Film Crew Research

Stunt Coordinator
Usually a stunt expert, a stunt coordinator is hired by a production company to arrange the casting of stunt doubles and the performance of stunts, usually working in close conjunction with the Director.

Assistant Director
Assistant Director is a demanding role, including tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, taking care of health and safety on set, and maintaining order on the set.

Location Manager
Responsible for finding and securing locations, the Location Manager also responsible for managing any impact that production may have on the community in the local area.

Production assistant
The job of the Production Assistant, or PA, can vary greatly depending on the budget and specific requirements of the said production.  PA's are sometimes attached to individual actors or filmmakers.

Script Editor
The script editor has many responsibilities, including finding new script writers, developing storylines and script ideas with writers, and, as the name would suggest, editing the script.

Camera Operator
A professional operator of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the lead cameraman is usually called a Cinematographer.

Focus Puller
Also known as the 1st assistant camera, the Focus Puller's primary job is to ensure that image sharpness is maintained in whatever image or subject action is being filmed. This is done primarily by changing the camera lense's focus distance setting.

Grip
In the film industry, Grips are lighting and rigging technicians whose primary jobs are to provide camera support, especially if a Dolly or crane are in use, and to work closely with the electrical department to create lighting setups.

Set Dresser
working under the direction of a leadman, the set dressers' job is to arrange set objects on a film before shooting. This includes everything from furniture and pictures to plants and foliage.

Graphic Designer
A specialist who works within the graphic art industry who assembles together images or motion graphics to create a piece of design.

Dubbing Mixer
Part of the post-production sound team, the Dubbing Mixer's job is to work specifically with dialogue, music and sound effects to create a final soundtrack for production.

Foley Editor
Tasked with the reproduction of everyday sound effects, which are added in post-production to enhance the quality of audio for films, the Foley Editor's job is perhaps one of the most important in the entire film production process.

ADR Editor
Automatic Dialogue Replacement is the process in which dialogue recorded incorrectly during filming is corrected via the actor's voice being put into place during editing.
The ADR Editor oversees this process.

Props Maker
Working on film and T.V sets, Props Makers dress and create props that aren't brought in or pre-made, using a variety of materials, techniques and tools.

Doctor Who Spin-Offs

Doctor Who Spin-offs

When Russell T.Davies brought Doctor Who back from it’s hiatus in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston, Children’s BBC expressed interest in the idea of a series revolving around a young Doctor during his childhood on Gallifrey. Davies turned down the idea, stating that it would take away the mystery and intrigue of the character.

Davies instead suggested a series revolving around former companion Sarah Jane Smith, who had been voted the Doctor’s most popular companion numerous times from her debut in 1973, up until her reappearance in 2006.

The Sun speculated on the possibility of a Sarah Jane spin-off shortly before the airing of the episode ‘School Reunion’ in 2006, during which Smith reappeared.

Production of the series began in April 2007, with writers Gareth Roberts, Phil Ford and Phil Gladwin all scripting different episodes.

The spin-off ran for five series until the death of actress Elizabeth Sladen in 2011.

On the day of Sladen’s death, the children’s entertainment channel CBBC ran all episodes of the series from its New Year special as a tribute to Sladen.

Torchwood, created by Doctor Who writer and director Russell T.Davies, is a spin-off of Doctor Who that first aired on BBC Three in 2006. The show revolves around a small team which form the Cardiff branch of Torchwood, a fictional institution that exists within the world of Doctor Who. Torchwood was first mentioned when it was seeded in several Doctor Who episodes after the show’s revival, over the course of 2005 and 2006.

Torchwood is seen by some audiences as a more ‘grown up’ version of Doctor Who, as the fact it is shown after the watershed allows for more mature and adult content to be integrated into the show.

Because of the show’s huge popularity, the second series found Torchwood relocated to BBC Two at an earlier time. Because of this, many more mature scenes were edited out of second series episodes, and uncut versions were usually shown at a later time.

In 2009, Torchwood returned in a five-part mini series entitled ‘The Children of Earth’, which got mixed reviews from critics, some of whom thought the series was flawed without its original cast of characters.

Torchwood ran for four years, up until the ten-part fourth series ‘Miracle Day’, which Russell worked on with an American broadcasting company.

There are rumours of a fifth series, though nothing has yet been made concrete.