LO:2 Task 4

LO2 TASK4

Professional etiquette

Professional etiquette is important when being a camera operator because you will need to work with lots of different people so it is important to remain professional and polite to ensure you work well together for example the camera operator will be instructed by the director of photography and will need to follow his or her instructions accurately.

My role in the hierarchy is very important as I am responsible for filming and capturing footage that will be used in the production and will possibly be editing the footage as well as I discovered when researching this job role. I would need to liaise with the head of photography to know what was needed of me and I would also need to work with the grip to get what equipment I would need. I would also have a number of people who would be working beneath me to help me achieve my goal.

In my job role I would work alongside the Gaffer, Best Boy and lighting directors aka ‘Sparks’ and would tell them what jobs needed doing to in accordance with what I am doing this is to ensure that the lighting is appropriate fo  

r what I am filming. What I do will greatly affect what the lighting department do as lighting will affect the camera greatly and will affect the Mise en scene of what I am filming.