Production Roles - Miss Miller

People in the group need to be allocated specific roles when creating a film so that everyone in the group is giving an equal share of creating the sequence and to make sure we are all contributing towards what we are most effective in. The main roles necessary for creating a film are things like directing, in which me,Cara and Harry all  took part in as a team effort and also one of the most important roles were acting, in which Cara took the main part in. Me and Harry both contributed towards the acting aspect of this opening sequence.

Production roles are extremely important as they help us become more effective and organised with our work. An individual would be given a role to play in order to make all members equal within the effort of making this production, but we can also switch the roles about sometimes if it makes us work more effectively or to help other team members. This shows strength and motivation towards our team. Some examples of roles we participated in whilst making our thriller sequence was producing, directing, actors, director of photography, music producers, screen play writer, editors and MES co-ordinations. The importance of these roles are very specific and help us to go into detail for each role, helping us to make the opening sequence more valid towards the genre of horror, therefore making it an effective piece.

We decided as a group who would be doing what based on trust and what we thought each member would be most effective at. Over time, some roles slightly changed due to the fact that we thought it would be more efficient if we all helped each other out, making sure we were exceeding our groups standards. In the group of Cara, Harry and myself, took on many roles. For example, I took part in being the camera woman, which was changed when I took part in some acting, playing the part of Carol and Harry would do the camera work. 

Harry was originally assigned the role of the director, but it was agreed me and Cara would sometimes come up with some interesting aspects of ideas and we would use that idea. Cara took part in the main part of acting, as she played the main character of Brittany in the opening sequence. We have all decided to play an equal role within the editing part of our thriller sequence, as we believe we would all like a say within what type of non-diegetic sound we would like to use and what type of editing technique we would like to include, for example: slow editing; why we'd like to use it and where it would be most appropriate during a scene. By creating these jobs, it allows us to become more relaxed within the sequence as we can rely on each member to play their role correctly. Using roles allows us to all play a fair part instead of one member having to do all of the work, which would clearly show lack of team skills.

Each member was given a role and was expected to do their job most effectively as possible, they were given trust and commitment. I think if anything could be changed, was to make sure all team members were organised with their roles. For example, as Harry offered to look after the equipment during the filming, to make sure the battery was fully charged before going out to film, this then could have wasted a perfect opportunity for filming. Also, this was part of our risk assessment. This then put more of a strain upon Cara and I, but as a group, we managed to all take care of it and let us learn to make sure we are all organised and prepared for this project. 

I would say the filming aspect of this sequence was effective, as we would arrange what time we would think would be most effective for filming a certain sequence. For example: we would sometimes have to rush to get to a certain place after school if it was suppose to be a during the day scene, as cold winters nights start to get dark extremely early. However, we managed to be extremely effective with this and helped us to perfect our organisation skills. Although some minor mistakes and errors that were made, I am happy with the outcome and my groups motivation to finishing this.