Above the line
This is the person with "top billing" in the credits.
Who is the executive producer?
This person makes the shooting schedule and keeps everyone on that schedule while on set.
Who is the 1st Assistant Director?
This person gives designs, illustrations, and/or research to the cutter.
Who is the costume designer?
This person alters store-bought clothes to fit an actor perfectly, based on fitting notes.
Who is a stitcher?
When we make an inventory of all the costumes and supplies owned by the show and store them safely away somewhere.
What is wrap?
This person directs the actors on set, but not what the cameras or lights are doing.
Who is the director?
This person directs the cameras and lights on set.
Who is the Director of Photography?
This person keeps the breakdown/textiles/dye department on schedule and supervises their work for quality control
Who is the Key Breakdown Artist?
This person manages the supply budget for the costume department.
Who is the Costume Coordinator?
When the 1st AD calls "FINALS" this is what the costume set supervisor does.
What is adjust the costume for continuity?
This person is the liaison between the Executive Producers and Producers to the production office.
Who is the Line Producer?
This department handles all aspects of "interior design" of a film set, including furniture, curtains, and art hanging on the walls.
What is Set Dec?
This is who you should talk to about taking some days off work for your vacation.
Who is the Costume Supervisor?
This is when the designers and other creative team leaders meet regularly to discuss the look of the show
What are production meetings?
When a costume is bagged and labelled with everything worn for a specific scene. We don't touch it unless we are filming that scene again.
What is hot stock?
This is the Executive Producer's primary job.
What is getting investors/funding?
This is who you negotiate your contract with.
Who is the Production Manager
This position may include shopping, returns, organizing, matching receipts with credit card statements, or any other helpful task in the costume office (not set)
What is Prep Costumer?
The production manager wants ALL of these from the shoppers:
What are receipts?
If a BG actor shows up for a funeral scene with nothing but club wear this is what the BG costumer should do first:
What is pull something appropriate from the BG truck/stock
This is money that "above the line" people continue to make after a film is released, depending on how successful it is.
What are residuals?
This person designs the sets for a film project.
Who is the production designer?
This person keeps the actors warm and dry, takes continuity photos, and needs to be very personable, because they will spend a lot of time very near the main cast.
Who is the set supervisor?
This is who we get information from about the actors and their measurements before their first fitting.
Who is casting?
This is where all emergency costume supplies like underwear, socks, tampons, double-sided tape, and stain removers are kept on set.
What is the costume truck?