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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 lineker
on June 12, 2018 at 5:09 AM
Now I'll post three different posts in a row. One with jobs I suggest we delete, one with jobs that needs to be moved and finally one with jobs to add.
Jobs to Delete.
In Sound: ADR & Dubbing
Why? We now have most of the jobs already added and since that one is not in use, we better get rid of it.
In All Departments: Other
Why? I think our ambition should be to add the correct jobs. Getting rid of the Other job is a step in that direction.
In Production: Production Designer
Why? This one must have been added by mistake. We already have a well established Production Design credit in Art.
In Crew: Cinematography
Why? This keeps getting added incorrectly instead of Director of Photography every day. It's time we got rid of it once and for all.
In Crew: Second Unit Cinematographer
Why? Since we now have a Second Unit Director of Photography credit, this one can be removed as well.
In Crew: Second Unit
Why? I have only seen this one added for Second Unit Director and since that credit is now available we can let this one go. How we eventually decide on how to handle more Second Unit credits is a different discussion.
In Crew: Steadycam
Why? Wrong spelling, wrong department. The correct job is already available in the Camera department.
In Costume & Make-Up: Costume Designer
Why? We have used Costume Design for all eternity. This credit is not needed!
There is also a duplicate ADR Editor credit that should be removed.
Please let me know if you disagree with any of the suggestions above!
Reply by lineker
on June 12, 2018 at 5:22 AM
It's time to move some jobs. Here I'll use the following format. I'll post the job with the department and then an arrow to the department where I think it should be moved. These are suggestions to any feedback before we decide is appreciated.
Jobs to move:
Additional Dialogue (Crew) ---> Writing
Additional Music (Crew) ---> Sound
Additional Script Supervisor (Crew) ---> Directing
Carpenter (Crew) ---> Art
Compositor (Crew) ---> Visual Effects
Editorial Staff (Crew) ---> Editing
Script (Crew) ---> Writing
Treatment (Crew) ---> Writing
Visual Effects Art Director (Crew) ---> Visual Effects
Visual Effects Design Consultant (Crew) ---> Visual Effects
Visual Effects Editor (Crew) ---> Visual Effects
And one more:
Location Scout (Art) ---> Production
Reply by lineker
on June 12, 2018 at 5:32 AM
And finally some jobs to add. Please let me know if they are already added with an acceptable variation!
SOUND
Production Sound Recordist
Production Sound
Sound Re-Recordist
Sound Re-Recording Engineer
Sound Effects Recordist
Sound Co-Supervisor
Supervising Foley Editor
Dialogue Supervisor
Co-Supervising Sound Editor
Dubbing Mixer
Dubbing Editor
Foley Engineer
Foley Recording Mixer
Foley Walker
Supervising Foley Artist
Supervising Sound Designer
Additional Boom Operator
Sound Transfer
Additional ADR Mixer
Additional ADR
Additional Dialogue Editor
Additional Sound Design
Assistant Supervising Sound Editor
Audio Post-Production Coordinator
Second Boom Operator
PRODUCTION
Supervising Location Manager
Executive Production Manager
EDITING
Digital Intermediate Conform Editor
Digital Intermediate Data Manager
Digital Intermediate Supervisor
Digital Intermediate Colorist
DIRECTING
Second Script Supervisor
(Edit: I now noticed that for Audio Post-Production Coordinator there is a Audio Post Coordinator job already. Close enough or better to have both?)
Reply by janar
on June 12, 2018 at 6:31 AM
@lineker wrote:
How do you know this one is not in use? Does this never appear in credits, maybe in smaller productions or shorts when 1 person does everything (similar to the combined label "Makeup & Hair")? This is an open question - I never saw it, personally.
This was suggested many times before and never removed by Travis.
I wrote about this here without any response.
@banana_girl was questioning this here without any response/discussion.
Same as above - it's questionable!
This was suggested before and never removed by Travis.
This was suggested before and never removed by Travis.
I explained this here without any response.
I explained this here without any response.
Reply by janar
on June 12, 2018 at 6:43 AM
@lineker wrote:
Yes.
It's already marked to be moved in @banana_girl's original post above (last updated September 2017). Travis never did.
Yes.
I remember that was already suggested to be moved - Travis never did.
It's already marked to be moved in @banana_girl's original post above (last updated September 2017). Travis never did.
I remember that was already suggested to be moved - Travis never did.
I remember that was already suggested to be moved - Travis never did.
Yes.
It's already marked to be moved in @banana_girl's original post above (last updated September 2017) and I also wrote about this here and here in long detail. Nothing was ever done about this.
It's already marked to be moved in @banana_girl's original post above (last updated September 2017). Travis never did.
By the way, I think there are dozens of other labels that should be moved and many of them were already suggested. But it was never done.
Reply by lineker
on June 12, 2018 at 6:44 AM
Thanks for the feedback @janar72!
Google search, so not very scientific. I have seen longer variations in use though. Like "ADR and Dubbing Supervisor". However, that usually means those should be added as ADR Supervisor and Dubbing Supervisor (missing job), not as one long job.
I think the question is not whether or not the credit exists, it's whether or not we have decided to use it. Moving Cinematography to Camera is one option, but I think that would create even more trouble for users. The advantage of keeping Cinematography in Crew is that it can be used for the ultra-rare cases like in the example. The disadvantage is that users add this credit incorrectly daily and that means extra work to fix it.
If you want, you can put together a more definitive post with changes to be made once feedback and comments have finished in a few days.
(Update: Yes, a new definitive final post, including older suggestions by @banana_girl , @janar72 and others, should be needed. Once that is done, ping Travis and make sure it happens.
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Reply by janar
on June 12, 2018 at 7:18 AM
@lineker wrote:
Well, if it's not in use, we should get rid of it. I usually split those, too - except for this "Makeup & Hair" label for many short films or web series'.
Or maybe we should look into our decision and rescind it? I remember quite a few older American films that actually had the on-screen credit "Cinematographer" or "Cinematography" and I used "Director of Photography" instead. However, why don't we allow both terms in the section camera? If I recall correctly, the main argument for our decision was that both terms are synonymous - what if they're not? Again, this is an open question ...
Yes, a final correct list would be awesome, but it's so much work and I don't really have time for this at the moment. I'm behind on many of my shows and so many discussions unanswered ...
Also, crew jobs are so low on Travis' priority list, and a huge portion of TMDb users don't care for crew jobs at all, which is why I don't really want to invest much time into this (again). Also, I think the current label system is too restrictive in general and should be replaced by a new concept of an open system that also allows adding different units or movie part credits - so why invest lots of time into fixing the current one? I wrote about this many times, and I'm aware that this needs lots of time to develop, and there's also the issue with the translations - so, I'm afraid, this is a long process that won't be solved by a final list of crew jobs any time soon. I'm just realistic here, I guess.
Note: I took a quick look through the list of your new suggestions, and I think they're okay. But "Audio Post-Production Coordinator" is the same as "Audio Post Coordinator".
Reply by lineker
on June 12, 2018 at 7:28 AM
I came across one such credit recently and was happy to see the exact job available.
If so, I would suggest only adding Cinematographer to Camera, and removing Cinematography completely. Having both available is a bit much.
Hopefully there will be time in the future.
Yes, this is a good point.
I noticed the mistake after the post and added a quick note at the bottom, but I will use that one when I come across it now! My edits have become much quicker since I started to have the job master list open in a different window.
Reply by Marr 🇳🇱
on June 12, 2018 at 1:18 PM
Jobs to add (possibly):
(will edit as I have more jobs I deem important that I cannot add)
Reply by Frank F
on June 16, 2018 at 3:53 PM
(Probably stating something that you are all painfully aware of) From a newer user's point of view, one of the biggest problems with picking the correct job is actually finding it. It helped a lot once I downloaded the entire list. Even then, there are rarely exact matches (at least for flicks from 30's - 40s'). Guesswork and learning is involved. I suspect there are some old movies that have something like "Cinematographer" in them (I think I encountered this as well). So I can see why it or Cinematography keeps getting used.
Reply by Frank F
on June 16, 2018 at 5:27 PM
Here are several more actual film crew credits that I have recently come across (I'm into some earlier Technicolor films) that I am considering requesting. Any objections?
Technicolor Photography by
Color Director
Associate Color Director
Photographic Effects
Editorial Supervisor
Special Effects Director
Special Effects Art Director
Reply by janar
on June 17, 2018 at 10:54 AM
@lineker wrote:
I think that's already one of the big problems regarding adding crew edits - it's too complicated. You are a moderator who invests the time to look for correct job titles - but you're the exception among all users and even among all moderators. I guess for most people, finding the correct job is more difficult when you have to choose from a longer list - and adding even more new jobs to the list in the future will not solve the problem. I'm afraid it's making it worse and we shouldn't keep on going with this approach - it makes the editing process messy.
Basically, I see 2 major decisions Travis has to make first before moving on:
1.) Implement a non-label way to add exact crew jobs or not?
2.) Implement a way to guarantee crew job translations are accurate in other languages.
I don't want to write so much about it here again, because these are some serious conceptual questions that have to be solved and that might change the way of editing crews immensely. To give 2 examples of what I mean:
1.) We will never be able to make an exact list of all jobs that ever exist as defined labels, not even with Travis' older idea of implementing alternative job titles or any other help -> it's just impossible and unrealistic because there are too many.
So, since this list is a bad idea, why not develop an open system that allows moderators (or maybe all users) to add crew jobs the exact same way they appear on screen in a normal data field plus a selector for the job section? Or make 2 different versions: Users can choose between a limited set of labels (maybe 500 or 1000), and moderators can use an extra data field to add all those jobs that are not in the list.
I think that would be so much easier for all people, because users (and moderators) could still add the more important jobs per list, and moderators get the chance to add the jobs that aren't so common.
2.) @banana_girl and @alltimemarr often advise users to add the exact job and how it is displayed on the screen to everyone who asked in issue reports or elsewhere. However, this only works for English language credits, obviously. And that's a huge mis-concept in the current editing rules: You can't have both! You can't say to people: "Please add the screen credits!" when people have to translate job titles for foreign movies - that does not work (it's very similar to our rule to translate character names into English for non-english content - nobody follows this rule, because it's a dumb rule and it's contradictory to what's on screen).
So, since we already have a ton of problems with proper crew job translations and the non-lock function on Locale, why not change our rules? If it's so important to us to have the original screen credits, how about allowing only on screen credits in their orginal language (not English!)? For example, you have a Swedish movie - why not add all crew credits and character names in Swedish? Why do we insist on translating them into English - when we want to be an international website and we want original screen credits?
It would (maybe) solve the problem of wrong translations, too: When Travis builds a limited list of 500 to 1000 job labels here on TMDb, it's possible to translate and lock them in our system without locale in other languages. It will be lots of work, but it might also solve all our other problems regarding crew jobs that won't go away by adding more and more crew jobs.
Enough for now - in short: This needs a lot of conceptual thinking above all in the future, I'm afraid.
(OT: I read about your upcoming vacation -> have a nice time!
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Reply by lineker
on June 17, 2018 at 11:08 AM
I'll just add a quick reply about one of the issues.
My understanding (for character names) was that if we allowed that we would have big chunks of the website not readable for the majority of users. You can't allow Swedish and then not allow Russian, Bulgarian, Thai, Korean, Japanese or any Chinese language variations. It was also my understanding that keeping everything English would be a good way to ensure that a future transition to translated character names would be a smooth one. Of course, if no such transition is going to happen, that point becomes a bit redundant.
However, for the first point, would it make a user more or less interested to invest time in any Asian projects on TMDb if they were not able to read big chunks of the data? To me the answer is obvious and that's why I think that it actually is a good policy, for the overall good of TMDb.
Thanks!
Reply by janar
on June 17, 2018 at 11:42 AM
@lineker wrote:
This shows the main language problem on TMDb: You can't make a rule to cater the majority of (English speaking) users and, at the same time, try to be an international website on which it shouldn't be a pre-requisite to edit data that you speak or understand English. That's the huge mis-conception I was writing about - it's the gap between reality and wishful thinking on a conceptual level.
The huge portion of users (and moderators) don't follow this rule at all: keeping everything English! I've seen thousands of German character names on TMDb, also a lot of Spanish, Italian and French one's, mostly directly from the original credits without translating them. And nobody really cares, which is also weird. We mods usually change Russian/Bulgarian/Thai/Korean/Japanese/Chinese character names because of their different letters (not their language), but we usually don't change German/Spanish/French etc. This isn't really about languages, it's about letters and different scripts from the perspective of the Western world - and it's arguably the wrong point of view from what TMDb originally wants to be.
That's true. Another unanswered conceptual question.
Reply by Marr 🇳🇱
on June 17, 2018 at 1:07 PM
I always (try) to change the german and such character names when i see them!