Module 7 - People and instruments
Unit 7.1 - People: TV and film crew


1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.1. Pretending to be someone else in a convincing way.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.2. Obtaining financing.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.3. Deciding on the dance moves.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.4. Organising auditions and selecting actors and actresses.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.5. Choosing the outfits for all people on set.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.6. Planning and looking after the combat scenes.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.7. Setting up the sound equipment for a live performance.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.8. Guiding the performance of everybody on set.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.9. Introducing a TV programme.
1. Who is in charge of the following operations?

1.10. Choosing the locations and settings.
3. Read the passage and complete it with the missing parts.

interact with reporters or experts • as broadcast professionals • doing on-camera interviews with sources • to move on to TV channels in big cities • go to the spot of the story • from the spots of natural disasters • most of whom we never see or whose names are unknown • with a bachelor’s degree in meteorology

News Teams on TV
Lots of jobs on TV are connected to the news. The team consists of a huge variety of people with different roles, 1. . Visible members are, instead, reporters, anchors, and weather forecasters.
Reporters often deliver news from the field, 2. Their job may be dangerous when they report from war areas, violent places, or 3. News anchors, instead, usually work in TV studios: they introduce stories, 4. , analyse or comment the news. They often begin their careers as reporters. Most of the time reporters and anchors start from small channels 5. .
There are two different kinds of weather forecasters: meteorologists, who are scientists 6. , or people with no degree who, 7. , need training in this field. Meteorologists usually broadcast from the newsroom, whereas the latter – weather forecasters – sometimes 8. if they have to report on natural disasters.