Production roles - Miss Miller

Within my opening scene there are several production roles. These are important in the film making, as it makes sure people are focused on their task. It helps allocate people individual parts which helps make the task in hand much swifter and less time consuming. Therefore we have included a production role to insure that we are organised.

The main roles in a production are:

• Producer - Film producers prepare and then supervise the making of a film before presenting the product to a financing entity or a film distributor.

• Directors - a person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organisation.

• Actors - a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.

• Director of photography - A cinematographer is the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, and responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography.

• Sound technician - They prepare, operate and maintain technical equipment to amplify, enhance, mix or reproduce sound. They work on audio recordings, films, radio and television programmes and live performances.

• Screen play writers - A screenwriter or scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media such as films, television programs, comics or video games are based.

• MES co-ordinators - Someone who is in control of all props, costumes and make up. They can work on films, tv and stage.

• Editors -Film editors work in the post-production process of filmmaking. They take all the shots from filming, and edit them until the finished product matches the director's vision of the film.

When discussing about the roles of production within my group, we made sure that Jodie and Noah were originally written down as the main two actors. Therefore on our opening scene after the productions name, they will be the first two names that the audience see. This is as we believe that they are supposed to be our main characters and therefore the most important.  However there is still one more character who will be added in towards the end as it is a role is not as important as the other two actors.
Next we discussed who would be the producer, this would have to be someone who could be at every step of the film to over see the making of the film and also make sure that everyone keeps on schedule. Therefore, we chose Noah to be the producer, as he is sensible and can take control of a situation. 
We then chose who would be the director, we thought that whoever took control of this part should also be in control of the camera, therefore we chose Alex, as he wanted to be the director of photography as well. With Alex being the director of photography, he has to make sure he understands the different types of camera angles, that is why we have chosen him, as he seems the most confident out of everyone in the group. 
When choosing who should be the sound technician, we decided to include Heather Everingham as she has experience in music and making sound tracks. She takes advise well, therefore we thought that she would be a great contribution to the group.
Next, we had to decide who would be the screen play writer, as I had already written over half of the script, we thought it would be a sensible to put me down as the screen writer. 
Finally we had a long discussion who would be the editor or editors,  we chose that we would all play a part in editing our opening scene. This way we could all put our contribution into the scene. It will also hopefully stop any arguments, as we can all decide what should be inputted into our film.