Planning: Production Roles: Miss Begum

Production Roles. 

Production roles are responsibilities given to different people when in the process of making a film. When a certain person is given a production role they are responsible to fulfil the task to create the best end product for their target audience. The production roles are:

1. Camera Operator- They work beside the story boarder to organise the scenes, they operate the cameras getting the correct shots for the scene. They capture different shots, angles and sizes, this also makes them responsible for making ideas come to life on the big screen.

2. Producer- The producer makes sure everything is running smoothly for the director and everyone in the production team. They are the leader of communication throughout the whole team.




3. Director- The control the entire making of the film. The artistic and dramatic aspects are also controlled by the director. The guide the cameras and actors into the role of their vision.




4. Lighting- The people who do lighting are responsible for all the lighting and shadows we see in a scene.




5. Location- The person with this role is responsible for finding all locations to film at and making sure that they are suitable to convey the vision the director has.




6. Costume, Hair & Make-up  - Their role is to make the actor or actress look like their character. This is important because the way the characters look in a film convey various different things to the audience. They need to look a certain way for the audience to be able to draw meaning.




7. Storyboard- The story boarder plans the scenes and the narratives. They keep all the scenes organised and in the right order. The scenes would not flow properly if there was no storyboard.


8. Editor- The editor is in charge of editing all the scenes together and how they will transition from one to the other.


9.Sound- The role of sound and sound tracking is finding suitable music to be in your film. They are in charge of all sound in each scene.


The roles in our group:



1) Camera operator: Me
As a group we decided to assign myself the role of the camera operator as I have had past experience working in a photography shop where I learnt how to operate a camera.

2) Producer: Carlie
We decided to assign Carlie the role of the producer as she is good at keeping good communication amongst the team.

3) Director: Katie
We decided to assign Katie as the director as she is good at managing and organised. Also, She has had past leadership experiences.

4) Lighting: Katie
We decided to assign Katie with the lighting role because She has experience in holding different lighting for a long period of time as She has a steady hand.

5) Location: Me
We decided to assign myself with the location role as most of the settings are going to be set in my house and I will know whether it is available and suitable.

6) Costume, Hair, Make-up: Katie
We decided to assign Katie with this role as We believe She is quite creative and enjoy designing things.

7) Storyboard: Carlie
We decided to assign Carlie with the story boarding role as hers was the most detailed and narrative was most organised.

8) Editor: Me
We decided to assign myself as the editor as I have past experience of editing in my music GCSE.

9) Sound: Carlie
We decided to assign Carlie this role as she has had experience in mixing music together and making sound.
 

Conclusion- 

This has shown me and my group that production roles play a main part in the making of a film. It has shown me and the people I am working with how much responsibility each role contains and how it will keep us all organised.

  

Planning: Pre-production Paperwork: Miss Begum.

Pre-production Paperwork.

Introduction.


All pre-production paperwork is vital because it makes sure that all rules and regulations are put in place. It ensures that everyone in the production team, including the actors knows what is going on.

Client Release Form:

This  is a legal document that discusses the terms and agreements for any actors in our thriller. It should be given to everyone who is a part of our cast. The document also shows an analysis of your location and calculate the risks.

 

 

 

 

 

Location Recce Form:

This is a summary of the location that we will be filming our thriller in. The document should be given to everyone in the production team so they all have the information and directions. Need to show visual information and discuss the location.

 

Risk Assessment:

This is analysis of our location and we need to identify what risks might cause and how we plan to overcome them. This should be given to everyone in the group so they all have the information they need to know about the risks in our location. This is a legal document used to calculate the risks in the environment.

Production Schedule:

The production schedule is a summary of exactly what is going to happen in your filming schedule. This document should be given to everyone your filming team and cast so they have all the information they need about filming, dates and times.

 

 

Location Release Form:

A legal document that discusses the terms and conditions of where you are filming. This is to show the people who are allowing you to film in the location . You will give this to the company or council, this needs to be shown so that everyone understand the rights you both require.

Planning: Preliminary Task: Mr Smith

Preliminary Task.

The purpose of a preliminary task is to give us a first hand experience of film and editing before we start to officially film our thriller openings. The task is used to show us how and where we can improve whilst creating our end product. It allowed us to see what production roles we prefer and come to terms with the difficulty of them all. The preliminary task also taught us how to share out roles.


Video of Preliminary task.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij1bAv4X3h4
The Scenario.
The scenario of our video was two girls talking about a party coming up. One of the girls invites her friend to come with her but she doesn't seem so keen to go.

 

 

The scenario we used allowed us to use the shot reverse shot, this shows the two people having a conversation clearly.

 One of the girls says something offence and this leads my group to using a reaction shot to convey the emotion on her face.

 We used a longshot to show when both characters walked towards and away from each other. A crane shot was also used in this moment of time.

 

 

 When it came to editing we used a fade from one scene to another to show continuity. At the end of the scenario we used a fade to black to show the scene has come to an end.

 

 

Group Roles.
In our group all roles where distributed fairly:


Director: Katie
Katie was director because she has very good leadership skills. As a group we decided this was the best decision because she would be able to guide everyone to also be creative and assertive whilst the making and filming of the end product.

Actors: Emine & Carlie.
As a group we decided that me and Carlie should take the role of the main characters because we are the most confident and comfortable in front of the camera.

Camera Operator: Katie
Katie was appointed to be the camera operator because she felt most confident with this role.

Editor: Emine & Carlie & Katie
As a group we all played a part in editing. We all delivered our creative ideas and opinions until we came to a final decision.
 
Difficulties we encountered whilst filming:
Whilst filming we encountered problems such as finding a quiet area with no background noise. Another problem was that since we where filming in school it was very difficult to film a scene whilst people kept wanting to walk past. Another problem was keeping the continuity throughout every scene. For example in one of the scenes there is no chair but as the scene continues you see a chair appear.

Difficulties we encountered whilst editing:
Whilst editing we encountered the difficulty of not having full knowledge on how to work with the software. We had to experiment with different ideas before making permanent changes to the footage.

What have I learnt?
I have learnt that the filming and editing process isn't as easy as it seems and that a lot needs to be taken into consideration before and after filming footage. I have also learnt that being more vocal with ideas and opinions is a good thing and that they could make a good contribution to the end product that is created.