Pre-Production Roles

In pre-production, every step of actually creating the film is carefully designed and planned. The production company is created and a production office established. The film is pre-visualized by the director, and may be story boarded with the help of illustrators and concept artists. A production budget is drawn up to plan expenditures for the film. 

Storyboard: is a visualizing method that creates a blueprint of what the shot sequence should be.

The director: is primarily responsible for the storytelling, creative decisions and acting of the film.

The casting director: finds actors to fill the parts in the script. This normally requires that actors audition.

The director of photography: is the cinematographer who supervises the photography of the entire film.

The director of audiography:  is the audiographer who supervises the audiography of the entire film.

The production sound mixer: is the head of the sound department during the production stage of filmmaking. They record and mix the audio on set - dialogue, presence and sound effects in mono and ambience in stereo.

The composer: creates new music for the film. 

The production designer: creates the visual conception of the film, working with the art director.

The art director: manages the art department, which makes production sets.

The costume designer: creates the clothing for the characters in the film working closely with the actors, as well as other departments.

The make up and hair designer: works closely with the costume designer in addition to create a certain look for a character.

The storyboard artist :creates visual images to help the director and production designer communicate their ideas to the production team.