SOCIALBILITTY • GLOSSARY DEPARTMENT
Production planning, management, scheduling, set operations, producing, assistant directing, coordination, production documents, and the practical workflow of making film, television, and commercials.
The Script Supervisor tracks continuity, script coverage, performance details, camera information, timing, scene completion, and changes made during photography. Their notes help the Director, production, and editorial understand what was shot and maintain continuity across shots, scenes, and shooting days.
View Definition →A Line Producer is a senior production-management professional responsible for translating the creative plan into an executable production operation. Duties commonly include budgeting, scheduling, staffing, vendors, locations, logistics, cost control, and coordination with producers, the Unit Production Manager, department heads, and production accounting.
View Definition →A Unit Production Manager (UPM) manages the physical and administrative operation of a film or television production. Responsibilities can include budgets, schedules, hiring, crew and vendor logistics, locations, equipment, labor coordination, insurance, compliance, and day-to-day production planning in collaboration with producers and department heads.
View Definition →The First Assistant Director (1st AD) manages the shooting set’s schedule, workflow, communication, and operational coordination so the Director can focus on creative work. The 1st AD helps prepare the shooting schedule, runs the set, coordinates departments, tracks time, manages background and cast movement with the AD team, and plays a major role in set…
View Definition →The Second Assistant Director (2nd AD) supports the First Assistant Director by coordinating cast calls, movement, paperwork, background activity, production information, and communication between the set and base camp or production office. The 2nd AD commonly prepares or helps prepare the daily call sheet from information supplied by production and the AD team.
View Definition →A Production Coordinator organizes the production office and the flow of information, paperwork, logistics, purchasing, travel, vendors, crew communications, and administrative support needed to keep a production operating. The position works closely with the UPM, Line Producer, Assistant Directors, department heads, and production-office staff.
View Definition →Below-the-Line (BTL) is a production-budget classification traditionally used for many crew, equipment, construction, location, transportation, post-production, and other production costs that appear below the budget’s major creative or rights-related costs. The term describes a budgeting convention, not the value, skill, or importance of the people doing the work. Many below-the-line crafts are represented by unions…
View Definition →A term used for an individual or a group of individuals who makes films, more specifically the filmmaker is usually the Producer of the film or the Director of the the film. The term pertains to the person, male or female who gets the original and or final credit for the making of any given…
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