Image and sound professions

Making a film, bringing a virtual character to life, organizing an artist's tour, recording an album in the studio, designing and producing a television or radio program... all these activities have in common the need to apply technical and artistic skills within a team project.

Image and sound interact to tell a story, provoke emotions and share a cultural experience. This meticulous and subtle work needs to be learned and prepared for. The aim of this book is to take a close look at over 100 image and sound professions, showing how each of them fits into a chain of material and relational production. Based on real-life stories, each profession is described in detail, with fact sheets highlighting the skills required for the job and the personality profile best suited to flourish in these varied sectors.

• The credits of this book, in order of screen appearance, include trades from the following sectors:
• cinema: director, cinematographer, editor, producer...
• Music: sound engineer, stage manager, tour organizer...
• animation: animator, art director, motion capture technician...
• television and radio: on-set director, cameraman, photojournalist, radio editor...