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The Crew Jobs Masterlist Project (+ Help Topic)
posted by BananaSTAFFMOD on August 10, 2017 at 6:50 AM
Hi guys! This is a topic for anyone who, like me, finds it ridiculously hard to add crew credits. 
My first objective was to build a list of all the jobs available and, thanks to @Janar, the biggest part of the job is already done. My proposition is that we add any other form these credits may appear as and specification when necessary (e.g. the difference between Music and Original Music Composer), but I am open to suggestions. I really don't want this to be a mod-only project, everyone is welcomed to contribute! If you are entering credits for a film or a TV show and notice the on-screen credit is different from the credit in the database, please come by and let us know. 
I thought it would also make sense for this topic to double up as an help topic for confusing crew credits.
Please let me know if you spot errors on the list, but please do not request jobs missing from TMDB. The official topic for new crew job requests is here. 
Last edit: March 24
ART
- Additional Construction
- Additional Construction Grip
- Additional Key Construction Grip
- Additional Set Dresser
- Additional Storyboarding
- Art Department Assistant
- Art Department Coordinator
- Art Department Manager
- Art Department Trainee
- Art Designer
- Art Direction (alt. Art Director)
- Art Direction Intern
- Assistant Art Director
- Assistant Decorator
- Assistant Director of Photography
CAMERA - Assistant Production Design
- Assistant Property Master (alt. Assistant Prop Master, Assistant Props Master, Assistant Propmaster, Assistant Propsmaster)
- Assistant Set Decoration
- Assistant Set Decoration Buyer
- Assistant Set Designer
- Assistant Set Dresser
- Assistant Set Propsman
- Background Designer
- Co-Art Director
- Concept Artist
- Conceptual Design
- Conceptual Illustrator
- Construction Buyer
- Construction Coordinator
- Construction Foreman
- Construction Grip
- Construction Manager
- Creative Director
- Daily Grip (alt. Daily Construction Grip)
- Decorator
- Digital Storyboarding
- Draughtsman (alt. Draftsman)
- Dressing Prop
- First Assistant Art Direction
- First Assistant Property Master
- Graphic Designer
- Greensman
- Gun Wrangler
- Head Carpenter
- Head Decorator
- Head Designer
- Head Greensman
- Helping Hand
- Interior Designer
- Key Carpenter
- Key Construction Grip
- Key Set Painter
- Lead Painter
- Lead Set Dresser
- Leadman
- Location Scout PRODUCTION
- Main Title Designer
- Opening Title Sequence
- On Set Computer Graphics
- On Set Key Props
- On Set Props
- Original Series Design
- Other
- Paint Coordinator
- Painter
- Petty Cash Buyer
- Production Design (alt. Production Designer)
- Production Illustrator
- Property Builder
- Property Buyer
- Property Graphic Designer
- Property Master (alt. Prop Master, Props Master, Propmaster, Propsmaster, Property Mistress, Props Mistress)
- Prop Designer
- Props
- Runner Art Department
- Sculptor
- Second Assistant Art Director
- Set Buyer
- Set Decorating Coordinator
- Set Decoration (alt. Set Decorator)
- Set Decoration Buyer
- Set Designer
- Set Dresser
- Set Dressing Buyer
- Set Painter
- Set Propsman
- Set Supervisor
- Settings
- Shop Electric
- Sign Painter
- Special Props
- Standby Art Director
- Standby Carpenter
- Standby Painter
- Standby Property Master
- Storyboard Artist
- Storyboard Assistant
- Storyboard Designer
- Supervising Art Director
- Supervising Carpenter
- Swing
- Title Designer (alt. Title Design)
- Title Illustration
- Textile Artist
- Web Designer
CAMERA
- "A" Camera Operator
- "B" Camera Operator
- "C" Camera Operator
- "D" Camera Operator
- Additional Camera (alt. Additional Camera Operator)
- Additional Director of Photography
- Additional First Assistant Camera
- Additional Grip
- Additional Key Grip
- Additional Photography
- Additional Second Assistant Camera
- Additional Set Photographer
- Additional Still Photographer (alt. Additional Stills Photographer)
- Additional Underwater Photography
- Aerial Camera
- Aerial Camera Technician
- Aerial Director of Photography
- Assistant Camera
- Assistant Grip
- Best Boy Grip
- BTS Footage
- BTS Photographer
- BTS Videographer
- Camera Department Manager
- Camera Intern
- Camera Loader: Person in charge of loading the camera's film magazines and operating the clap board. Larger production might have a 2nd assistant cameraperson and a film/digital loader.
- Camera Operator
- Camera Car
- Camera Department Production Assistant
- Camera Production Assistant
- Camera Supervisor
- Camera Technician
- Camera Trainee
- Camera Truck
- Clapper Loader
- Data Wrangler
- Digital Imaging Technician
- Director of Photography (alt. Cinematographer, Cinematography By)
- Dolly Grip
- Drone Cinematographer
- Drone Pilot
- Epk Camera Operator
EPK Camera Operator - Epk Director EPK Director
- Epk Producer EPK Producer
- First Assistant "A" Camera
- First Assistant "B" Camera
- First Assistant "C" Camera
- First Assistant "D" Camera
- First Assistant Camera: Person responsible for keeping the picture in sharp focus. (alt. 1st Assistant Camera, First AC, 1st AC)
- First Company Grip
- Focus Puller
- Grip
- Head of Layout
- Helicopter Camera
- Jimmy Jib Operator
- Key Grip
- Libra Head Technician
- Phantom Operator
- Other
- Red Technician
- Russian Arm Operator
- Second Assistant "A" Camera
- Second Assistant "B" Camera
- Second Assistant "C" Camera
- Second Assistant "D" Camera
- Second Assistant Camera
- Second Company Grip
- Second Unit Director of Photography (alt. Second Unit Cinematographer)
- Set Photographer
- Steadicam Operator
- Still Photographer (alt. Stills Photographer, Still Photography)
- Third Assistant "A" Camera
- Third Assistant "B" Camera
- Third Assistant "C" Camera
- Third Assistant "D" Camera
- Third Assistant Camera
- Ultimate Arm Operator
- Underwater Camera
- Underwater Director of Photography (alt. Underwater Photography)
- Underwater Epk Photographer Underwater EPK Photographer
- Underwater Stills Photographer
- Videojournalist
- Video Report
COSTUME & MAKE-UP
- Additional Hairstylist
- Additional Wardrobe Assistant
- Ager/Dyer
- Assistant Costume Designer
- Assistant Hairstylist
- Assistant Hairdresser
- Assistant Makeup Artist
- Co-Costume Designer
- Contact Lens Designer
- Contact Lens Painter
- Contact Lens Technician
- Costume Assistant
- Costume Consultant
- Costume Coordinator
- Costume Design (alt. Costume Designer)
- Costume Designer
- Costume Illustrator
- Costume Mistress
- Costume Set Supervisor
- Costume Supervisor
- Costume Standby
- Costumer
- Daily Makeup & Hair
- Daily Wardrobe
- Dresser
- Extras Dresser
- Extras Makeup Artist
- Facial Setup Artist
- First Assistant Hairstylist
- First Assistant Makeup Artist
- Hair Assistant
- Hair Department Head (alt. Hair Head of Department)
- Hair Designer
- Hairdresser
- Hair Setup
- Hair Supervisor
- Hairstylist (alt. Hair, Hair Stylist)
- Key Costumer
- Key Dresser
- Key Hair Stylist (alt. Key Hair, Key Hairstylist)
- Key Hairdresser
- Key Makeup Artist (alt. Key Make-up Artist, Key Makeup, Key Make-Up)
- Key Set Costumer
- Lead Costumer
- Makeup Artist (alt. Make-up Artist)
- Makeup Department Head (alt. Make-up Department Head, Make-up Head of Department)
- Makeup Designer (alt. Make-up Designer)
- Makeup Effects Designer (alt. Make-up Effects Designer)
- Makeup Supervisor (alt. Make-up Supervisor)
- Makeup Trainee (alt. Make-up Trainee)
- Makeup & Hair (alt. Make-up & Hair)
- Makeup & Hair Assistant (alt. Make-up & Hair Assistant)
- On Set Dresser
- Other
- Principal Costumer
- Prosthetic Designer (alt. Prosthetics Designer)
- Prosthetic Makeup Artist (alt. Prosthetic Make-up Artist, Prosthetics Makeup Artist, Prosthetics Make-up Artist)
- Prosthetic Supervisor (alt. Prosthetics Supervisor)
- Prosthetics
- Prosthetics Painter Prosthetic Painter
- Prosthetics Sculptor Prosthetic Sculptor
- Seamstress
- Set Costumer
- Set Dressing Artist ART
- Set Dressing Supervisor ART
- Set Dressing Manager ART
- Set Dressing Production Assistant ART
- Shoe Design (alt. Shoe Designer)
- Special Effects Key Makeup Artist (alt. SPFX Key Makeup Artist)
- Special Effects Makeup Artist (alt. SPFX Makeup Artist)
- Tailor
- Tattoo Designer (alt. Tattoo Design)
- Truck Costumer
- Truck Supervisor
- Wardrobe Assistant
- Wardrobe Coordinator
- Wardrobe Designer
- Wardrobe Intern
- Wardrobe Master
- Wardrobe Specialized Technician
- Wardrobe Supervisor
- Wig Designer
- Wigmaker (alt. Wig Maker)
CREW
- Acting Double
- Actor's Assistant (alt. Assistant to [Actor])
- Additional Dialogue
- Additional Music (alt. Additional Music By) SOUND
- Additional Script Supervisor
- Additional Writing
- Administrative Assistant
- Aerial Coordinator
- Animal Coordinator
- Animal Wrangler
- Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
- Animatronics Designer
- Animatronics Supervisor
- Armorer (alt. Armourer)
- Armory Coordinator (alt. Armoury Coordinator)
- Assistant Chef
- Assistant Craft Service
- Assistant Picture Car Coordinator
- Assistant Script
- Assistant Vehicles Coordinator
- Associate Choreographer
- Base Camp Operator
- Cableman
- Captain Driver
- Carpenter
- Cast Driver
- Catering
- Catering Head Chef
- CG Supervisor
- CGI Supervisor
- Chaperone
- Chaperone Tutor
- Charge Scenic Artist
- Chef
- Child Wrangler
- Choreographer
- Cinematography CAMERA
- Clearances Coordinator
- Clearances Consultant
- Commissioning Editor
- Compositors (alt. Compositing) VISUAL EFFECTS
- Craft Service (alt. Craft Services, Craft Person)
- Creative Consultant
- Creator WRITING
- Department Administrator
- Dialect Coach
- Dialogue Coach
- Digital Effects Producer
- Digital Effects Supervisor
- Digital Producer
- Digital Supervisor
- Director of Communications
- Documentation & Support
- Dramaturgy
- Driver
- Drone Operator
- Editorial Staff
- Executive in Charge of Finance
- Executive Music Producer
- Executive Visual Effects Producer (alt. Executive VFX Producer)
- Fight Choreographer
- File Footage
- Film Processor
- Floor Runner
- Generator Operator
- Graphic Novel Illustrator
- Head Driver
- Health and Safety
- In Memory Of
- Information Systems Manager
- Interactive Manager
- Intern
- Key Scenic Artist
- Key Special Effects
- Legal Services (alt. Legals, Legal Affairs)
- Lighting Camera
- Loader
- Logistics Coordinator
- Machinist
- Marine Pilot
- Makeup Effects (alt. Make-up Effects, Special Effects Makeup, Special Effects Make-up) COSTUME & MAKE-UP
- Manager of Operations
- Marine Coordinator
- Martial Arts Choreographer
- Master at Arms
- Medical Consultant
- Military Consultant
- Mix Technician
- Mixing Engineer
- Motion Actor
- Motion Capture Artist
- Other
- Photoscience Manager
- Picture Car Coordinator (alt. Picture Vehicule Coordinator)
- Pilot
- Playback Coordinator
- Poem WRITING
- Police Consultant
- Post-Production Manager (*alt. Post Production Manager *)
- Post Production Assistant (alt. Post-Production Assistant)
- Post Production Consulting (alt. Post-Production Consulting)
- Post Production Scripts
- Post Production Supervisor (alt. Post Supervisor, Post-Production Supervisor)
- Presenter
- Production Artist
- Production Controller
- Production Intern
- Production Office Assistant (alt. Office PA, Office Production Assistant)
- Projection
- Prop Maker (alt. Propmaker)
- Propmaker
- Public Relations
- Pyrotechnician
- Quality Control Supervisor
- Radio Play
- Receptionist
- Scenic Artist (alt. Scenic, Scenic Painter, Scenographer)
- Schedule Coordinator
- Scientific Consultant
- Score Engineer
- Script
- Second Film Editor
- Second Unit
-
Second Unit Cinematographer - Security
- Security Coordinator
- Sequence Artist
- Sequence Leads
- Sequence Supervisor
- Series Publicist
- Series Writer WRITING
- Set Medic
- Set Production Assistant
- Set Production Intern
- Set Runner
- Sets & Props Artist
- Sets & Props Supervisor
- Software Engineer
- Software Team Lead
- Sound Design Assistant
- Special Effects (alt. SFX, SPFX)
- Special Effects Assistant (alt. SFX Assistant , SPFX Assistant)
- Special Effects Best Boy (alt. SFX Best Boy, SPFX Best Boy)
- Special Effects Coordinator (alt. SFX Coordinator, SPFX Coordinator)
- Special Effects Manager (alt. SFX Manager, SPFX Manager)
- Special Effects Technician (alt. SFX Technician, SPFX Technician)
- Special Sound Effects
- Specialized Driver
- Sponsorship Coordinator
- Sponsorship Director
- Stand In (alt Stand-in, [character] stand-in)
- Steadycam
- Studio Teachers
- Stunt Coordinator (alt. Stunts Coordinator)
- Stunt Double
- Stunt Driver
- Stunts
- Supervising Animator
- Supervising Armorer
- Supervising Technical Director
- Supervisor of Production Resources
- Systems Administrators & Support
- Tattooist (alt. Tattooer)
- Technical Advisor
- Technical Supervisor
- Techno Crane Operator
- Telecine Colorist
- Temp Music Editor
- Temp Sound Editor
- Thanks (alt. Special Thanks)
- Title Graphics
- Transcriptions
- Translator (alt. Translated by)
- Transportation Captain (alt. Transport Captain)
- Transportation Co-Captain (alt. Transport Co-Captain)
- Transportation Coordinator (alt. Transport Coordinator)
- Treatment
- Unit Medic
- Unit Publicist
- Utility Stunts
- Vehicles Coordinator
- Vehicles Wrangler
- Video Assist Operator
- Video Game WRITING
- Visual Effects Art Director (alt. VFX Art Director) VISUAL EFFECTS
- Visual Effects Design Consultant (alt. VFX Design Consultant) VISUAL EFFECTS
- Visual Effects Editor
- Weapons Master
- Weapons Wrangler
DIRECTING
- Action Director
- Additional Second Assistant Director
- Additional Third Assistant Director
- Assistant Director
- Assistant Director Trainee
- Co-Director
- Continuity
- Crowd Assistant Director
- Director (alt. Directed By)
- Field Director
- First Assistant Director (alt. 1st Assistant Director)
- First Assistant Director (Prep)
- First Assistant Director Trainee
- Insert Unit Director
- Insert Unit First Assistant Director
- Layout
- Other
- Script Coordinator: Person in charge of editing and annotating each drafts of the script for the production team. CREW
- Script Supervisor: Oversees the continuity in the script, consistency with the script and continuity within a scene and between scenes. (alt. Continuity Supervisor, Continuity) CREW
- Second Assistant Director (alt. 2nd Assistant Director)
- Second Assistant Director Trainee
- Second Second Assistant Director
- Second Unit Director
- Second Unit First Assistant Director
- Series Director
- Special Guest Director
- Stage Director
- Third Assistant Director (alt. 3rd Assistant Director)
EDITING
- 3D Digital Colorist
- 3D Editor
- Additional Colorist
- Additional Editor
- Additional Editing (alt. Additional Editor)
- Additional Editorial Assistant
- Archival Footage Coordinator
- Archival Footage Research
- Assistant Editor
- Assistant Picture Editor
- Associate Editor
- Atmos Editor
- Co-Editor
- Color Assistant
- Color Grading
- Color Timer
- Colorist
- Consulting Editor
- Dailies Manager
- Dailies Operator
- Dailies Technician
- Digital Color Timer
- Digital Colorist
- Digital Conform Editor
- Digital Intermediate (alt. DI)
- Digital Intermediate Assistant
- Digital Intermediate Colorist
- Digital Intermediate Data Wrangler
- Digital Intermediate Editor
- Digital Intermediate Producer
- Editor (alt. Edited by)
- Editorial Coordinator
- Editorial Consultant
- Editorial Manager
- Editorial Production Assistant
- Editorial Services
- EPK Editor (alt. E.P.K. Editor) CREW
- First Assistant Editor (alt. 1st Assistant Editor)
- First Assistant Picture Editor
- Lead Editor
- Negative Cutter
- Online Editor
- Other
- Project Manager
- Senior Colorist
- Senior Digital Intermediate Colorist
- Stereoscopic Editor
- Supervising Editor
- Supervising Film Editor
LIGHTING
- Additional Gaffer
- Additional Lighting Technician
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
- Assistant Electrician
- Assistant Gaffer
- Best Boy Electric
- Best Boy Electrician
- Best Boy Lighting Technician
- Chief Lighting Technician
- Daily Electrics
- Directing Lighting Artist
- Electrician
- Gaffer
- Genetator Operator Generator Operator
- Key Rigging Grip
- Lighting Artist
- Lighting Coordinator
- Lighting Director
- Lighting Design
- Lighting Manager
- Lighting Production Assistant
- Lighting Programmer
- Lighting Supervisor
- Lighting Technician
- Master Lighting Artist
- O.B. Lighting
- Other
- Rigging Gaffer
- Rigging Grip
- Rigging Supervisor
- Standby Rigger
- Underwater Gaffer
PRODUCTION
- Accountant
- Accounting Clerk Assistant
- Accounting Supervisor
- Accounting Trainee
- Additional Casting
- Additional Production Assistant
- Additional Post-Production Supervisor
- Administration
- ADR Voice Casting
- Art Department Production Assistant
- Assistant Accountant
- Assistant Extras Casting
- Assistant Location Manager
- Assistant Production Coordinator
- Assistant Production Manager
- Assistant Unit Manager
- Associate Producer
- Attorney
- Background Casting Director
- Back-up Set Production Assistant
- Back-up Truck Production Assistant
- Broadcast Producer
- Business Affairs Coordinator
- Casting (alt. [City/Country] Casting by XXX)
- Casting Assistant
- Casting Associate
- Casting Consultant
- Casting Coordinator
- Casting Director
- Casting Producer
- Casting Researcher
- Character Technical Supervisor
- Co-Executive Producer
- Co-Producer
- Consulting Accountant
- Consulting Producer
- Contract Manager
- Controller
- Coordinating Producer
- Data Management Technician
- Delegated Producer
- Development Manager
- Development Producer
- Director of Operations
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Co-Producer
- Executive Consultant
- Executive In Charge Of Post Production
- Executive In Charge Of Production
- Executive Producer
- Executive Producer's Assistant
- Extras Casting
- Extras Casting Assistant
- Extras Casting Coordinator
- Feature Finishing Producer
- Finance
- Finishing Producer
- First Assistant Accountant
- First Assistant Production Coordinator
- General Manager
- Grip Production Assistant
- Head of Production
- Head of Programming
- Head of Research
- Human Resources
- Insert Unit Location Manager
- Key Accountant
- Key Art Production Assistant
- Key Grip Production Assistant
- Key Production Assistant
- Key Set Production Assistant
- Line Producer
- Local Casting: Local casting is not for "[City/Country] Casting by XXX" credits that part of the main casting. It should only be used for city/country casting mentioned further near the end of the credits.
- Locale Casting Director Local Casting Director
- Location Assistant
- Location Casting
- Location Coordinator
- Location Manager
- Location Production Assistant
- Musical Casting
- Original Casting
- Other
- Payroll Accountant
- Post Coordinator
- Post Producer
- Post Production Accountant
- Post Production Coordinator
- Post Production Producer
- Post Production Technical Engineer
- Producer (*alt. Produced by *)
- Producer's Assistant
- Production Accountant
- Production Assistant
- Production Consultant
- Production Coordinator (*alt. Production Co-Ordinator *)
- Production Designer
- Production Director
- Production Driver
- Production Executive
- Production Manager
- Production Office Coordinator (alt. POC)
- Production Runner
- Production Secretary
- Production Supervisor
- Production Trainee
- Publicist
- Research Assistant
- Researcher
- Script Researcher
- Second Assistant Accountant
- Second Assistant Production Coordinator
- Second Assistant Unit Manager
- Second Unit Location Manager
- Senior Executive Consultant
- Street Casting
- Supervising Producer
- Trainee Production Coordinator
- Travel Coordinator
- Truck Production Assistant
- Unit Manager
- Unit Production Manager
- Unit Swing
SOUND
- Additional Music Supervisor
- Additional Production Sound Mixer
- Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer (alt. Additional Re-Recording Mixer)
- Additional Sound Re-Recordist
- Additional Soundtrack
- ADR & Dubbing
- ADR Editor (alt. Automated Dialogue Replacement Editor)
- ADR Editor
- ADR Engineer
- ADR Coordinator
- ADR Mixer
- ADR Post Producer
- ADR Recording Engineer
- ADR Recordist
- ADR Supervisor (alt. Automated Dialogue Replacement Supervisor)
- Apprentice Sound Editor
- Assistant Dialogue Editor
- Assistant Foley Artist
- Assistant Music Supervisor
- Assistant Sound Designer
- Assistant Sound Editor (alt. Sound Editor Assisted by)
- Assistant Sound Engineer
- Audio Post Coordinator
- Boom Operator
- Conductor (alt. Conducting)
- Dialogue Editor
- Digital Foley Artist
- Dolby Consultant
- First Assistant Sound Editor
- Foley
- Foley Artist
- Foley Editor (alt. Foley Editing)
- Foley Mixer
- Foley Recording Engineer
- Foley Recordist
- Foley Supervisor
- Joint ADR Mixer
- Keyboard Programmer
- Location Sound Assistant
- Location Sound Mixer
- Location Sound Recordist
- Loop Group Coordinator
- Main Title Theme Composer
- Music: music not composed specifically for a film or a series e.g. Mozart
- Music Arranger
- Music Co-Supervisor
- Music Consultant
- Music Coordinator
- Music Director
- Music Editor
- Music Producer
- Music Programmer (alt. Programming)
- Music Score Producer
- Music Sound Design and Processing
- Music Supervision Assistant
- Music Supervisor
- Musician: should be used for any instrument e.g. Cello, Violin, Keyboards, Drums, Bass, Guitar, etc.
- O.B. Sound
- Orchestrator (alt. Orchestration)
- Original Music Composer : music composed specifically for a film or a series (alt. Composer, Music, Music by, Music Composed by, Music Score, Original Score Composed by, Original Score Music, Original Score, Original Music)
- Other
- Playback Singer
- Production Sound Mixer
- Recording Supervision
- Scoring Mixer
- Second Assistant Sound
- Songs
- Sound
- Sound Assistant
- Sound Designer (alt. Sound Design)
- Sound Director
- Sound Editor
- Sound Effects
- Sound Effects Designer
- Sound Effects Editor (*alt. Effects Editor *)
- Sound Engineer (alt. Engineer)
- Sound Mix Technician
- Sound Mixer
- Sound Montage Associate
- Sound Post Production Coordinator
- Sound Post Supervisor
- Sound Re-Recording Assistant
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer (alt. Re-Recording Mixer, Re-Recording Engineer)
- Sound Recordist
- Sound Supervisor
- Sound Technical Supervisor
- Supervising ADR Editor (alt. Supervising Automated Dialogue Replacement Editor)
- Supervising Dialogue Editor
- Supervising Music Editor
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor
- Theme Song Performance
- Utility Sound
- Vocal Coach
- Vocals
VISUAL EFFECTS
- 2D Sequence Supervisor
- 2D Artist
- 2D Supervisor
- 24 Frame Playback
- 3D Animator
- 3D Artist
- 3D Coordinator
- 3D Director
- 3D Generalist
- 3D Modeller
- 3D Sequence Supervisor
- 3D Supervisor
- 3D Tracking Layout
- Additional Effects Development
- Additional Visual Effects
- Animation
- Animation Coordinator
- Animation Department Coordinator
- Animation Director
- Animation Fix Coordinator
- Animation Manager
- Animation Production Assistant
- Animation Supervisor
- Animation Technical Director
- Battle Motion Coordinator
- CG Animator
- CG Artist
- CG Engineer
- CG Painter
- CGI Director
- Character Designer
- Character Modelling Supervisor
- Chief Technician / Stop-Motion Expert
- Cloth Setup
- Color Designer
- Compositing Artist
- Compositing Lead
- Compositing Supervisor
- Creature Design
- Creature Effects Technical Director
- Creature Technical Director
- Cyber Scanning Supervisor
- Digital Compositors
- Digital Effects Producer
- Digital Film Recording
- Director of Previsualization
- Effects Supervisor
- Fix Animator
- Generalist
- Head of Animation
- I/O Manager (alt. Input/Output Manager)
- I/O Supervisor (alt. Input/Output Supervisor)
- Imaging Science
- Key Animation
- Layout Supervisor
- Lead Animator
- Lead Character Designer
- Lead Creature Designer
- Matchmove Supervisor
- Matte Painter
- Mechanical & Creature Designer
- Mechanical Designer
- Modeling
- Modelling Supervisor
- Opening/Ending Animation
- Pipeline Technical Director
- Photo Retouching
- Pre-Visualization Coordinator
- Pre-Visualization Supervisor
- Pyrotechnic Supervisor
- Roto Supervisor
- Rotoscoping Artist
- Senior Animator
- Senior Generalist
- Senior Modeller
- Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- Shading
- Simulation & Effects Artist
- Simulation & Effects Production Assistant
- Smoke Artist
- Special Effects Supervisor (alt. SFX Supervisor, SPFX Supervisor)
- Stereoscopic Coordinator
- Stereoscopic Supervisor
- Stereoscopic Technical Director
- Supervising Animation Director
- VFX Artist (alt. Visual Effects Artist)
- VFX Director of Photography (alt. Visual Effects Director of Photography)
- VFX Editor (alt. Visual Effects Editor)
- VFX Lighting Artist (alt. Visual Effects Lighting Artist)
- VFX Production Coordinator (alt. Visual Effects Production Coordinator)
- VFX Supervisor (alt. Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Visual Development
- Visual Effects (alt. VFX)
- Visual Effects Assistant Editor
- Visual Effects Camera
- Visual Effects Compositor
- Visual Effects Coordinator (alt. VFX Coordinator)
- Visual Effects Designer (alt. VFX Designer)
- Visual Effects Director
- Visual Effects Lineup
- Visual Effects Producer (alt. VFX Producer)
- Visual Effects Production Assistant
- Visual Effects Production Manager
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Visual Effects Technical Director (alt. VFX Technical Director)
WRITING
- Adaptation
- Author
- Book
- Characters
- Co-Writer
- Comic Book
- Creative Producer
- Dialogue
- Executive Story Editor
- Graphic Novel
- Head of Story
- Idea
- Junior Story Editor
- Lyricist
- Musical
- Novel
- Opera
- Original Concept
- Original Film Writer
- Original Series Creator
- Original Story
- Other
- Scenario Writer
- Screenplay (alt. Screenplay by)
- Screenstory
- Script Consultant
- Script Editor
- Senior Story Editor
- Series Composition
- Short Story
- Staff Writer
- Story (alt. Story by)
- Story Artist
- Story Consultant
- Story Coordinator
- Story Developer
- Story Editor
- Story Manager
- Story Supervisor
- Storyboard
- Teleplay (alt. Teleplay by)
- Theatre Play
- Writer (alt. Written by)
- Writers' Assistant
- Writers' Production
Reply by Marr 🇳🇱
on August 30, 2017 at 12:57 AM
I think there's Action Director now! I sometimes see that in anime too.
Reply by janar
on September 7, 2017 at 7:12 PM
@banana_girl, I'm sorry about the late reply - I don't really have time for this kind of conceptual work/writing at the moment ...
You wrote:
Yes, I have to agree with the bold part - it's really difficult for me to decide between primary names and alternatives, especially when I don't know the job very good. Also, it seems that historically people in the UK use different terms than in the US for some jobs. For example, when I searched for the job title "Draughtsman", I came across a webpage with a general explanation that says:
"Differences between UK to USA Set Decorating & Property Departments
The hierarchy in the United Kingdom does have some title variants with job descriptions. Here is a guide to the main positions within each area, as there are many alternatives dependent on the film requirements and to which country the film is based in. Some titles vary like for example Draughtsman UK, to Set Designer or Draftsman USA. The Production Designer is the head of various departments, Art, Construction, Decorating, Property & Prop Making. Here is a guide to the main positions within each area."
They mention a lot of other examples from the art department - I think/fear that complicates our task of determining primaries/alternatives immensely! Because: It is the same job, but it has two different names in English, and people can use them in whatever way they want in credits. And it's weird, but a short time after I read this webpage, I watched the movie Beauty and the Beast, and at the end of the movie they credit more than a dozen of people with both names exactly like this:
"Set Designers / Draughtspersons"
Yes, they use both terms for all those people! So, what does this mean - did those people both jobs on this film and I would have to credit all of them accordingly twice? Or, is it the same job and I have to choose one of the terms? Which one of the two? It's really complicated to decide - I don't have a good answer to this problem in general ... :-(
You can easily find credits for "D" camera operators on IMDb, meaning that really big productions use 4 different cameras for a shoot (or even for a scene). I think the question for TMDb is: Do we need/want the distinction between A, B, C, D and so on or is it okay to not have this distinction?
A practical example: In the second season of the tv show Wynonna Earp, the "A" Camera Operator was Craig Anderl and the "B" Camera Operator was Jonathan Benny. However, after 10 episodes, there was a change for the last 2 episodes of the season (episodes 11 and 12): Craig Anderl was out, Jonathan Benny became the new "A" Camera Operator, and Brett Manyluk became the new "B" Camera Operator. The problem right now for TMDb is: You can't reflect this real development of change of positions, because you can add them only as "Camera Operator" -> and Jonathan Benny ends up as a regular crew member, while the other 2 are added per episode. Meaning: Looking at TMDb, you have no idea what happened.
That's why I think it would make sense to have a distinction. (I could give you very similar examples of such job change from the tv shows Orphan Black and The Good Wife, if I remember correctly).
Yes, you're right - I made a mistake in my earlier post. Scenic Artist and Painter are 2 different jobs. The former is more creative and invents full sceneries like landscapes and such for the set - painters just paint a wall or something else with any colour needed. The former is more artsy/creative, the other is just construction work. I also think a "Set Painter" is a "Painter" - it's the same.
About the "On-Set" Painter - I think it means the same as Standby Painter: Fixing any last-minute paint problems on sets or on locations during film shoots. I'm not sure, but, once again, it seems to be common in the UK to call such crew members "Standby [whatever]", while they're called "On-Set [whatever]" in the US. I might be wrong, but that's my impression in general.
One tiny thing: In your first post, you updated the following line:
Armory Coordinator (alt. Armourer Coordinator)
The alt. has to be "Armour*y* Coordinator"
I want to add something else in general, but I don't have much time anymore before going to work. I'm not sure the idea of shaking up the crew jobs and determining primaries/alternatives is a good one anymore. I did before when you started this thread, but I watched a lot of movies with bigger budgets/crews in the last weeks and I fear it's not worth our time to adjust the current system due to it's technical deficiencies and restrictions. I wrote about this before, but the key thing that's missing is to add any job available without a label. I came to the conclusion that the current system of a limited set of labels will never solve certain problems, no matter how much we fix the current system (key words: credit sections with second unit and/or additional photography crews; film crews in different cities/locations; movies with different segements, eg different crews, and many more things).
I think the main problem is a technical one that only Travis can solve by working out a totally different concept of how to add crew jobs in general - which means all our efforts fixing the current system are, in my eyes, not worth our time at all. A better technical solution would allow every contributor to add any given crew job that appears in the credits "as it is", meaning that labels would be obsolete entirely. That's why I won't add to this thread anymore in the future - I don't see any advantage in fixing a system that doesn't work in the first place for many big productions out there.
Oh, and, last thing, I spotted an interesting bug in the current system. The other day, I watched the movie Lion, and I took a look at the cast list here on TMDb. One of the current crew credits in the camera department reads:
Peter Beeh - Aerial Camera (suggest in addition to Helicopter Camera)
Yes, the job title actually reads: "Aerial Camera (suggest in addition to Helicopter Camera)"! And I was thinking: How was it possible for the contributor to add this title in the first place? This label doesn't exist at the moment - how did she/he do it?
Here's how: Travis made a mistake in the past when he added this specific new crew job, because in November 2015 user Torq00 wrote exactly this line as a new crew job request in the other thread. Travis added this new label on January 4th 2017, but he accidentally forgot to remove the comment from the new label (the part "suggest in addition to Helicopter Camera"). Eventually, Torq added this new job title to the movie Lion on January 9th 2017 - 5 days after Travis added this new label. Lineker found the mistake 8 days later on January 17th and Travis immediately fixed the new label. However - Travis did not check/fix (the) past contribution(s) that were already made in the time between!
Yes, it's a weird coincidence that this happened - no question about it. But it also indicates that Travis doesn't check/update past contributions when he changes crew job labels. And that's relevant for this masterlist here: When we attempt to change labels in the future, does Travis update past contributions? Is he even able to update past contributions in any way on a technical level? That's an important question - and to me, it doesn't look like Travis is aware of this or does have any possibility to do this (and, in some cases, it's even impossible -> fixing/updating camera operators into A/B/C camera operators, for example).
Oh, and my little example isn't the only one that indicates this "tiny" technical bug/mistake! Take a look at this profile of dialogue editor Jackie Johnson - do you see the mistake? Her credits are mostly for working as a "dialogue editor", but those credits are currently in 2 different sections: "SOUND" and "EDITING". Again, how is this possible - currently, there's only 1 label for dialogue editor in the section SOUND. Again, Travis must have changed it and forgot to check/fix past contributions - that's the only explanation I have. And, by the way, the weird thing is that lineker just recently - August 2nd 2017 - suggested this move into the other section and Travis never officially confirmed that he changed it (as long as I remember)!
Those examples are not very important overall, but it shows to me that - in case we want to change the current masterlist in a huge way - there are some technical problems within the current system that are too complicated to resolve (or hardly to resolve for Travis only). That's another reason why I think it's worthless to fix the current system/masterlist - our efforts won't solve the bigger problems that I think exist when we want to contribute crew credits from bigger productions.
Puh, that was a lot - and now I have to go to work without any sleep ...
Best wishes,
janar
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Reply by lineker
on September 7, 2017 at 7:21 PM
Yes, it was indeed changed. From past job department changes the jobs added before the change have stayed with the old department and it seems to be the same here. I always fix the ones I come across. I'll take a look at the other things you wrote tomorrow.
Reply by Banana
on September 7, 2017 at 7:26 PM
All very good points @janar72 ! I've been thinking about this too and the primary job thing sounds way too complicated!
This is work that I think will be helpful.
But this one is too messy and should be split in two.
I think it's okay to have both the UK and the US version of a job and the current and old names.
Reply by janar
on September 8, 2017 at 11:43 AM
@lineker said:
But, see, that was one of my points in my earlier post: It's good that you fix those things when you come across them, I do that, too! But we're only human, and in this special case, it's probably a huge waste of our time (and very inefficient) if - and that's the big if here - IF Travis is able to change such things automatically once and for all.
My idea is this: Travis searches the whole data base one single time for all credits of all persons, looks into the column of the job label, and sets the job sections to "SOUND" for each of these credits that has the job label "Dialogue Editor". That's 1 single data base command line, and if he runs this 1 single time, it's done! We as contributors/mods will never see this little bug again, we will never have to fix this again, it would be absolutely clean, and we can do other stuff instead.
And that's why I brought up this example with the "Aerial Camera": It looks to me that Travis does not use such searches to replace contributions from the past when he changes labels (your impression from the past is the same). He just changes the label or the section a label belongs to - but that's it. And I was wondering if he's just not aware of it or if he has good reasons to not do it (maybe it's too risky or too invasive for the data base, or too time consuming to run - the database is huge and it might take too long -, or it's just impossible for other reasons)?
And, come to think of it, he could do the same for our "lovely" label "Cinematography"! He searches the whole data base for every single credit of every single person and replaces every single label "Cinematography" with the label "Director of Photography". He does this one time - and we'll never have to deal with it again. It would be such a huge help for us as mods/contributors, and it would be so easy and efficient for a machine to do this job! And that's what I meant, partly, in my earlier post: When we discuss changing/improving this masterlist among us mods/contributors, we should keep in mind the technical side and how it could help us to achieve a better job list.
Of course, this automatic replacement doesn't work for more complex cases - such as replacing Camera Operator with "A" Camera Operator / "B" Camera Operator etc. Or replacing "Music" with "Original Music Composer". Such cases won't work, and we have to do those manually in the future. But I think we could find a lot of other examples in which we could benefit from the machine instead of doing it as humans, and we could probably replace/merge/fix a few job titles in this masterlist more easily and more efficient. IF Travis is able to do it and actually does it, of course.
Reply by janar
on September 8, 2017 at 12:01 PM
@banana_girl said:
So, you think we should focus more (or focus only?) on those instances that differ in spelling or wording when it comes to alternatives? I'm not sure about it, and it's still difficult. For examples, Viktor made the suggestion of adding the label "Props" to the "Art Department" - and my question would be: Is that only an abbreviation of "Property Master" or do we need it as a new label? Or, does the credit "Art Direction" mean the same as "Art Director" or is it something more? Or, similar, is "Casting" the same as "Casting Director"? There are a few more I can think of which are still foggy to me ...
On the other hand, if it's no problem to add as many new labels as we want, we probably should not decide for only one when in question?!?
Yes, I think you're right regarding this.
Reply by Banana
on September 21, 2017 at 3:26 AM
Yup. I agree it's still difficult! I think if there is any doubt, it's safer to add both jobs (props, casting director). But I think the difference between Cinematography and DOP, or Art Direction and Art Director (if there is one), is probably negligible – as long as both terms are never use simultaneously in the credits.
Question: If the music credits are as follow, what should the "with" people be credited as? Music/OMC?
I added a few jobs we wanted to move, but I'm a bit confused about how our job department works:
Art = Art Direction/Production Design + Sets?
Production = Production + Location + Casting?
Sound = Sound + Music?
Visual Effects = Visual Effects + Special Effects?
Lightning = Electric stuff ?
Crew = Stunt + Transportation + odd jobs?
Reply by tmdb18595655
on September 21, 2017 at 9:49 AM
Chapeau, you make a great job, but I don't found the department/jobs for people witch make the adaptation to foreign languages Perhaps you can extend the projet ?? Merci Michael
Reply by Banana
on September 21, 2017 at 1:05 PM
We currently only support the original cast and crew. But for e.g. a script written in French and translated to English before the filming, we have a "Translator" (alt. Translated by) job.
Reply by janar
on September 24, 2017 at 5:32 AM
@banana_girl said:
Yes, I think so, too. At the end of this post are a few more I thought of ...
I don't understand what you mean? Do you have an example?
You are not alone ...
I still have no idea if "Post Production" belongs here or into SOUND?
I'm not sure that "Special Effects" is intended to belong here, because it's partly in CREW currently. Thinking of it, SFX are more pre-production and on set, while VFX are more in studio during post-production - no? I'm not very familiar with these departments, to be honest ...
Haha, CREW is everything else for me ...
Saying this, I think there are still a lot of labels we should/could move from this section to other sections. For examples, "Additional Writing" should be in WRITING, "Carpenter" should be in ART, "Cableman" could be in LIGHTING; "Dramaturgy" could be in DIRECTION, "Drone Operator" could be in CAMERA, "Editorial Staff" belongs probably in EDITING, "Executive Music Producer" should be in SOUND, "Executive Visual Effects Producer" should move to VISUAL EFFECTS, "Graphic Novel Illustrator" belongs in ART, and a lot more ...
That's all for today. As promised, a few more alternatives/switches:
ART
COSTUME & MAKE-UP
CREW
DIRECTING
PRODUCTION
SOUND
VISUAL EFFECTS
Reply by Banana
on November 11, 2017 at 2:49 PM
Well, damn: https://i.imgur.com/LPDoIjv.png
p.s. I have really put this credit thing aside for now, but I will circle back eventually.
Reply by janar
on December 28, 2017 at 4:00 AM
@banana_girl wrote:
Damn. And now, what do we do now in those cases?
To be honest, I'm not sure it's worth the time, actually.
I've seen so many more credits over the last 3 months, with so many more variations of already existing crew jobs, and so many more new jobs that are still missing in our lists - it becomes more and more pointless to me to try to put all of these into one big schema. And, it seems that no one else really cares; even moderators use whatever they can find for jobs that need proper differentiation ...
However, I have a specific question regarding a specific job:
Brendan Adam-Zwelling is a professional Still(s) Photographer - his TMDb page and his personal website are here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1913708-brendan-adam-zwelling
http://www.bazstills.com/
In his bio on his website, he calls himself a "Unit Still Photographer for the film and television industry" - and I've seen 2 different movies in which he was credited as "Still(s) Photographer."
BUT, when I watched the movie Almost Adults last week again, he was actually credited with the label "Set Photography". I made a screenshot - here:
https://picload.org/view/dddllwdr/setphotography.jpg.html
And that's the thing I wanted to ask: The label "Set Photographer" is currently a new suggestion in the other thread in the section CAMERA. But if it's (technically) the same job, wouldn't it be better to only have one primary job label (Still Photographer) and many alternatives (Set Photographer, Onset Photographer, On-Set Photographer, Set Photography, Unit Still Photographer)?
By the way, IMDb does provide both labels (look here, credit for Family Tree), but doesn't seem to know about the actual on-screen end-credit of Brendan Adam-Zwelling:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6460302
So, what's the better solution for TMDb in this specific case? Any opinions?
Banana, can you add the label "Film Editor" as an alternative to the primary label "Editor" in your first post? Thanks!
Reply by Marr 🇳🇱
on January 1, 2018 at 5:26 AM
From my point of view, it seems a Set Photographer takes photos on the set. That are used as Stills/promotional images whatever, so would be a synonym of Still Photographer, right?! So I think you are correct!
Reply by janar
on April 20, 2018 at 2:09 PM
Can someone help me? I look for other opinions regarding the specific on screen credit: "Based on the Film Written by".
Which existing crew job label could/should I use for this -> "story" - "or orginal story" - or "book" - or "adaptation" - or "idea"?!? Or do we need a new one for this - for example, "film"? I can't decide ...
Long explanation:
Michael Crichton is credited in all 10 episodes of season 1 of the tv show Westworld with "Based on the Film Written by". You can watch the full opening credits of S01E01 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elkHuRROPfk
At 1:33 min, you can see this specific credit -> it's the same for all 10 episodes! However, episode 1 is special, because at 1:38 min, Michael Crichton is also credited with the label "Story by". But this credit only appears in episode 1 - not the other 9 episodes! So, this disqualifies using the label "story" for both credits, I think. Maybe it also disqualifies "original story"?!?
The credit "Based on the Film Written by" refers to the movie from 1973, Westworld. This movie was written and directed by Michael Crichton -> the orginal on-screen opening credits in this movie are (I just checked it):
Written and Directed by
MICHAEL CRICHTON
There are no other credits for him in this film -> that's all.
So, the television show refers to his work on this film -> but what would be the correct job label for him here on TMDb?!?
Reply by lineker
on April 20, 2018 at 4:46 PM
@janar: We don't have a job title for that so I always leave it out while waiting for someone to come up with something that would work. I know there are many similar examples (perhaps with different wording) in the database.
Writing credits are usually very strict so this maybe means he was directly involved with that episode?
(I have yet to see Westwolrd so I can't look at any links at this time.
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