Production Roles

Introduction

People need to be allocated to specific roles because it is not possible for one person to create and make a film on their own so different people are needed for each job. Also, everyone needs to put in their own ideas and opinions so that they can make the film as good as possible. Finally, it's also so they can meet new people and work as a team so that the film is as conventional to the genre as it can be making it a team effort.

The production roles are:

• Producers - this role means that they are in charge of overseeing everything and making sure everything is right. They also choose the actors and make sure everyone is doing the right job.
• Director - this role means that they look after the actors and crew members to make sure they are doing their job properly. They also direct what is happening on set so that it is the most conventional that it can be.
• Actors - this role means that they are the ones in which act to make the characters on the set and are the people that the audience watch during the film.
• Director of photography - this role means that they are in charge of the cameras and which angles the scenes are shot at.
• Mise-en-scene co-ordinator - this role means that they are in charge of all the mise-en-scene aspects to the film. This includes the hair, make-up and costumes.
• Editors - this role means that they have to cut and add in the techniques like fading to black to make the film as smooth as possible. 
• Music producers - this role means that they choose the best sounds and music to put into the film.
• Screenplay writer - this role means that they write the script in which will be used during the film and they also have to make sure that what the characters say makes sense to who they are.

We decided who would do each role by thinking about what everyone is good at and what they are most interested. Another way we thought about who was going to do each role was by choosing who suits and knows that type of role the best. Due to their only being three of us in our group, we had to give people more than one role, otherwise our preparation and filming would not be organised well. By thinking about who should do each role, we could make sure everyone felt comfortable in what we thought they would be best at.

I have been put down as a producer, director of photography, editor and screenplay writer. I was chose to be a producer because we felt that I was good at organisation so knew who was doing what and where they should be. Also, we felt that I had fairly good leadership skills so if someone was doing something wrong then I could tell them and make them do something else. The reason that I was put as director of photography was because I felt comfortable doing this job role. I believed that I had experience with cameras before and knew how they worked so thought that I would be good doing this job. Although all of my group are editors and Leo is the main editor, we thought that I should be included in this as I am good at thinking of conventional ideas to the thriller genre so know what effects and techniques we can add to our sequence to make it better. This is also a reason why I have been chosen as one of the screenplay writers.

Layla has been put down as the director, editor and a screenplay writer. We thought that she should be a director because she is a good leader and knows when someone needs to be told to do something else. She also is good with organisation skills so can make sure everything is happening right on set. This is also good because she can make sure we have all the props prepared on set before filming. We decided that she should help with the editing as well because she is good at thinking of conventional ideas and we thought she could be good at doing the opening credits. This is because she will know what looks the best for the thriller genre. This was also the reason behind her being part of the screenplay writing.

Leo has been put down as a producer, actor, mis-en-scene co-ordinator, editor, music producer and screenplay writer. We chose Leo to be the co-producer as we felt he has some leadership skills but not many so thought that if he was the co-producer, he wouldn't have to look after everyone as much as the producer. We chose him to be an actor as we felt that because he is male, he has the right look for an antagonist. Also, we believed that he would be able to act well and do whatever he is asked to do. Leo was chosen as the mes-en-scene co-ordinator, an editor and screen play because he is very creative and is good at coming up with ideas. He is also an editor because he is good with technology so we thought that if he was the main editor then he would know how to work the programme properly. Finally, Leo was chosen to be the music producer as we thought he would be good at finding the correct sounds we need in our sequence and he ill be able to find good websites to get them from.

Conclusion

Each person was very good at sticking to their allocated role as no one intervened in what everyone else was doing. In the end, we thought that Leo had taken on too much and I thought that I would be better at being the music producer so I took on this role and found the right sounds needed. I think that we should have changed some of the roles so that they weren't shared because this got a bit confusing at times. For example, we found it difficult to have a director, producer and co-producer as they all seemed to do similar jobs so we found it hard to differentiate them from each other.