12) Production Roles- Miss Miller ---------

In order to create a film there are numerous roles which need to be fulfilled. The most important of these are the following;

• Producers
• Directors
• Actors
• Director of photography
• Music producers
• Screenplay writer
• MES Co-ordinators
• Editors

Production roles help make the filming and editing of the film more organised and structured. If each person knows their roles they can each focus on their responsibilities and complete the tasks quicker and more efficiently.

In my group there was myself, Lucy and Ravinder. We each allocated ourselves roles so that we could know what our jobs were. I was appointed as the Director and the Director of photography. This meant I was in charge of directing what happened in each scene and filming the scenes with the camera. This meant I needed to know how to use the camera and know about the different shot types and the effect each of these created.

Lucy was given the role of Editor and she was also helping to direct the film. We chose to allocate Lucy the editing role because she knew how to use the editing software and was the most confident out of the group to edit.

If we had done anything differently I think we would have allocated the roles more evenly between the three of us. Also we would have made each of our roles clearer from the beginning as some of us were unsure of the roles we were meant to be doing which led to confusion. This is why in some cases like the Production role there were two of us allocated to this role which meant at some points our ideds conflicted.

Reece was allocated the role of actor as he had taken drama and was the best at acting out of us. We appointed him as he was a male and we wanted to break the codes and conventions of thrillers, which we achieved by appointing Reece.

Ravinder had the role of screenplay writer but did not contribute effectively so me and Lucy organised what would be said on the film. We had to do this as Ravinder did not attend a couple of the filming sessions so me and Lucy had to work around that.

I think in my particular role of  director of photography I carried it out well. There is a good variation of shots in our  opening and they each create their intended effect on the audience. I also feel like I carried out the producer role well as each scene looks professional and well presented to the audience.

Although we have not yet edited me and Lucy will be in charge of music production. This will make the editing process a lot easier as we will known what jobs we have to do which will minimize the time it takes. We will need to put in the non diegetic sound like the voiceovers and the suspensful music at parts of the clip.