Thursday 22 September 2011

Week 1

There are four roles that need to be taken on by my crew. There is the director, the producer, the editor and the cameraman (cinematographer). Each of those roles carries with it different responsibilities:

The producer - person who has to be the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They take care of inception, development, completion and delivery of the film. The producer has to oversee the whole process (think of anything that may go wrong and ensure it doesn't) and supervise others as they work to make sure everything goes according to plan. The producer hires people (like the film director). In other words, they are in charge of everything.

The director - person responsible for directing the actors and film crew around. The director controls the artistic and dramatic aspects of the movie making. They are the person that comes up with the idea and then works to carry it out. The director is the person who directs and decided what shots should be used in every scene, and is responsible for taking a storyboard or script to make it into an actual film.

The editor - person who edits a film by getting together the footage, and arranging it in a way that makes sense (has continuity and follows the script or storyboard directly). The editor has to put everything together, including the film, music, sound effects, dialogue scenes, etc.

Cameraman (cinematographer) - person who works the camera and has to film everything. The cameraman selects what lense should be used, and what filter should be put on. As well as that, the person is responsible for choosing what shots should be used, at what angle the camera should be at, etc. Mainly, the cameraman has to envosion what the director wants the film to look like and choose right techniques to make it look good.

In our crews, the four roles are devided between people. Since in my crew there are only two people (including myself), we decided it would be easiest to take two roles each.