How do they match: Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film

  • Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film

  • Broadcast Engineer
  • Camera Engineer

  • Confer with directors, sound and lighting technicians, electricians, and other crew members to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, desired effects, camera movements, and lighting requirements.
  • Read charts and compute ratios to determine variables such as lighting, shutter angles, filter factors, and camera distances.
  • Set up and operate electric news gathering (ENG) microwave vehicles to gather and edit raw footage on location to send to television affiliates for broadcast.
  • Stay current with new technologies in the field by reading trade magazines.

  • Create computer-generated graphics or animation.
  • Research new technologies.