Production Roles - Miss Miller

It is important that people are allocated specific roles in films, this is so that everyone is aware what role they have in the creation of a film. The different roles we would expect to see in the creation of a film are, producers, directors, music producers, editors, actors etc. This allows people to work better in their specialised role and also means that not one person is having to do all the work; instead they are able to concentrate on one aspect of the film and make that as best as they can. 

To decide which role each member of our group was going to have we had to look at what each of us was good at. Joe had previous experience using garage band, this meant that he was most suited to creating the soundtrack for our opening sequence, therefore he was appointed head of sound. This means that he is responsible for creating anything sound related in our opening sequence, such as the soundtrack, sound effects etc. This will make it easier when it comes to adding the sound to our filming as we know who to go to if we have any ideas related to the sound aspect of the opening sequence. 

Joe was also appointed as the director of the overall project, this was decided as we felt that he was most organised and could therefore lead the team much more efficiently. This means that Joes job is to oversee the whole project and make sure everything is running correctly. It is also Joes job to change anything if he thinks it does not look right, for example if one shot does not go as planned on the storyboard, it will be down to Joe to modify this. The fact that we know we have one director will make it easier for the other members of the group as we know who has the final call on all decisions and they can therefore make any big decisions that we may come across during filming.

The role of director of photography was handed to me, this was decided as I was the most experienced in the group when it came to handling a camera. This experience would allow me to decide which type of shots are best for certain scenes. My responsibilities in this role are everything to do with the camera, for example I would decide what type of shot we would use, the duration of the shot etc. This makes it easier for Joe and Reggie to voice their opinions about what types of shots they think we should use, but I have the final say.

The role of editing director was given to Reggie, however there was also a large input from Joe in this role. This was decided as both Reggie and Joe are very good with the Apple software and would therefore be the most suited to editing our opening sequence. In this role Reggie was required to edit all the shots that we would be using in our opening sequence, this included, altering the brightness, cutting the length of shots and adding fades and swipes for example. This is one of the most important roles in our project as it is what we felt would entice the audience the most. The fact that we had two people working on the editing was helpful as it meant they could both contribute ideas to the overall editing of the opening sequence.

The role of actors in our opening sequence was another important aspect. It was vital that we had a female victim, therefore we got Cara Gaffney to act out that role. We also had two other actors, the boyfriend (Joe Smith) and the antagonist (Myself). The role of the actors in our opening sequence was to follow the directions that the director gave to them. It was important that out actors nailed their role as they are what the audience are creating their relationships with, therefore it was vital that they depicted the emotions that was expected of them for example Cara had to portray fear and a sense of inferiority. Having these actors made it easier for us as it meant that we could work with them individually in order to make them act in the way which we wanted. 

Overall each person in our group did very well in the role which they was allocated, we all did our jobs properly. Assigning each person a role in our team was very important as it allowed each member of the group to work on the area in which the specialise in. The only problem we had was when it came to  the role of who would be naming the film, we was split on three different titles, The Rejected, The Different and Phobia. Each member of the group thought their title was the best and we could not come to a joint decision.