This handbook provides a detailed description and analysis of careers available within the moving picture industry. It offers advice about education, qualifications, initial training and vacancies. Josephine Langham reviews the major on-going changes in the industry and how these affect work opportunities, with increasing freelance opportunities. Traditional training is assessed, whilst the National Vocation Qualification system is outlined, and its likely impact evaluated. The text also provides a guide to the technical developments which affect the profile of every job, from camera operator to producer to set designer.