TECHNICAL PERSONNEL Flashcards
chief enginereer
in charge of all technical personnel, budgets, and equipment; designs electronic systems, including signal transmission facilities, and overseas installations, day-to-day operations, and all maintenance
assistant chief engineer (technical supervisor)
assists chief engineer in all technical matters and operations, schedules crews and participates in big-remote surveys; often involved in preproduction activities of large productions
technical director (TD)
in charge of all technical setups and operations during a production, does actual switching in a studio production; often acts as technical crew chief
lighting director (LD)
in charge of studio and field lighting; normally for large productions only
director of photography (DP)
carryover from film production; takes care of lighting and camera operation in single-camera productions
camera operators
operate studio and field cameras, sometimes do lighting (also called videographers or shooters)
video operator (VO)
adjusts the camera controls for optimal camera pictures (shading); sometimes double as maintenance engineer (also called video engineer and shader)
video-record operator (VR)
operates recorders during the production (audio technician often doubles as VR operator)
video editor
operates video-editing equipment; often makes creative editing decisions as well
sound designer
in charge of creating the sound track of a complex production
audio engineer
in charge of all audio operations in production and, in the absence of a sound designer, in postproduction; sets up microphones and operates audio console during the show (also called audio technician)
CG operator
operates the character generator (CG), a computer dedicated to the creation of letters and numbers in various fonts
maintenance engineer
a true engineering position; maintains technical equipment and troubleshoots during production
