Freelance, part-time or full-time job opportunities exist in various aspects of Film Making. These are available at film studios, production companies, editing studios, government departments that make films or film department of advertising agencies. There exist a great job demand, in the industry one can work in an office or outdoors and the salaries can vary according to the type of work, experience, and many other factors.
Career Prospects
- Compositor
- Roto Artist
- Paint Artist
- CG Compositor
- VFX Compositor
- Sound Editor
- Video Editor
- Motion Graphic Artist
- Tracker
- Match Move Artist
- Stereo Roto Artist
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Production Assistant
- Post Production Supervisor
- Line Producer:
- Director
- Assistant Director / Assistant
- Location Manager
- Art Director
- Set Designer
- Cinematographer
- Photography
- Camera Operator
- Key Grip
- Sound Mixer:
- Production Sound Mixer
- Editor
- Negative Cutter
- Actor
- Editor
- Assistant Editor
- Casting Director
- Script Writer
- Script Supervisor
- Production Accountant
- Production Coordinator
- Unit Production Manager/UPM
- Teleplay Writer
- Show Runner
- Executive Producer
Prospective Employers
Balaji Telefilms, Dharma Productions, Balaji motion pictures, Balaji Telefilms, Yash Raj Films, UTV Motion Pictures, Rajshri productions, Amir Khan Film Productions,Cine Dreams, Red Chillies Entertainment, Excel Entertainment, Warner Bros, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox , Paramount Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Dimension Films , DreamWorks Pictures and many more.
Read on about a few from many very successful people and be prepared to be inspired!
From staying on street to becoming the most acclaimed director of Bollywood, Anurag Kashyap primarily wanted to become a scientist and so he enrolled himself to pursue zoology. However, after he graduated in 1993, he realized his keen interest in drama and joined a street play group and since then there is no looking back. Though success did not come easy, there were days of struggle and initial failures but the determination and will to succeed kept him going.
James Francis Cameron the son of an engineer, he majored in physics before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process-projection supervisor on Roger Corman’s Battle Beyond the Stars and had his first experience as a director with a two-week stint on Piranha Part Two: The Spawning before being fired. In he wrote and directed The Terminator, it was a huge success. After this came a string of successful science-fiction action films such as Aliens, The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Later Cameron formed his own production company, Lightstorm Entertainment. In 1997, he wrote and directed Titanic, a romantic epic about two young lovers from social classes who meet on board the famous ship.