Production Roles

Production Roles

There are various people that have certain roles that are all needed to ensure a full working motion picture. But here are some of the most important:

The Film Director is one of the most important roles in the whole of the production of a film, as this is the person who interprets the script that has been written and then making it into a film, they also choose what camera shots that want to use to ensure the best shot can be chosen for each frame. Lastly the director coaches the actors and tells them what he/she wants as he is the one who interpreted the script, lastly the director draws up a timetable and makes sure all the deadlines that were set are met by everyone. The role of director has been taken on by Amy Fountain as the group felt she had could easily interpret the script and tell the actors how she would want them to portray themselves within the play and lastly we felt she had the biggest grasp of the best camera angle shots to use within our thriller film.

The camera operator is another extremely important position within the making of a film, camera operators will have to operate the camera while listening to the commands of the director but at the same time choose which lens will be most suitable for the frame as this will ensure that the shot could look the best. While operating the camera they will also have to operate other camera equipment such as dollies, cranes. The role of camera operator has been taken on by Hannah Waugh as the group felt she had the most experience using a camera making her the best at using the camera and also we felt she would know what lens to use to make the frame the best it can be.

The role of the actor is to listen to the director and portray the person that they are playing in the way that the director would like as the director had interpreted the script. The role of the actor who will be playing the masked attacker will be me as the group felt that I was the best option for this as I'm the best  actor within the group.

The role of the location manager is needed to choose the best possible location that there can be for the film as the location is very important within thriller films as locations can create suspense and erroneous this will allow the audience to feel emotions for the characters. For example the location manager needs to make sure that the a road has been closed down if the group needs to film on a road as there needs to be no noise or other people in the shot. The role of location manager has been taken by George Hoy as we felt that he will be most relevant to the group as we will all have different ideas and he could take the ideas and come up with a location that we all agreed on. 

The role of storyboard organiser is the person who writes and draws the storyboard out, this again is another very important role as this will determine what is going to happen within the thriller film and it gives an aspect of narrative. Also this would decide the iconography that will be used within each frame. Again the role of Storyboard Organiser had been taken by all our group as we again felt that we all have different idea and they would be better than one person ideas.

The editor is the role that edits the film to make use different editing styles within each frame to either exaggerate or not a frame to emphasise to the audience about what is happening within the scene. They also choose what parts of the film that has been recorded so they finalise and polish off the final cut of the film. Again the role of editor had been taken by all our group as we again felt that we all have different idea and they would be better than one person ideas.