Production roles - Miss Miller

Before filming we had to allocate production role to the members in our group. We done this because every person would then be able to focus there attention on specific parts of the production process which will allow the areas to be watched in detail, this will result in everyone making there areas the best that they could be. The roles would include a producer, this person is in charge of the location of the filming. Also we have the director, who is in charge of changing and adapting original ideas to make the sequence run smoothly and they also position the characters. Then we have the actors, who act out the narrative to show the storyline of the sequence. Following this, we have the dieter of photography, this person is in charge of the camera and enforcing the shots and camera angles that we chose to have in our sequence. Next we had the music producers who is in charge of what music/sound is layered over the different frames. Then we have a screenplay writer, who is in charge of the narrative and deciding if it needs changing or adapting. We also have the MES co-ordinator who's is in charge if the hair/make up and iconography in the sequence. Finally we have the editor who is in charge of putting the sequence together and making it run smoothly.

In our group we decided who was going to do the roles by looking at the strengths and weaknesses of each person so that everybody was allocated roles that best suit them. 


 I am  responsible for being the director of photography, we chose me for this role because i was the one who filmed our sequence for the preliminary task and isn't one of the actors. I is also responsible for being the director as the other members of the group are actors so i can give an over view of how everything looks and how it is coming out on the camera. My final role is the mise-en-scene co-ordinator because I'm not an actor so will be able to see everyones costumes clearly and did photography at school so knows what type of materials and colours look best on camera. The tasks that I have done within these roles are to make sure that the camera is charged and works, made sure that the correct things are seen on the camera and telling the actors where to stand so that the camera captures them well.

Kerry is responsible for being the screen play writer because a lot of her individual storyboard was included in the group storyboard and she has a clear understanding of what she wants the narrative to include as  she has helped create a narrative for an opening sequence before because my friend had to do it for his media at gcse level. She is also responsible for editing because i was the person who edited our preliminary task due to the other group members not being in and she found it fairly simple so have a better knowledge of how to edit on the mac computers and because she has the same computer at home so She is more familiar to it. The tasks she has done so far with these responsibilities is to adapt the story board slightly so that the antagonist looks more threatening, start editing the opening sequence by making the opacity of the picture darker so it imitated the low key lighting we wanted and making sure that the credits don't cover the min parts of the sequence.

Meghan is responsible for being the producer as she has a wide knowledge of our local area because she has lived here the longest so knows where different locations that we can use are. She is also responsible for the actors because she knows the character roles well so will know who is best suited and can help advise them on what they need to do to make the sequence more successful and realistic. Her final role is the music producer because she has seen many thriller films and when we were creating our group storyboard she was able to describe certain sounds from films that she had previously seen that would be effective to use in our sequence. So far Meghan has changed the location of filming so that we could all get to it easier and said who would be best suited for the acting roles.