Creative industries professionals in film
- Film producers
- Film directors
- Screenplay writers
- Leading actors/actresses
- Supporting actors/actresses
- Cinematographers
- Film editors
- Art directors
- Costume designers
- Action choreographers
- Film score composers
- Original song composers
- Sound designers
- Lyrics writers
- Visual effect supervisors
Creative industries, arts and culture, performing arts
Description of Tasks
- Film producers with expertise in planning and coordinating various aspects of film production such as selecting scripts, coordinating scriptwriting, directing and editing and arranging financing.
- Film directors with expertise in overseeing a film’s entire artistic production, and interpreting and expressing the intentions of the screenwriter and producer set out in the screenplay.
- Screenplay writers with expertise in writing a screenplay for film production;
- Leading actors/actresses with expertise in taking up the leading role of performance in a film production.
- Supporting actors/actresses with expertise in taking up the secondary role in a film production.
- Cinematographers with expertise in making decisions on lighting and framing of scenes in consultation with the director.
- Film editors with expertise in working with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture.
- Art directors with expertise in overseeing artists and crafts people, such as set designers and set decorators, and planning and executing the design of the sets, properties, set dressing and scenery.
- Costume designers with expertise in planning, designing, and production of the wardrobes for all the actors on screen.
- Action choreographers with expertise in designing action scenes and working with the director to shoot dramatic action sequences.
- Film score composers with expertise in writing the musical score for a film production.
- Original song composers with expertise in writing, composing, creating or conceiving the music of a song for a film.
- Sound designers with expertise in supervising the work of the entire sound post production process as well as having a specialised role in creating the sound concept for production, and working with the director and editor to balance the sound to their liking.
- Sound designers with expertise in supervising the work of the entire sound post production process as well as having a specialised role in creating the sound concept for production, and working with the director and editor to balance the sound to their liking.
- Lyrics writers with expertise in writing the lyrics of a song for a film.
- Visual effects designers with expertise in assessing the parts of a film production that will need visual effects (VFX), ensuring the VFX shots are filmed correctly on set, and negotiating with the production crew the budget and the feasibility of the VFX works.
Qualification Requirements
- Winners of designated renowned international film festivals, for example the Tier I and Tier II events under the “Sponsorship for Local Films Nominated to Participate in Film Festivals Overseas” of the Film Development Fund. Examples of Tier I events are Academy Awards (Oscar) in USA, Festival de Cannes in France, Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, etc. Examples of Tier II events are Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Mainland China, etc. Film producers of the “Best Film” awards in any of the film festivals on the Tier I and Tier II lists will be regarded as qualified candidates; or
- Persons engaging key roles in any film achieving a box office of at least HK$30 million in Hong Kong.
Enquiry on the Profession
Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
Email: cstbenq@cstb.gov.hk