Film Crew The jobs in the film making team are the following 1. The Director is the boss, and tells everybody what to do. The director works very closely with the actors in particular 2. The Director of Photography decides the position of the camera, and everything to do with the lights-color, quantity and direction. 3. The Camera operator looks through the camera, and operates the equipment. 4. The Sound Mixer operates the microphones -and gets very angry with people who make noises during the filming. (They need absolute silence.) 5. The Boom Operator is a sound crew member who handles the microphone boom a long pole that holds the microphone near the action but out of frame, allowing the microphone to follow the actors a they move 6. The Costume Designer and Make-up Artists do most of their job before the filming. But they have to be there, ready for emergencies. It's very hot under the lights and make-up comes off? 7. The Electrician fixes the lights and all the other electrical equipment. Film Genres There is a great variety of films but many films are of particular types of genre. Here are examples of film genres adventure action comedy crime documentary drama film-noir family game show musical mystery news reality TV sci-fi talk show thriller short film