Jobs Specifications on a film set

On a film set there are many different jobs to be filled by memebers of the crew. We have recently learnt about what each job means and what role theyu play in the final production. Here is some examples of jobs on a film set.

• Producer- A producer basically looks after the entire film from raising money for the film to coordinating all of the key aspects together such as sorting a location checking with the authorities to check if filming is allowed at certain times and the noise level allowed in the location.

• Production manager- The production manager or PM is resbonsible for keeping the filming on time and on schedule as everyday must have a chceck list as what needs to be filmed and what needs to be accomplished at the end. Its also there responsiblilty to keep control of the equipment funding and work out the physical costs of the film.

• Post Priduction Supervisor- They are responsible for keeping the post production on schedule. for example maiing sure the editing is run on time and the CGI or negative cutting is on time and coordinating everything together

• Director- A director looks after all of the film and finds the creative aspects and exploits them whilst maintaining control and supervising every part of filming for casting to post production.

• Cinematographer- A cinematogrpaher sometimes called director of photography is responsible for the filming and organisation of the film crew during the production.

• Camera Operator- These people operate and set up the camera whilst follwing specific instructions from the director and Director of Photography

• Sound Mixer- They are responsible for the post production sound and fitting all the noise and speech with the video and film they work very closely with foley artists

• Foley artist- They make the noises you hear in the film everything from walking on concrete to a gun being loaded.

First Filming Session

Our first filming session we focused on the foley sound. We managed to record the sound of a cigarette being rolled. Unfortunately nothing else was recorded as everywhere our group went in school it was either too loud or a teach came and told us to leave. However the quality of the cigarette noise is excellent and we will have no trouble incorporating into our filming. Our next filming session is to happen sometime next weekend probably on sunday as that is the only day any of the group are free.

Production meeting 2

Today me and Ben started planning our pre-production. We have been thinking about deadlines of certain tasks like shot and scene planning aswell as organising props and locations. I will post the completed table when our group finishes it and decides the deadlines.

Production Meeting 1

In this meeting Me,Ben,Izzy and Lauren were discussing what genre and style of film we were going to produce. At first we thought about doing a black and white style horror/thriller film. However after a quick look at previous students films in this genre we discovered how difficult it would be to create a scary/tense atmosphere. So we have now decided to do a happy feeling comedy with a main character being followed through her life by a cmaera. We chose this over other genres as we feel the effect will be fairly simple to create and the outcome will seem very professional and realistic.

We then started thinking about what could make our sequence funny and immediately we thought of things realistic that happen to everyday people but over exaggerated to become almost slapstick. We thought about tripping up curbs maybe the camera falling over something coming out of no where and hitting our character in the face and Izzy was given the task of going away and thinking of these specific moments which could be easily achieved and yet still look funny and professional.

The task I was given was to think of certain items which the titles and names of the crew/cast could appear on. So far I have stuck to the back of someones jacket, a business mans briefcase (all though finding someone to let us do that could be an issue) walls behind the character as shes walking past them. I also worked with Ben who is doing the story board and we thought the first shot could be the character coming out of a house dorr and the title could appear on the door.