Art Department Jobs
The Art Department is often the largest single department of the production, there are many options… it depends what kind of film job you want! The Art Department Manager, Production Designer and Supervising Art Director oversee the team of creative people that includes the sub departments of Greens, Construction, Costume, Set Finishing (Paint) and Props. On smaller productions all these jobs would be included within the art department and all the staff would be based ‘in house’ because there might only be 2-3 Construction and 2 Props people so that their desks can all fit within the one office. On huge productions like King Kong where the art department as a whole reached 300+ people, these form their own sections but they ultimately remain under the leadership of the Art Department. On such jobs the Art Department tends to house just the design roles and art directors whilst all these other departments form their own workspaces and inner structures.
For example on a smaller job the construction crews pay and employment might solely be managed between the Art Dept. Manager and Accounts (or the Art Dept Coordinator if there is no accounts). As the scale of the operation grows Construction will hire their own coordinator or payroll administrator to cope with the huge number of labourers and so on.
The following are the jobs found most typically within the core Art Department all working closely with the Art Director and Production Designer;
Art Department Manager / Art Director / Assistant Art Director / Art Dept. Assistant
Art Dept. Coordinator / Art Dept. Runner / Draftsperson / Graphic Artist
Production Designer / Props Buyer / Researcher / Picture Vehicle Technician
Set Designer / Set Dresser / Story Board Artist / Supervising Art Director
See Also: Greens, Construction, Costume, Set Finishing (Paint), Props.