Video Production Web Quest

Part 1

Producer
• Education: no specific education, they come from all different backgrounds, for example acting, writing, film editing, and business management; degree in arts management and in managing nonprofit organizations if there is no experience in the video production industry.
• Annual Income: $59,000
• Responsibilities:
 Selects and evaluates scripts
 Approve new ideas
 Coordinates different parts of production, such as audio work, scenes, music, timing, camera work, and script writing.
 Schedules broadcast
 Calculates budget and expenditures
• Attractive Aspects: good salary
• Negative Aspects: Stressful, Irregular work hours.

News Anchor
• Education: bachelor's degree in journalism or mass communications
• Annual Income: $61,000
• Responsibilities:
 Present news stories
 Introduce videotaped news or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters
• Attractive Aspects: on television screen
• Negative Aspects: under pressure to meet deadlines, unusual work hours

Video Tape Operator
• Education:
• Annual Income: $34,000
• Responsibilities:
 operate tape recording equipment
 make tape copies, such as, blank tapes, and non-broadcast tapes,
 label tapes accurately
• Attractive Aspects: able to work in the
• Negative Aspects: mistakes that happen can be very crucial to their career

Floor Director
• Education: degree in media studies, theatre studies, photography, film, or television; or working your way up from a minor job.
• Annual Income: $42,000
• Responsibilities:
 seating the audience
 assisting guests on the show
 controlling the studio and audience
 dealing with technical problems
 relaying instructions from the director on the studio floor
 keeping the director and producer informed of action off-camera
 giving cues and time counts to presenters, actors or guests
 overseeing the work of other departments, such as sound, lighting and props
 organizing runners to make the best use of studio time
 assists the planning and preparation of productions
• Attractive Aspects: on floor of production, active
• Negative Aspects: lots of responsibilities, getting constant directions from the director may get irritating

Reporter
• Education:
• Annual Income: $34,000
• Responsibilities:
 investigate leads and news tips
 look at documents
 observe events at the scene
 interview people
 take photographs or shoot videos of scene.
 report live from the scene
• Attractive Aspects: First one that finds out the latest news, energetic
• Negative Aspects: Even though chances are low, they can get injured while present at the scene.


Part 2

Runner
• Education: no specific requirements; need to show understanding of the industry, practical skills, and experience
• Annual Income: $23,000
• Responsibilities:
 answering telephones
 filing paperwork and data entry
 arranging lunches, dinners, meetings, and transportation
 keep sets clean
 photocopying and handling general administrative work
• Attractive Aspects: gain experience, work in mostly all the parts of the industry
• Negative Aspects: most people don’t see the Runner as a part of the industry, minor job, most junior role


Part 3

Reporter

1. Why would you be a good fit for this career?
I would be good for this career because I’m interested in careers that involve traveling and investigating. This career includes investigation important events.

2. What aspect of this career is most attractive to you?
Though the work hours may be irregular, this career would keep me focus. Investigation is one thing that catches my eye. I have always seen myself in an action filled career and I believe that being a reporter will open me up to many adventures.

3. Which job responsibilities are you most looking forward to in this career?
I would be looking forward to investigating and researching on the latest news. I also look forward to reporting live at the scene. It seems really exhilarating.

4. Which job responsibilities could you do without in this career?
One critical aspect of this career is deadlines. One job of this career is to write the story. This story has to be written on time or else there will be a great delay. Though that may be a struggle for me, I would be able to get overcome this problem.

5. What aspect of your personality would be beneficial to this career?
My sense of adventure would benefit this career. My determination will also help this career.