Director responsibilities:

• Pre-Production responsibilities- This could include casting/storyboarding/script analysis/crew selection/budget/rehearsals/location scouting

• Production responsibilities- Directing actors/shot composition/collaboration/scene execution

• Post-Production Responsibilities- Editing oversight/sound design/special effects

The main skills a director should hold is creative vision, leadership, technical knowledge, communication and problem solving.

Producer responsibilities:

• Pre-Production - Budget Finalisation/scheduling/crew recruitment/casting oversight/location scouting

• Production- daily operations oversight/quality control

• Post-Production- editing oversight/ sound and music approval/visual effects supervision/final approval

The main skills a producer will hold are leadership, financial aid, communication, negotiation and problem solving.

Commissioned Brief

Me and Sophie decided that I will be Producer and her Director, we chose to use the brief "Past It", to create our pitch for assessment 1. We thought this was the best choice as we believed it was a perfect surface for us to grow our production from it. There were many elements we could change and make our own, that's why we thought it would be perfect for the pitch.

Visual storytelling

• The Frame

• Visual Balance

• Visual Tension

• Depth

• Directing Lines

• Framing People

• Lighting the scene

All of these elements of cinematography create a story through the visual and not just the actors. With all of these techniques joined together it produces the perfect film.

Production design

The production design is all about the visual look and what the audience notices.

• Set design

• Props

• Lighting

• Costumes

• Location

  Throughout this lesson I learnt the importance of cinematography and production design, it helped me understand the aspects of what makes a perfect film. I learnt the effect of cinematography and how its used and also the key points of the production design.

• Once me and Sophie understood the idea of cinematography we worked together on linking all of the techniques into our pitch.
  

Casting

First off I thought about how to create a perfect cast, we learnt that you need to break down you character and take into consideration who would be a good match for the roles.

For example

• Size

• Age

• Gender

• Height

• Characteristics

We were also introduced with how to cast actors for our film.

• BAMP students

• TAPP students

• Casting calls

Crewing

This is where I needed to think of how to recruit my crew, I needed to take into consideration of how many crew members I would need and also who would be best fit for each role.

Budgeting

Next was budgeting, as the producer I needed to create a budget timetable for our pitch, which I learnt on how to do during the lesson. As a group we were given a budget of £250 to work off. I needed to think of all the aspects I would need to account for, splitting up all the costs of production to create the table.

Locations

We were told that when it came to location we needed to put ourselves out there when researching different locations. As my film is quite natural I couldn't be too extravagant with the locations. Some places I considered were

• University fashion design classroom

• Somewhere in Manchester on the streets

• Housing

Ethical

As being the producer I needed to take into consideration of any ethical issues relating to:

• Cast

• Crew

• Audience

• Public

Pitch

After going through all of the producer responded we went onto a pitch, as our pitch is next week, we need to know what makes a good pitch,

• To create a perfect pitch I need to create something that is compelling to the audience, make it unique, clear communication, and also evidence to back up my points.

• Logline

• Synopsis

• Genre

• Script-Breakdown

• Character Descriptions

• Location

• Characters aims/objectives

• Tone and style

• Logistics

• Safety/Ethics

The presentation went well overall, I think if we gave ourselves more time to practice we would've achieved more but other than that it went really well.

• Trailer - Demonstrates scenes and the general plot and mood for a film

• Test Shots - Focuses on visual language

• Filmed Scene - Showcases visual style and the ability to direct actors.

• we are now working individually on our pieces and during this lesson we went through all the different types of a proof of concept to decide which one each person wants to choose. After hearing all about each one, I went for a filmed scene as my proof of concept.

I chose a filmed scene as I want to focus on performance, and as I thought for me this would be the best option to show my story for my film.

During this lesson I learnt all of the responsibilities when working with actors this includes:

• a professional environment

• a safe environment

• time management

• being organised

• respect

• communication

When working with actors I need to create a professional environment to make them feel safe, I need to be able to take their views and options into consideration and also be respectful towards them. Doing all of these things will keep the professionalism alive. The actors need to feel like their trusted otherwise the production will end up failing.

If I manage my time well with planning within the preparation, rehearsals, meetings and letting the cast and crew know everything in advance, this will create a perfect work environment when it comes to production.

I also started to plan my proof of concept, I started with asking a few people to help me with it. During this week I found crew and cast and also started planning what my scene would be about.

Overall I found this week very effective with the planning of all the work due for next week and my proof of concept.

During this week I also met up with my cast and crew to discuss the plans for production

Types of producing

• Production Management - overseas the majority of the aspects of the production

• Production Co-ordinator - assists any crew department if necessary

• Production Assistant - overseas the continuity of the production

We also went through all of the paperwork that needs to be completed before production:

• Budget table

• Risk assessment

• Floorplans

• Storyboard

• Location release forms

• Shooting schedule

• Call sheet

• Shot list

During the rest of this week I went through all of my production paperwork and completed them, I wanted to complete these as soon as possible as my filming was taking place on the 26-27 November. I found the paperwork overall easy other than some parts but the majority went on well.

24th November - This was the first day for my filming. It was a very successful day as I managed to get all filming done, all cast and crew enjoyed their time filming and it was overall very successful. It was a struggle at first to get sound working but in the end it all went perfect, we managed to complete filming within two hours.

25th - As we got filming done quicker than I thought we used this day for possible reshoots, we all met at the filming location and looked through the scenes we filmed the day before and looked whether their was anything that needed redoing. We only ended up reshooting a few shots as everything went well the day before.