Unscripted TV Departments

$Development department:$

• Comes up with ideas for TV programs and pitches them to commissioners, who are employed by broadcasters
• Roles:   * Development assistant producer   * Development producer   * Development researcher   * Personal assistant

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$Production management department:$

• Manages all the logistics of making a program, and balances the creative vision with financial and time constraints
• Roles:   * Line producer   * Logger   * Production coordinator   * Production executive   * Production manager   * Production assistant   * Script supervisor

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$Talent management department:$

• Recruits people to work in editorial or production roles, and knows who's who in the unscripted TV industry
• Roles:   * Receptionist   * Talent assistant   * Talent manager

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$Sound department:$

• Creates the sound and processes the program audio, whether capturing sound on location or mixing during a live transmission
• Roles:   * Grams operator   * Sound assistant   * Sound guarantee   * Sound recordist   * Sound supervisor

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$Engineering department:$

• Installs operates and maintains the equipment used to broadcast television programs
• Roles:   * Technical manager   * Vision guarantee   * Vision supervisor   * OB rigger

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$Editorial department:$

• Responsible for the story content of the program holds the creative vision and makes it happen
• Roles:   * Archive producer   * Assistant producer   * Casting producer   * Celebrity producer   * Digital producer   * Director   * Edit producer   * Executive Producer   * Games producer   * Multi-camera director   * Producer   * Producer director   * Question producer   * Researcher   * Runner   * Series director   * Series producer   * Vision mixer   * VT editor

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$Craft department:$

• Creates the look of the program by designing the set, the costume, hair, and make-up
• Roles:   * Art department assistant   * Art department runner   * Art director   * Costume assistant   * Costume designer   * Costume supervisor   * Hair and make-up artist   * Hair and make-up assistant   * Hair and make-up designer   * Production buyer   * Production designer

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$Technical department:$

• Includes the camera and lighting departments, installs the power, captures the action
• Roles:   * Autocue operator   * Camera assistant   * Camera operator   * Camera supervisor   * Data wrangler   * Digital imaging technician   * Gaffer   * Grip   * Jib operator   * Kit room assistant   * Lighting console operator   * Lighting director   * Spark

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$Floor or location department:$

• Manages and coordinates the activities in the studio and location-based productions
• Roles:   * Floor assistant   * Floor manager   * Floor runner   * Scene hand

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$Studio management department:$

• Runs the studio from which TV shows are recorded or broadcast
• Roles:   * Studio assistant   * Studio coordinator   * Studio manager

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@@Entry-level jobs in Unscripted TV:@@

• Personal assistant
• Logger
• Receptionist
• Runner
• Art department runner
• Costume assistant
• Hair and make-up assistant
• Camera assistant
• Kit room assistant
• Sound assistant
• Floor runner
• Studio assistant

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