The Director - "Large and In Charge"

The director is a very important person when making movies. He or she is in charge of making sure that everything runs in a certain way. In fact, there are four things that a director is in charge on when we make movies in "Volar". They are:

"Quiet on the Set, Please!"

The director checks and makes sure that the other people making the movie are ready and then says, in a loud voice, but not yelling, "Quiet On The Set, Please!". This tells everyone else in the room that the camera is going to start filming and to be quiet. Otherwise, you'll hear other people in the background!

"Rolling!"

This is to tell the camera person to start recording. They use the word "rolling", because back when films were first being made, the camera person had to crank the film with his or her hand to make sure that whatever was happening was being recorded.

Like this:

old movie camera with crank

"Action!"

This is to tell the actor (and the clapper and the sound person, but more about that later...) to start doing whatever it is that's being recorded. It's very important that these are done in order, because you want to make sure that the camera is recording (with a crank or just pressing a button) before the actors start to act.

"Cut!"

This is to tell everyone - the actor, the camera person, the sound person and the other people in the room - that the scene is over.