Also known as the "DP", the "Cameraman" and the "Cinematographer", is the head of the production unit (and second units) and is directly responsible to the Director The DP helps the Director translate the written word to the screen, supervising the operation of the lighting equipment and the camera crews During pre-production, goes over the script with the director and producer and decides which scenes will be dark, light, high angle, low angle, etc and what equipment will be necessary to get the shot