set buyer

Code 3323.3

Set buyers analyse the script in order to identify the set dressing and the props needed for all individual scenes. They also consult with the production designer and the prop and set making team. Set buyers buy, rent or commission the making of the props. Set buyers make sure sets are authentic and believable.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • cinematography
  • room aesthetics
  • film production process

Skills and competences

  • purchase props
  • identify props
  • identify suppliers
  • maintain relationship with suppliers

Transversal competences

  • analyse a script
  • manage budgets

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences