2013 Post 17: Job Roles Research

When creating our film there are many job roles that need to be covered and this is crucial for the production of our film. In our group there are four members so we have to decide who takes on what task and is the task suitable for that person. As we know there are many roles to be offered and we had to be reasonable with the jobs given to take on. We got together in our group and we sat down and spoke about who would do what and shared opinions and thoughts within our group, by doing this we all had a say and offered useful ideas to develop the production of our film. In this post I will be using key words and job roles that I will be defining in the simplest way.

Direction: The direction of the camera is crucial when creating our short film and this is the degree of the camera and the angle that the camera is facing. When filming we used the shot list to focus on which direction the camera would be facing, this also helped with the angle and size of the shot.

Camera Operator: The camera operator must check that the equipment used is safe for the required set up, for example they must check all equipment over and the shots taken must also be checked. This is because continuity and inconsistency can be seen throughout a film and the camera operator must be consistent in what he or she films. The camera operator must also be able to multi task as there is a lot of listening, moving and adjusting when filming to capture the most creative shot.

Lighting: The lighting operator will be given the task of providing equipment in television and in film, generally specialising in one or the other as the techniques and equipment often differ. There are many techniques and different lighting skills that can be used to create different lighting effects with the different use of equipment. The lighting director should have a detailed plan of where lighting will be needed to use and will have a small team to help make any adjustments needed.

Production Sound: The sound supervisor must be in charge of making sure they maintain the technical equipment used to record, amplify, enhance, mix or reproduce sound. The job role requires making sure sound levels are suitable to record and making sure all recordings are done suitably and saved so they can listen to them back.

Art Department: The Art department is crucial and have a large role in making the actors used have a different visual appearance giving detail to the set design rather than the practical filming side. The Art department can often have hundreds of people setting up a design and making actors suitable for the setting required.

 

There are many Job roles offered in the production of a film as there are different techniques and skills that need to be used to perform a specific task given. In a production cast there can be up to a thousand or more people needed to produce a film of a very high standard. In our group there were four members so we all needed to take on a specific task. The role I got given was to create a story board for the start of our film to then develop the plot of the story, I also helped film all sets and controlled the lighting in some shots when needed. In film production departments must talk to each other when filming to create a film that works well, if departments did not communicate with each other then there would be errors and the film would be unprofessional as the work they produce is different so they need to emerge their work together. 

Each job was crucial to the production of our film and we needed to make the effort on several occasions to complete a task that we needed to do. The main job role was The Directors job, the Director in our group did their job very well but I could tell it was difficult as she had many tasks to deal with. I found the jobs given to me were challenging as I had to be creative, the main difficulty for me was trying to think of what to use for the story board, as I didn’t want to create something my group didn’t like.