Career - Film and Television Lighting Operator

Film and Television Lighting Operators will study scripts and discuss lighting effects with production staff and coordinate activities with electrical crew when putting up metal scaffolding to support lighting equipment. They will select and position equipment such as spotlights and floodlights and will also arrange and connect cables to electrical supplies using portable junction boxes. They will operate lights during filming or broadcasting and vary intensity of light using various filters and reflective screens and maintain and repair lighting equipment. They need to arrange for transportation of equipment to remote locations.

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