Directors commands and Jobs

The role of a director for multicam productions includes being responsible for supervising of cameras, lighting, microphones and props.
During filming, the director is in charge of positioning the cameras and calling which shot to film. it is also the director's job to be cool under fire and maintain order among the staff in the control room, on the set, and elsewhere. The director's commands must be artistic, accurate, and calm. There is usually no room for error. While talking to the camera operators the director might ask them to perform either a PED, a crab or tracking.

Crab - to the camera operators and means that he wants them to move either left or right, e.g. crab left (move left)

PED- to the camera and this means that he wants the camera operator to move the shot either up or down e.g. PED UP (move the camera up)

Tracking- to the camera operator and means that he wants them to either move towards the guests/ host or object or move away from them e.g. tracking in (move towards them)

Floor Ready- Asked to FM to confirm that floor is ready for shooting