Production - Miss Miller

Chloe Eustace

Production

Introduction

People as apart of the production team need specific roles as other wise if all the roles were left to the Director then there would be too much of them to do and it would effect the way the film comes out. The roles that are assigned need to be specific for that person because its no use having the Director of Cinematography being someone who can't use a camera. It is best that there is on person for each specific role because then they can produce what they need to to there best ability for instance being just the Hair and make up designer and co coordinator then they will have there full focus on the design of that and it will look good within our opening sequence. 

Producer: Miranda Simpson

Miranda decided that she wanted to be the producer and she did a good job at being the producer as we were editing and helped to make important decisions such as editing, music and what we want the final product to look like.

Director: Elizabeth Lawrie

We also decided as a group that it would be best for Lizzie to be the Director as she enjoys the role of organising everyone and telling them how to do it. She was good at this role when we were filming because she arranged all the actors into the scenes and made sure that they were in the right place for the frames so that we could get on with them quickly instead of wasting time arguing. 

Actors: Molly Johnson, Amy Durrance and James Myers

Our actresses were friends of ours that had a key interest in Drama themselves which is why the volunteered to by in our thriller sequence to get a bit of practise in. Amy played our main victim (Gemma) who was murdered first in the forest by our antagonist who was played by James and then our second victim who was present in the car with Gemmas was played by Molly (Holly) when we were filming our thriller opening sequence they were good as they listened and played the frames as best they could to make the thriller more tense.

Director of Photography: Chloe Eustace

I volunteered myself for the role of Director of Photography because I have experience in using cameras and getting a good shot, as does Lizzie but we decided it would be best if I was in charge of the cinematography. We decided as a group that it would be best for someone who knows how to use the camera to be in charge of filming as then it will be easier whilst filming because I would know what to do. This will be good when filming as it will cause less arguments if the person who is charge of the Camera and knows how to use it. I did well at organising the shots whole were filming as I managed to get all the shots that I need for the opening sequence and got a variety of different angles ready for editing. 

Music Producer: Miranda Simpson

Miranda volunteered to be the Music producer as she said that she has a keen interest in music and wanted to find the best music for the thriller so that it would be as conventional as possible. She was in charge of downloading the music and making sure that it fit in well to the scene whist Lizzie and I made sure as well that it would still make the thriller opening sequence conventional.

Screen Play Writer: Chloe Eustace

We decided that I would would be the screen play writer as I enjoy writing for key roles and enjoy the writing side to things in general. I managed to write a script that would be a thriller with the help from Lizzie and Miranda, I just had to produce the final product.

MES Co coordinator: Elizabeth Lawrie

We decided as a group that it would be best for Lizzie to be in charge of Mise - En - Scene as she found the location for us to film and has a keen interest for organising and making sure that costumes and hair are in order. It was best for her to be in charge of this as I nor Miranda have any interest in arranging people and getting things for each shot organised. 

Editor: Elizabeth Lawrie

We decided on Lizzie for the Directing Editor as when we researched opening credits and created our own she was good at creating them and then volunteered herself to be the Editor.  We will all have a role in editing the shots as we all need to include our opinion so that we can get the best opening sequence that is conventional, but we decided on Lizzie as the main editor so that we have someone to make the final decision on the editing and hoe the opening sequence is finished. 

Conclusion

In conclusion we decided on these roles in peoples best interest and roles that would be good for the film, we didn't want to ruin filming so we needed to make sure that each person who had a role could follow through with it other wise it might effect the outcome of our final opening sequence. During filming we took to these roles well and it made it easy then to get the shots that we need because everyone stuck to what they can do well and this caused less arguments or tension whilst filming and editing to produce our final product. We could have changed some roles around because although some people had experience with different roles we found that other people could do that role better anyway. This would have been something that we could have practised a few more times while filming practise so that we could see how people reacted within there roles before we filmed completely.