Multi-Camera Job Roles

Director
A director is an individual who is in charge of the production, he communicates with the members who are part of the productions and tells them what to do as he has the script of the whole production. As he sits next to the vision mixer he is able to tell him/her when to cut, change camera and to add images or videos. The director also has the privilege to commutate with the floor manager who is out in the studio with the talent.

Vision Mixer
The main purpose of a vision mixer is to create a master output for a real-time broadcast. The vision mixer takes their instruction from the director. Basically, the director decides what is going to happen and tells the mixer to do it. A typical set of instructions might go like this:

·         Switch between cameras

·         Cuts or transitions

·         Preview 1 camera out of 3 cameras.

Teleprompter
Also referred to as an Auto Cue. This device helps either a performer or a presenter speak to an audience or straight towards a camera. The teleprompter is basically an off-camera device that displays a magnified script.

Camera Operator
The camera operate is the person how uses the camera to film the show, they have to make sure they have the right framing and the person is in focus. They also have to make sure they listen to the director telling them to change to another shot or angle.

Floor Manager
Television floor managers ensure that sets, props and technical equipment are safe, ready to use and in the right position prior to filming. The floor manager ensures that events go according to a set plan and that people taking part know their particular roles and how it fits in with whatever else is happening.

Talent
Talent are the people who perform in front of the camera, they are the ones being recorded. Normally it is the presenters of a chat show or a soap, but these are the people introducing the show and acting.

Sound Mixer
These people control the sounds level if it’s too high they turn it down, if it’s too low to hear they turn it up. The sound mixers job is to also turn down one of the talents microphone if they haven't got a part to say because the microphone may pick up the breathing from them and would not sound good. They are also in charge of the computers sound which comes from the sound effects used by the sound effects operator. 

Sound Effects Operator
A sound effects operator is the person who adds effects on to the production, these are normally applause, people cheering, in most comedy shows where there is not audience you may hear people laughing at random times and at certain jokes, this is the sound operator adding theses effects in, or in chat shows at the very beginning of the show you hear the applause.