GFA 1000 TEST 4 STUDY GUIDE
Assistant Directors - Answers - The on-set managers. They handle the day-to-day
scheduling, as well as oversee all crew members in executing the plan
Unit Production Manager (UPM) - Answers - Hires crew & resources, on budget
1st AD - Answers - Runs on-set operations and scheduling
2nd AD - Answers - Manages paperwork and scheduling actors for arrival
2nd 2nd AD - Answers - Organizes background actors and production assistants
Production Assistants (PA) - Answers - The "entry" level position, could be helping any
task that the ADs assign, including "lock up" traffic, singing in Extras, or picking up the
trash
Production Office - Answers - The base of operations for logistics, communication, and
paperwork
1. Production Office Coordinator (POC)
2. Assistant Production Office Coordinator (APOC)
3. Travel Coordinator
4. Production Secretary
Accounting Office - Answers - Tracks and records all expenditures, as approved by the
Producers
1. Production Accountant
2. Payroll Accountant
3. 1st Assistant
4. 2nd Assistant
5. Clerk
Script Supervisor - Answers - Maintains notes about all things that are shot on set
during the day, watching for errors in the continuity of the story or scenes, to ensure that
the editor in post-production will have the footage needed to "cut the scene together"
Camera Department - Answers - Under the Director of Photography (DP) maintains and
operates the camera
1. Camera Operator
2. 1st Assistant Camera ("focus-puller")
3. 2nd AC (camera reports and slate)
Assistant Directors - Answers - The on-set managers. They handle the day-to-day
scheduling, as well as oversee all crew members in executing the plan
Unit Production Manager (UPM) - Answers - Hires crew & resources, on budget
1st AD - Answers - Runs on-set operations and scheduling
2nd AD - Answers - Manages paperwork and scheduling actors for arrival
2nd 2nd AD - Answers - Organizes background actors and production assistants
Production Assistants (PA) - Answers - The "entry" level position, could be helping any
task that the ADs assign, including "lock up" traffic, singing in Extras, or picking up the
trash
Production Office - Answers - The base of operations for logistics, communication, and
paperwork
1. Production Office Coordinator (POC)
2. Assistant Production Office Coordinator (APOC)
3. Travel Coordinator
4. Production Secretary
Accounting Office - Answers - Tracks and records all expenditures, as approved by the
Producers
1. Production Accountant
2. Payroll Accountant
3. 1st Assistant
4. 2nd Assistant
5. Clerk
Script Supervisor - Answers - Maintains notes about all things that are shot on set
during the day, watching for errors in the continuity of the story or scenes, to ensure that
the editor in post-production will have the footage needed to "cut the scene together"
Camera Department - Answers - Under the Director of Photography (DP) maintains and
operates the camera
1. Camera Operator
2. 1st Assistant Camera ("focus-puller")
3. 2nd AC (camera reports and slate)
