A1 Logistics Personnel

A1 Logistics

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•                    Facilities

•                    Locations

•                    Personnel
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Personnel

•                     Technical crew

Technical crew involves Stage Manager, Production Manager, Rigging, Lighting, Sound, and Technical Directors. The crew could also involve other important roles that aren’t mentioned. In all of their areas of expertise and responsibility they make sure that everything is running smoothly.

•                     Actors

On either big or medium budget films a casting director is usually hired to find the talent and the best parts of the actors. However, sometimes a script is written for specific actors or with particular actors in mind on the A list of talent. Directors usually want a certain actor for the protagonist role, this actor then becomes involved in that project of the production.

•                     Extras

A background actor or extra usually has a non-speaking role in a film, television programme or even stage musical, for example, in the street or in an audience. War or action films often hire a large amount of extras in their films because there will be a large background that they have to fill the space with. On a film or TV set extras are also known as “junior artist”, “atmosphere” and “background talent”

•                     Contributors

The different types of contributors are; specialists, experts, talents and public.

-          Specialists are people with advanced skillsets in particular areas. They are often hired to oversee high technical operations. They also train people when specialised skills need to be learned in a short period of time. They also undertake key production roles.

-          During the development stages of a project the producer will hire experts to make sure that the representations of things such as individuals, types, groups, places and activities are constructed so they are authentic and accurate.

-          A talent on a film are the specialist performers such as singers, dancers and actors. The word talents are often referred to A list celebrities and those performers who have been cast in principle roles.

-          Public contributors are public bodies and also random people from the public who are contacted to play a role in the film. A city may let production proceed by allowing and supporting the filming company within certain limits. They will also sometimes collect a group of the public to gather up to fill space In the scene making sure it’s more realistic.