Mental Map

Below is a mental map that I created of the hierarchy that I've found to exist in the film industry here in Nashville. There seems to be two paths: Production company and freelance. Most production companies sign directors full time- much like a sports team signs a player to contract. The director works exclusively for the production company and writes treatments for videos that are assigned to them. The production company also employes assistants and normally a director rep. The director rep. gets the director videos. After a video has been assigned to a director the freelancers are called up. A producer is hired by the production company and then the producer will hire other freelancers to fill each of the production departments for the video. See the below chart for a visual representation.