Production Role round up

Director:

Assistant Director - runs the set according to the needs of the director

Producer :

Storyboard Artist - works with the director to create a shot by shot storyboard of the action to be filmed

Line Producer -  ensures that the film comes in on time and on budget

Screenwriter:

Script writer - Writes the script for the film

Continuity/Script Supervisor - makes sure everything seen on camera is consistent from shot-to-shot

Production designer - in charge of the production design helps create the style of the set.

Art Director:

Production manager - organises everything and everyone on set

Production Co-ordinator - works under the production manager to co-ordinate the smooth running of the set

Location manager - finds and secures locations

Costume designer - Designs, purchases, and manages costumes

Director of Photography :

Cinematographer - The DP is an expert in photographic processes, lighting and the camera’s technical capabilities.

Focus puller - In charge of focussing the camera

Editor:

Editors - Cuts the film together

Cast: 

Actors -Perform in the Film. Vital for any production.

Music:

Sound recordist - In charge of everything to do with recording sound

Boom operator - Holds the boom, ensuring that the microphone is as near as possible to the actors without being in shot

Lighting:

Sparks - lighting technicians

Gaffer -  Chief lighting technician

Grip - looks after all the equipment for supporting and moving the camera while shooting (tracking, cranes etc.)

Assistants and runners - needed in every department they do any extra jobs that need doing on site

Things that could go wrong on a film shoot

Organisation:

• Booking and organising locations
• Distractions 
• Talking whilst filming
• Poor script writing
• Bad shot list
• Weather issues 
• Sorting props
• Waisting time
• Not prepared (equipment)
• Unclear
• Not learning lines
• No permission for film location
• Not enough time
• Not getting enough footage

Technical:

• Faulty equipment
• No drinks around technical equipment
• Not preparing the Camera (Charge)
• No white balance
• Don’t know how to use equipment
• Poor Lighting
• Poor sound 
• Shaky Camera
• Poor framing
• Limited Variety of shot distance
• Continuity issues
• Health and Safety
• Forgetting props and costumes

Group Dynamics:

• Being bossy
• People not involving themselves
• Being indecisive
• Being rude to one another
• 1 Person doing everything
• Making accuses not getting on with work
• Personal problems
• Not coming to agreements

Communication:

• Not contributing ideas
• Losing patience
• Arguments
• Changes to Plan without full group agreement 
• Not explaining your Ideas clearly
• Actors get bored and mess around.

Reverse Engineering

We started our clip 3 minutes in to the professional clip and recreated the last minute. Although it took us a long time to decide the clip I felt that this was a good choice because it was simple and didn't have any fancy VFX or high angle shots that would have been hard to achieve. To plan the clip Sam, Aaron and I split the clip into 3 parts that were about 20 seconds long and we storyboarded these separately. I also scripted my part of the clip.