Production - Miss Miller

Intro:

The purpose of allocating people to specific roles when filming is so that there will be a lot less work to do and is more chance of the production to run smoothly as someone isn't running round trying to get everything done themselves, a whole crew of people doing the job that they have been told to do and are good at is key for the production to being successful and quick. Me and my group have assigned each other roles that we think each of us will do well at;

We gave each person in the group different roles whist on set, we chose this by how well we thought we would fit into each role and our personalities. This makes filming and editing a whole lot easier as filming will run alot more smoothly then if each person was doing a bit of everything. We have chosen to have 2 people in our group to work on the editing. I wanted to be involved in this as i wanted to try and make the editing as conventional to a thriller as possible. Me and Liz are doing the editing as we our IT skills are good which is important as the editing wont take as long as someone with little skills.

Director- Miranda Simpson

I was chosen by my group to be the director of this sequence, I was happy with this decision because i like to take charge and get things done in my way. It also made sense as Liz and Chloe fitted into the other 2 roles really well due to past experiece. During my role as a director I came up with the script of the sequence and as we filmed i would change some lines for if any reason it didn't sound right or if any of the scenes needed to change position.


Producer- Elizabeth Lawrie

We decided to make Liz the producer as we felt she is a good decision maker, it was also due to the fact she came up with most of the narration of the sequence and so has made a big impact on to our group work. During the filming stage, Liz took control making sure that all of us were playing our roles correctly, saying what she felt needed to change to make the filming better.

Director of photography- Chloe Eustace

Chloe was made director of photography as we felt she is very good at using the camera and equipment, she also managed all of the technical equipment such as the tri pod and the memory card. We felt that me or Liz would not suit this role as we haven't had as much experience at using the camera then she has, it would be a bad idea for one of us to take charge as it would slow the production down. During filming she handled the camera throughout, changing the camera shots and positioning of the tri pod when it needed, i felt she was very successful in her role and would of struggled with out her.


Actors- Molly Johnson, Ronni Norman, James Myers.
Screenplay writer- Miranda Simpson
MES co-ordinator- Lizzie Lawrie
Editor- Lizzie Lawrie.

Conclusion:

I felt that overall we were all successful with our roles. However the production of the filming didn't start on a good note as by the time we got to the setting, it was too dark to film as we needed day-light at the begginning, also a couple of the actors couldn't make it so we had to do the best we can and film what we could. The next time we filmed i felt it went a lot better than before, we got a lot more work done and everyone was working well in their roles such as Chloe with the camera and me tweeking the script, making some small changes as we went along. If anything could have been done differently is if we had more time filming, if we did a couple more run thoughs i feel the finishing result would of been better but i am pleased with what we have created.