Planning: Production Roles - Miss Begum

What are production roles? Why are they important?

Production roles are jobs that are assigned to a member of the group who will be responsible of it. In the industry there will be more than one person doing the same job allowing more creative ideas to come up and also allowing the film to happen. However, because there is a limited number of members in our group we had to take more than one role. These are roles that were distributes within our group:

• Director

• Editor

• Sound Operator

• Location Manager

• Lighting Operator

• Producer

• Camera Operator

• Storyboard Organizer

• Costume, hair and make-up artist

These roles are important because it gives us a clear structure of the narrative and how to film the opening professionally, also it gives a clear organization of who is in charge of what, allowing to distributes the role to people that feel more comfortable and work their abilities and strengths the best.

The role assigned and why:

Director: a film director is in charge of the visualization of the script by guiding the film crews as well as actors to complete his/her vision. Directors need to look out for others and make sure to give constructive feedback in order to improve the work and bring the film into life. Also they need to stay organized within the crew as well as the budget. A Director has to be responsible and feel confident within his decision. This role has been assigned to Gulustan. This is because she was capable of directing and managing the group as well as giving constructive feedback throughout the process. Furthermore, she has been the director of our Preliminary Task and did a good job as she have leadership skills.

Producer: film producer take part on a variety of roles. They cooperate many aspects of the film such as selecting a script, which would then given to the director, being in charge of the finance and budgeting. Producers cannot always supervise all of the production, therefore they can hire executive or line producers that will help finishing the movie making. However, it is the producer who has the last word on music, editing and everything else within the production. I was nominated to be the producer of the opening thriller. This is because I can cooperate well, as well having multiple skills which will allow me to make positive and good decision for the group. Also I will make sure that our production  runs well and be successful.

Editor: a film editor has the job to combine every shots and frame and place them together to create the video, according to the script narrative. They add all the transitions as well as the edits. They must work intensively by developing the images and complements each others as well as the sound, pace and acting.  Editors play a huge role in the film industry because editing is time consuming and hard job. Our group nominated Natalia to do the editing because she is hard working and patient. She also has the required skill for editing videos in a professional way, thus she is in charge of being the Editor.

Sound Operator: they are responsible for recording and adjust the sound during the filming stage. This usually include the dialogue, background sound and added music. Usually, sound operator work closely with editors because these two film aspects always complement each others. Gulustan is in charge of this role. This is because she has a passion for music ads is quite experienced with the program which will help us when creating the soundtrack.

Location Manager: a location manager is the member who is in charge of finding the appropriate setting that will suit the narrative. They need to gain permission from the authorities and let them know the exact situation and plans of how the space would be used. The location manager has also the priority to emerge the possible issues that could arise during filming. I was assigned to this role because I know a lot of possible setting that would fit the narrative of the opening thriller.

Lighting Operator: these are in charge of controlling artificial light while filming. Lighting operators are responsible for the movement ans set up of lighting equipment to create shadow, or necessary lighting in the scene or specific character. This role has been allocated to Natalia because she knows a lot about lighting techniques and how to use them effectively to help create the right mood and atmosphere in the scene. 

Camera Operator/ Camera Person: in the film industry these members are often called the cinematographers. The camera operator are in charge of operating the camera and trying to use a variety of cinematography techniques that will create a character representation and meaning to it. Often the camera person needs to be creative and have talent for picking up naturalistic shots. These two roles has been set to me and Gulustan. This is because Gulustan is the director too and will be able to pursue her vision accurately, I will be in charge of the other camera because I am quite good with cinematography and also I can work well with Gulustan.

Storyboard Organizer: the storyboard organizer has to make sure that the narrative is been drawn by the artist and has fluency to it. They have to make sure that everything is right before submitting the idea to the director who needs to approve it before hand. This also allow to ensure that no further mistakes are made while filming. This role was given to Natalia because she has talent to draw and she is able to visualize the narrative easily. This is important because without the cinematographers we will not be able to film the footage accurately.

Costume, hair and make-up: the artist's work closely with the actors as well as the director in order to pursue a believable character. They are in charge of the picking the costume and hairstyle which need to be approved by the director. This is important because these traits will convey meaning and representation to the audience. This job was allocated to Natalia because she is a creating person and will be able to acquire the exact and accurate character representation which is necessary in a film so they spectators will know exactly who everyone is.

Conclusion:

In closure, this task was beneficial because it helped us to assigned the roles to our members as well as chose the roles for our selves which will allow our group to stay coordinate. After completing this task our group is now confident and excited to create the opening thriller because we are working in our favourite fields.