Scripted film and TV

Explore the skills checklists for the different departments and roles. More roles will be added on an ongoing basis. Read our How do I use the skills checklists? page for more information about how the scripted film and TV checklists were developed.

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Behind the scenes on a TV set

How do I use the skills checklists for film and scripted TV?

Accounts department

Close up of hands holding receipts

Cashier skills
Woman sitting at a desk with an open laptop, folders and a calculator, writing into a notebook

Accounts assistant skills
Close up of an accounts ledger

Assistant production accountant skills
First assistant accountant skills

First assistant accountant skills
Close up of a calculator, pen and other stationary

Production accountant skills

Art department

office worker writing on a notepad

Art department assistant skills
Standby art director skills

Standby art director skills
worker drawing on a piece of paper

Draughtsperson skills
group of workers sitting around a table

Art department coordinator skills
assistant sitting by an office desk

Assistant art director skills
Art director skills

Art director skills
two colleagues on a videocall

Supervising art director skills
Behind the scenes of Bridgerton

Production designer skills

Assistant directors department

Base runner/base PA skills

Base runner/base PA skills
Floor runner/set PA skills

Floor runner/set PA skills
Third assistant director (3rd AD) skills

Third assistant director (3rd AD) skills
Behind-the-scenes on the set of Bridgerton

Crowd second assistant director (crowd 2nd AD) skills
(Key) second assistant director (Key 2nd AD) skills

(Key) second assistant director (Key 2nd AD) skills
First assistant director (1st AD) skills

First assistant director (1st AD) skills

Camera department

Camera crew standing in a grassy area

Camera trainee skills
Actor stands in front of a camera while two people are holding clappers

Second assistant camera technician/clapper loader skills
A crew member is standing up holding a tablet while wearing a face mask

First assistant camera technician/focus puller skills
Camera operator is shooting a scene in the snow, wearing a heavy jacket and a hat.

Camera operator skills
Man sitting next to a camera

Director of photography skills

Costume department

Behind-the-scenes image on the set of Bridgerton filming an outdoor feast in full costume

Costume trainee skills
Standby costume assistant skills

Standby costume assistant skills
Crowd costume supervisor skills

Crowd costume supervisor skills
Costume supervisor skills

Costume supervisor skills
Assistant costume designer skills

Assistant costume designer skills
Costume designer skills

Costume designer skills

Editorial department

People stand around a monitor with curtains over the windows

Editorial trainee skills
Close up of a film editing timeline on a monitor

Second assistant editor skills
First assistant editor

First assistant editor
Dar image of a person holding a helmet in front of a large screen displaying an image of planet Earth from space

VFX editor skills
Woman with headphones around her neck sits in front of an edit desk reading a script

Editor skills

Graphics department

Wild Rose production shot of actress Jessica Buckley as the character Rose-Lynn signing into a microphone on a stage with star lights behind

Graphics assistant/runner skills
A young man wearing headphones sits in front of a laptop in a dark room in front of a window at night

Assistant graphic designer skills
Director on set of Doctor Strange

Lead graphic designer skills
Graphic designer/senior graphic designer skills

Graphic designer/senior graphic designer skills

Hair, make-up and prosthetics department

Hair and make-up trainee skills

Hair and make-up trainee skills
Hair and make-up junior skills

Hair and make-up junior skills
Hair and make-up artist skills

Hair and make-up artist skills
Hair and make-up crowd supervisor skills

Hair and make-up crowd supervisor skills
Hair and make-up supervisor skills

Hair and make-up supervisor skills
Hair and make-up designer skills

Hair and make-up designer skills

Lighting department

On the set of Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor stands facing Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday surrounded by production crew

Lighting technician skills
An electrician rewiring a fuse board on a wall

Practical electrician skills
Close up of buttons on a control desk

Lighting desk operator skills
On location of Blue Lights season 2, production crew rig lights to film a car scene

Generator operator skills
On location for Sex Education season 3, two actors lounge on picnic blankets in a forest in front of a large white screen and a camera boom

Best boy/assistant chief lighting technician skills
Behind-the-scenes of Sex Education season 3, production crew rig a large coach in front of a green screen with lights

Gaffer skills

Location department

Assistant in high-visibility vest lifting portable fence

Location assistant skills
Unit manager skills

Unit manager skills
Hand pointing to laptop screen

Location coordinator skills
Assistant location manager skills

Assistant location manager skills
Location manager skills

Location manager skills
Supervising location manager/head of location department/location manager skills

Supervising location manager/head of location department/location manager skills

Post-production department (freelance scripted)

Post-production assistant skills

Post-production assistant skills
Post-production coordinator skills

Post-production coordinator skills
office workers taking notes

Post-production supervisor skills
Post-production producer skills

Post-production producer skills

Production department

Production assistant/runner skills

Production assistant/runner skills
Close up of hands tapping on a laptop keyboard on a desk

Production secretary skills
office worker writing on a notepad

Assistant production coordinator skills
Production coordinator skills

Production coordinator skills
Production manager skills

Production manager skills
Line producer skills

Line producer skills

Production sound department

Sound trainee/third assistant sound skills

Sound trainee/third assistant sound skills
Second assistant sound skills

Second assistant sound skills
First assistant sound skills

First assistant sound skills
Production sound mixer skills

Production sound mixer skills

Script supervisor department

Script supervisor trainee skills

Script supervisor trainee skills
Assistant script supervisor skills

Assistant script supervisor skills
Script supervisor skills

Script supervisor skills

Set decoration department

Close up of a person holding a credit card while typing on a laptop

Petty cash buyer skills
Woman wearing gloves painting part of the set on the set of Doctor Who

Assistant set decorator skills
Set decoration coordinator skills

Set decoration coordinator skills
Close up of an opulent dining table on the set of Bridgerton

Assistant production buyer skills
A laptop on a work desk displaying a web page with a bright yellow sofa indicating online shopping

Production buyer skills
Billy Magnussen as Magnus holding dripping bars of gold on the set of Lift

Set decorator skills