Production roles- Miss Miller

Production roles

Producers- Hannah, Ollie, Ella

Directors- Hannah

Actors- Ollie and Ella

Director of photography- Hannah

Music producers- Ollie

Screenplay writers- Ella

Mes co coordinator- Hannah, Ollie and Ella 

Editors- Ella

We decided to allocate people individual roles because it mass it very clear what everyone is doing. Also if something goes wrong in the film then we can easily identify who messed up and then we can fix the situation. Each person in our group needs to have at least 2 roles each so that each role is fairly distributed.

During our group discussion we talked about who will take charge of the different production roles. We looked at each others experience and knowledge of the different roles and then we came to a final decision. It was important to allocate these roles to make sure that everyone new what they were doing and also to make our thriller the best it could be.

Producers

The producers of our opening scene is going to be Me, Hannah and Ella. Film producers prepare and then supervise the making of a film before presenting the final product to the audience. We have chosen to have everyone in my group producing because it will be a team effort and it will let everyone put there ideas forward to help make the film the best it can be.

Director

The director of our opening scene is going to be Hannah. A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director normally has complete control of the films artistic and dramatic aspects. They normally visualise the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the direction of their vision. We have chosen Hannah as our director because she has taken Media in GCSE so she already knows the basics of directing. She also knows the storyline really well because most of her individual storyboard ideas were included into our group storyboard.

Actors

The actors who are going to feature in our opening sequence is going to be Me and Ella. Actors are used to portray characters in a film sequence. I think that me and Ella did well when acting because we kept the characters true to the thriller genre.

Director of photography

The director of photography for our thriller sequence is going to be Hannah. The director of photography is the person who gives the visual identity of a film or the look. They work with the director, camera crew and lighting apartment to do this. They also oversee the equipment used and they review the footage used. We chose Hannah to take up this role because she previously took Media in GCSE so she knows the main things that come with this role. I think that she was very god at this role because she kept everyone organised and she also kept giving us ideas to help improve our film.

Music Producer

The music producer we have chosen out of our group is going to be myself. The music producer has the overall control of the music used in the film. They also are the one who have the vision or ideas of types of music to place into the sequence. I have been chosen to be the music producer because I had clear ideas of what music to use that will suit the thriller genre. I think that I have done well in this role because the music will create a tense effect on the audience throughout our thriller sequence.

Screenplay writer

The screenplay writer in our group is going to be Ella. A screen play writer is someone who practises the craft of screenwriting for mass media such as films, television programmes and comics. We have chosen Ella as our screenplay writer because she was the one who came up with the idea of basing the film in a forest and she also had a clear idea of what she wanted to happen within the sequence. Ella has also studied Media in GCSE so like Hannah she has a clear idea of what a screen writer has to do.

Mes en scene coordinators and editors

Our mes en scene coordinator is going to be Me, Hannah and Ella and our editor is going to be Ella. The mes en scene coordinators look after everything from costumes to iconography. The editors try and make the different scenes link perfectly and they also add  lighting and sounds into the scene. We are all going to help out with the mes en scene side to our sequence because all of us are going to have ideas of what costumes to wear and also what iconography we should use.

As a group we decided that Ella was the best choice for editor and screenplay writer because she had the best understanding and background knowledge of these jobs. Straight away Ella stood out in the group at being good and very interested in editing. This gave me and Hannah the confidence to say that she could be leader of this role. We gave Ella the screenplay writer role as well because she was the main one in our group who came up with the storyline. After giving Ella these roles she has shown real dedication and work ethic to try and make our film sequence the best it can be. Looking back on it I still think that Ella was the best person for these roles.

As a group we also decided to give Hannah the roles of director and director of photography. We chose Hannah for the director role because she is very good  at keeping everyone in line and also at making key decisions. Hannah was also the one who straight away knew where she wanted to film and how it would be filmed. The photos in the scene being burn to a crisp and the mask idea was also thought up by Hannah so this is why we chose for her to have the director of photography as well. Since the day we gave Hannah these roles she has not let us down. She really helped pull our group through rough patches where we didn't know what we were going to film next and what time we should consider filming at. To this day I still think Hannah was the best person for these roles.

Overall I think that the filming process went very well. It helped massively that we each had our own jobs to sort out because everyone was taking part in the process and not just one person doing everything. It also helped make our thriller sequence better because we could all contribute towards ideas. In hindsight however I would have more then one person on editing because everyone in the group can help contribute towards that. Except from that I think that giving everyone different roles was a really good idea.