Film industry is a show business and certainly people attached with this business earn a great deal of money compare to other more important professions. From far it seems all glamorous and attractive but the kind of hard work put into making a film by all people attached with it, makes it all worthwhile. In the film industry, everyone earn good money and fame but even in this there is a hierarchy too… below are the 10 highest paying jobs in the films industry.
- Producer
Producer is the person who carries out many tasks in film making; he can be writer himself, the man who had the main idea or theme. Basically the film belongs to him, before production he hears the story from script writer or director; then arranges money for the production. Sometimes producer is the investor himself or he finds capital from private investors or do collaboration with major studios. It is his work to hire directors, script writers, technicians or actors etc, overall it is his duty to make sure that the whole film making procedure stays within the budget. A good producer makes good film and makes good returns for his investors too. Generally, producer don’t work for salary, they have their share in film earnings, DVD sales and many other ways. He has the highest earning in film making procedure.
- Director
Director is like the captain of the ship who sails the ship or considers responsible to drown the ship too. Thus, he has the biggest responsibility to make the film a success. He has the final say in making most of the decisions in film making. During, the film making the director assists actors and other technicians about their tasks. And after production he is the one who sits with editors to guide them through the editing procedure. Thus, on the basis of responsibility and earnings director considers being the most important person after the producer.
- Screen writers
Screen writers write the story for the film. It is the whole base for making a great film. Sometimes writers write the whole script and approach the producer, or sometimes the producers have a main idea and they hire these screen writers for writing their idea into a film. Some big studios hire many screen writers to write different kinds of scenes and sequences.
- Editor
Editor is the least glamorous job in film industry; they spend most of their time in studios sitting at their editing desk. But the undoubtedly, their work is one of the most deciding one in making a good film. Directors take many shots and sequences and it is editor’s job to cut and fit the whole story in one and a half hour film without compromising the main idea of the director.
- Actor
It seems like actors are the most high paying professionals but it is true only with main mega stars. Supporting actors and small actors don’t get paid much although they always have some other work too as a second income and wherever they go and whatever they do they definitely cash on their popularity. Actors actually get more fame than money from film industry and how they cash on it, it all depends on their entrepreneur skills.
- Art Director
Art director works very closely with the producer and director to give scenes its natural and attractive look. They work on set designs, location and create a look for the scene as per the demand of director vision. Art directors have to be creative, good in management and be able to bring out the special effect for the scene as per the story. They work with the team of set designers, draftsmen, set decorators and create a fictional world come alive.
- Construction manager
Making a film is like building a huge world inside the studio. During film making, there are many workers and technicians like set designers, decorators, carpenter, electrician and plumbers etc work together closely. Construction manager, manage these workers and get the work done as a unit as per the direction of art director and bring the right set up into reality to inhabit the actor into it.
- Cinematographer
Most of the best producer keen to invest on the best cinematographer for their film, because eventually public pays only for what comes on the screen. And if there is any problem with cinematography then no big star or director can save the film. The quality of the film visuals totally depends on the cinematographer.
- Multimedia and animation artists
It is very hard for a movie to be a great success without the help of animators. Titanic, Avatar, and many all time biggest hit are all great work of animation and multimedia artists. They make fiction come alive on screen.
- Agents
Agents are paid very well, actually in all profession without any investment but they totally deserve it because of hard work and negotiation skill needed in this job. These talent agents find script for their directors, negotiate movies for their actors, they make sure about everything reach on time at right place in right order. They are the mediator in every deal from booking hotel rooms to finding the work for its client.