Studying at The Institute of F.I.L.M.S. (Focus Inspiring Leaders of Marketing, Movies, & Storytelling) can lead to opportunities in the film and communications industries, including production and marketing jobs.
There are many ways to succeed in digital film and visual communication, including careers in video and marketing production! While you may begin our program with an idea of what career you desire, when you graduate, you may find a new passion for a different role in digital film, visual communications, and related fields! Explore below to consider exciting careers waiting for you, on set, behind the scenes, and in the executive office!
Under the supervision of an Account Manager, Account Coordinators you provide overall day-to-day customer service and support to ensure the effective execution of customer objectives in marketing and advertising campaigns. You encompass administration, project tracking duties, research, and handling budgets.
As a 1st Assistant Director, you create the live filming schedule, keep it on schedule, and solve scheduling and logistics issues. As a 2nd Assistant Director, you make daily call sheets, take care of talent, and may coordinate extras on set.
Advertising Specialists are responsible for organizing an advertising agency campaign by and serving as a liaison with clients. You will be adept in pitching new accounts, managing projects, and communicating ideas to creative teams.
Art directors are responsible for the overall visual aspects of an advertising or media campaign and coordinate the work of other artistic or design staff, such as graphic designers. You lead the way to bring visions to reality and create masterpieces.
An Art Production Assistant or Runner assists the production designer on set to help decorate sets and arrange props and art pieces. You do what it takes to design and support the artistic vision of a story on screen.
The Boom Operator helps ensure dialogue spoken by performers during live filming is clear and clean. You may operate a sound mixer with a boom microphone and help maintain the sound equipment.
As a Business Owner, you take your vision and passion and build something new. EVERY Student at The Institute of F.I.L.M.S. incorporates their own film and marketing production company with entrepreneurial support from our team.
Camera Operators assist the director by monitoring camera settings, the production set, lighting, and equipment. You can adjust the camera focus during movement of actors, change lenses and filters, load film, clap the slate, and maintain equipment.
Casting Assistants recruit talent, operate cameras for auditions, and read scripts with actors. You oversee the audition process with casting directors and create a final list of actors for the casting director to consider for various roles.
Communications Specialists help businesses by managing all internal and external communication of a company and represent the company to the outside world. You draft media statements, answer media inquiries, compile publications, plan events and press conferences.
Creative Directors lead and guide the creative process to ensure copywriters, designers, and others achieve main goals and enhance branding through storytelling. You bring designs to life.
As a Film and Marketing Production Company Owner, you are in charge of your universe of clients. EVERY Student at The Institute of F.I.L.M.S. incorporates their own film and marketing production company with entrepreneurial support.
Film and Video Editors can work on-set to ensure a rough cut of the scenes are edited as shots progress. You assist the director in deciding whether captured footage will work with other shots and if additional takes are necessary. As a film/video editor, you manage material such as camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics, and special effects to produce a final film or video product.
Freelance Videographers film and edit short films, feature films, documentaries, commercials, online promotions, online content, weddings, plays, and other related work. You record, light, setup audio, and edit. You work with clients to ensure superior satisfaction. This can lead to owning a business to establish a brand for film and marketing production work.
The Gaffer is the head lighting technician and reports to the cinematographer. You help ensure the desired look of the film and production is achieved. You work with others in the grip and electric department.
The Grip is a main technician in the grip and electric department who sets up equipment and constructs rigs. You are also responsible for the grip truck that is loaded with the tools and equipment needed for live filming. The head of the department is the key grip.
The Line Producer manages the budget and is a liaison between the above-the-line and below-the-line crew. You help hire crew, work with finance executives and executive producers, and help manage the schedule after photography begins.
The Location Manager or Scout finds locations for live filming, completes paperwork to secure locations and obtain permission from property owners for live filming. You also help negotiate rental rates for live filming and ensure the locations are maintained in the condition before the production began.
As a Marketing Specialist/Coordinator, you market products by developing and implementing marketing and advertising campaigns. You can track sales data, maintain promotional materials inventory, plan meetings and trade shows, maintain databases, and prepare reports.
Motion Graphics Designers create artwork for the web, television, or film. You use visual effects, animation, and other cinematic techniques to bring life to your creations.
The Producer manages the business aspects of a film and marketing production. You may develop initial concepts for the story and recruit a screenwriter to help develop the project in a script. You help secure funds for production, hire cast and crew, and make most or all above the line decisions. There are also various types of producers for you to explore careers.
In many ways, the Production Assistant or Coordinator is the glue that holds a production together. PAs assist wherever they are needed on a production, so duties often range across departments. Taking a gig as a PA is a great way to gain experience with a full array of production personnel, from the camera operators to the costume department, and is an excellent role for breaking into the film industry. You are in charge of the details of a production, and that can mean making sure that everyone gets lunch or tidying the set after a shoot, depending on where you are assigned.
As the Property Master, often called the prop(s) master, you are an artistic and organizational employee in a film, television or theatrical production who is responsible for purchasing, acquiring, manufacturing, properly placing, and/or overseeing any props needed for a production.
As a Sales Representative, you are responsible for selling a company's products by identifying leads, educating prospects on products through calls, trainings, and presentations, and providing existing customers with exceptional support.
Screenwriters prepare their script in a way that enables readers to envisage the setting, emotion, and the way it will work on screen. You collaborate with producers, directors, and actors to draft and redraft their script, often working to tight deadlines.
As a Script Supervisor (also called continuity supervisor or script), you are a member of a film crew who oversees the continuity of the motion picture including wardrobe, props, set dressing, hair, makeup, and the actions of the actors during a scene.
As a Social Media Specialist, you are responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring the company's social media strategy in order to increase brand awareness, improve marketing efforts and increase sales.
Special Effects Coordinators work on a movie or television set, creating the explosions, natural disasters, or general destruction that the Director wants. You then work with the Cinematographer to frame the shots so you can arrange your equipment in such a way that the Cameraman can still shoot safely.
UX-UI Designers are generally responsible for collecting, researching, investigating, and evaluating user requirements. You will be responsible for delivering the best online user experience, which makes your role extremely important for our success and ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Unit Production Coordinators run the production office. You set up the production office, organizing equipment, supplies, and staff. You coordinate travel, accommodation, work permits and visas for cast and crew. You also distribute shooting schedules, crew, and cast lists, scripts, and script revisions.
Video Technicians are crucial when looking at live production as opposed to digital filmmaking. You are on site during live entertainment or theatre performances, maintaining and operating video production equipment under the supervision of a technical director. The equipment used may include video cameras, screens, projectors, media servers, and the grip kit.
Web Designers plan, create, and code internet sites and web pages, many of which combine text with sounds, pictures, graphics, and video clips. You are responsible for creating the design and layout of a website or web pages. It and can mean working on a brand-new website or updating an already existing site.