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Crew

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/kruː/nounCore term

In film & television, crew means: The people who work behind the camera on a film or TV production, such as the camera, lighting, sound, art, costume and production teams.

In Turkish: ekip, set ekibi, teknik ekip

How it is used

Crew can mean the whole team or one department: camera crew, sound crew, film crew, skeleton crew (a very small team). People are hired as crew, and a call sheet tells the crew when and where to arrive.

Example sentences

  1. We shot the documentary with a crew of four.

  2. Crew call is at six, but the actors arrive at eight.

Common collocations

  • film crew
  • camera crew
  • skeleton crew
  • crew call
  • cast and crew
  • castAll the actors who play the characters in a film, series or play. As a verb, to cast someone means to choose them for a role.
  • directorThe person who leads the creative side of a film or TV episode, guiding the actors and the crew and deciding how each scene should look and feel.
  • gafferThe head of the electrical and lighting crew on a film set, who carries out the cinematographer's lighting plan.
  • call sheetA daily document sent to the cast and crew that lists the scenes being shot, the location, call times and important contacts for the next shooting day.
  • setThe place where filming happens, either a space built in a studio to look like a real place or the area being used at a location.

This word in other fields

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