What Classes to Take Guide

“A film director manages the creative aspects of the production. They direct the making of a film by visualizing the script while guiding the actors and technical crew to capture the vision for the screen. They control the film’s dramatic and artistic aspects.” –StudioBinder

“The Producer of any media is, or should be, a leader. [They are] the one person on a project who is responsible for everything–the process, the budget, the people, and ultimately the final product–whether it be a feature film, documentary, mobile content, or live events. The producer definitely has to have an ultimate vision for what the project needs to be and also the ability to communicate that vision to the director.” – The Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production: The People and the Process by Lorene M. Wales

“Cinematography is the art and craft of making motion pictures by capturing a story visually. Though, technically, cinematography is the art and the science of recording light either electronically onto an image sensor or chemically onto film.

Taken from the Greek for "writing with movement," cinematography is the creation of images you see on screen. A series of shots that form a cohesive narrative. Cinematography composes each shot, considering, where everything in frame demands attention” - StudioBinder

“Sound Editing is the process of building dialogue, ADR, sound effects, and music tracks to achieve the final soundtrack of a project.

A Sound Editor is the person who oversees the sound editing of a project. May also edit the tracks. Sometimes synonymous with supervising sound editor.” – The Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production: The People and the Process by Lorene M. Wales

“Video editing is the process of manipulating and rearranging video shots to create a new work. Editing is usually considered to be one part of the post production process — other post-production tasks include titling, colour correction, sound mixing, etc.” - MediaCollege.com

“An Actor embodies a character in a film, TV show, or other type of content by researching every aspect of the character, memorizing dialogue the Screenwriter has written, and developing their own emotional life.” – CareersInFilm.com

“A screenwriter writes content for visual mediums. They write screenplays for feature films, short films, television, commercials, and video games. They create the dialogue, the characters and the storyline of a script.

Screenwriters may start off as freelance, and write their first few screenplays “on spec,” or speculation. A spec script is a screenplay that wasn’t assigned to the writer, but is written to either be sold to a studio or as a writing sample. “ –StudioBinder