LO3 - Carrying Out Specific Production Roles

Listed below are the job roles I have undertaken on various media productions:

- Short Film

*Camera operator

*Scriptwriter

*Storyboard planner

*Director

- Photography

*Photographer

-Games Concept

*Graphic Designer

*Game Developer

-Digital Graphics

*Graphic Designer

 While I have performed multiple jobs through media, the one I'd like to focus on is directing.

Above is an image of myself filming a scene for Unit 41. Along with filming the scene, I also directed the actor on how to deliver his lines and in what position to stand.


 For Units 17 (and Unit 41), I worked as a director and performed additional taks in order to get footage of scenes and create an impressive piece of film. As well as directing both these projects, I went above and beyond in order to get them completed by working on additional jobs. I worked as the directorscriptwriter, camera man, costumes, and editor, amongst other jobs. By performing all these job roles, I was more successful in my attempts at creating a pice that matched my artistic vision of how the film should look.

I gave precise instructions to the actors involved. I unstructed them on where and when to meet for filming and what they were required to do for the scene. I shot scenes multiple times in different ways in order to get the best possible shot. I experimented by changing camera positions and seeing how it would appear on camera. On top of that, I directed the actors to perform their lines in different styles and tones. I also listened to the actors, as some of them at points felt the need to make reccomendations. I took this ideas into consideration whilst still focusing on my own ideas of how I wanted the final film to appear.

Exampled below are the pre-production documents for Unit 17, showcasing the hard work and planning I put into this project.

Script

 When scriptwriting, I used skills and techniques I had learnt in Creative Writing and put them to good use along with my sence of humour to create entertaining pieces of dialogue in a script format.



Storyboard

 Though simplistic in drawn style, my focus for storyboarding was not how well drawn the images were but rather how well they showed how the camera angles should be as a plan for filming and editing. The design of the actors, though incredibly simplistic and almost to the same standard of stick figures still effectivly convey facial expression and movement for the actors to replicate whilst still keeping it vague enough so that they may act it how want and how I, the director, instruct them to act it.

Risk Assesment Form

Call Sheet

 I contacted the actors and checked their availability. From the information I collected from them I carfully planned a filming schedule that would be convenient for both myself and the actors.

Location Reece

When deciding on setting I specifically found areas around Sheffield City Centre that would be convenient for the actors to get to without costs for travel.

Editing

After I had finished filming and had collected the footage I wanted I began to edit it a such a way that it would lead to the creation of the final short film. This involved selecting the best footage, cutting it, placing it in the correct order and adding transitions, titles and music to a presentable and almost professional standard.