Production roles - Miss Miller

Production roles

Allocating each group member to different production roles are very important to create an organised structure to make the process easier to run smoothly without any bumps in the process. Each member in my group will be issued with specific roles so that everyone is a part of the team and everyone has equal evolvement in making a final successful thriller sequence. Assigning a role for each group member makes the overall task feel as it is less daunting and easier for a specific person to focus on a specific role. For a production of a film the main roles needed are; 

Actors- The actors are important to deliver the narrative of the film to the audience so are  a major element in making a film

Directors-  The directors has a role of managing the film to make sure everything is in place and being filmed how it is meant to be and to also fix any errors or misunderstandings while filming.

Director of photography- This role is to manage and control the stage and everything thats going to be recorded in a shot.

Editor- This role is to take the footage and fix it making it all look good together and run smoothly by adding effects, cropping clips, transforming frames and more stuff that leads to creating the final piece of the film.

Mise-en-Scene Co-Ordinator- This persons role is to make a plan of all the elements needed such as; lighting, iconography, costume, make up etc...

Music Producer- This role is to plan and make music that could be effective in a shot and that could be added to each scene to build suspense,tension and shock elements to the audience to make the film more conventional and intrigue them more.

Producer- This role is to manage everything taking place and happening and to control the production.

Screenplay writer- This role is to write the play and to extend the narrative. 

These roles are played by specific members in my group, as listed below:

Producer- Luca

Directer- Ciara and Sasha

Actors- John, Luca and Sasha

Director of Photography- Luca and Ciara

Music Producer- John

Screenplay writer- Sasha

Mise-en-Scene Co-ordinator- Ciara

Editor- John
We all chose to split the roles amongst the four of us as it would seem more fair and would be better than making one person do all or most of the work. Furthermore, some of us have experience with some of the roles above from other projects we done, like Ciara made a short film for her GCSE Media course.  

As a group we chose to make me in control of the roles of; actors, music producer and editor. We all agreed on me doing these roles as I have the best experience with the editing software and music making software as I got an A* in my ICT GCSE course and also as I am doing an A level Course in ICT. The other members in my group are not as skilled with computers and feel as I would do a better job in editing as I would understand the key skills of using the software. Furthermore, I made a very conventional and successful opening credits which made my other group members realise I am good at using the software. The experience I gained was to know how to use Final Cut Pro X and learning where all the editing tools were and what they would do. I was also given the role of acting as my group all agreed on me being a good actor due to the fact that my acting skills were very good and successful when filming our group preliminary task.

The roles Sasha was given were; director, actor and screen-play writer. She was also given the role of being an actor as she also starred in the preliminary task with me which was very successful. Sasha also done Drama for her GCSE Course and done very well in it compared to the remaining two members. However, the main reasons she got picked for this role was due to the fact that she has the most and best experience as she has been in many productions and plays and also due to the fact that she teachers drama to little children in the summer. We gave her the role of screenplay writer and director as she came up with most of the narrative and put it all together to make it flow very well. Giving her both of these roles permits her to comprehend the story into more profundity, which makes it less demanding for her to imagine what we needed our thriller to look as though it was the way we would need it to be. Sasha played her roles very well as she knew what she wanted to happen and how she wanted everything to happen to speed up the process of recording which gave us more time to edit the film and add affects to it to make it look even better. She was very organised in each role she had however if we done it again she could of done her roles a little differently by letting other members also try contribute as much as she did however the fact that she took control like that was the reason we completed our thriller so well and as a team. 

The roles Ciara was given was; director, director of photography and MES Co-Coordinator. We all settled on this as Ciara knew precisely where to get props from and her knowledge of knowing what costumes she wanted the actors to wear. Likewise, Ciara is great with regards to make-up as she has had involvement with outfit make-up, this would advantage us with regards to shooting our sequence. We also gave her the roles of director as she would be good at helping Sasha do that role and also would do good in the role of director of photography as she knew exactly what shots to use at what moment and was very fluent in knowing what was to happen in the photography side of filming our sequence. Ciara played her roles well as she was good help to Sasha which made there roles easier and helped in the filming as everything was on track and running smoothly which helped us in the success of our filming. However, next time she could use the role she was given to her advantage by getting more involved and making sure all the filming was done on time and perfectly in order for us to have more time editing for our sequence to be even more successful.

Lastly, Luca's roles were; producer, actor and director of photography. We all decided to give him these roles as he was more willing to be the spare actor out of the remaining members that was not already acting. Luca was also given the role of producer as he was the best at filming and had the most experience with the camera. Luca was given the role of director of photography as he had the most clear understanding of what shots and what angles were meant to be filmed at what parts and as he was the producer it also made sense to give him both roles as they worked together. Luca played his roles well as his producing and filming skills were  very good which made it easy to edit as well and also he knew where to direct all the casting members in the different frames which made the filming quick, smooth and easy. This made the process of both filming and editing very successful and easy for all of our group however, next time he could try to think of the shots and the angles and the surroundings so we do not have to re-film any of it again after. 

I trust that our roles are suitable to each other as we all have involvement in what we assigned which is the things that made it less demanding when it came to filming and editing our clips. I think we did our parts to a great degree well as the majority of our iconography touched base on the account of Ciara, the characters hair, make-up and outfit were great. Directing and our screenplay went well as Sasha knew precisely what she was doing. My editing and music producing went well as we got the greater part of the camera shots we needed and incorporated into our group storyboards. Our producing and directing of photography which was done by Luca went extremely well and was a key reason why our thriller film was so successful. However, most importantly, mine, Sasha's and Luca's acting was very  good and successful as we all done very well and made the characters look even more real which made it easier for the audience to build a relationship with them.