Production roles- Miss MIller

People need to allocated specific roles during the filming as they need to know what their roles are. The main roles necessary for filming a thriller film are, director, camera operator, actors and producer. we decided who would be doing what by asking one another what roles we would prefer to do and we agreed to the roles.

Roles of Our Group

Producers - Harry Hyett, Co-Joshua Lester, Luke Durrance. A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of the film, Together we will decide what we will need for our film and purchase the items we need and pay for it ourselves.

Director - Harry Hyett. A film director is the person who directs the making of the film, he felt he understood the narrative and what roles the actors needed to do in the shot.

Actors - Hannah Mahoney, Luke Durrance. A persons whose profession is acting in films, we both felt comfortable with the job of acting, and we relay the conventions of a teenager in the thriller genre, as we are both teenagers. 

Director of Photography (Cameraman) - Joshua Lester. A person whose profession is operating a film camera., Joshua know the location of the setting very well and from this it would be best for him to take the role of cameraman and he already has an idea of what angles can be achieved at the setting.

Music Producers - Luke Durrance. A record producer is an individual working within the music industry producing music for a film, I took this role as I felt that i could do it, as I have researched the conventional sounds used in thriller films, and I know how to use it in an original way. 

Screenplay Writer - Harry Hyett. Is a writer who practises the craft of screenwriting of films etc., He took this role as he felt as though he would be a good director, he knew the narrative well, and the other roles of acting wasn't suitable for him.

MES Coordinators - Hannah Mahoney, Joshua Lester. The five elements of MES are...

Settings and Iconography, Lighting and colour. - Joshua took this aspect as he had a clear understanding of the setting, and with the camera, he knew if the lighting was sufficient for the camera, or if we needed to move where the characters are more visible.

Costume, Hair and Make Up , Body Language and Facial Expressions- Hannah's Character was put together by herself and she decide to have a specific costume, and with this used her hair and make-up to make an orphan like character. She also helped with the design of the other character.

Positioning of Characters within the frame - Joshua the camera man is the main person that does this, he knows where the camera will be pointing so he directs the actors, Harry also directed the characters into what they needed to do in the shot.

Editors - Harry Hyett, Luke Durrance, Joshua Lester. A person who is in charge and determines the final content of the film. We all have a basic understanding of the editing software that we will be using so together we would work together to put our film together.

Overall everyone carried out their roles well, every role that was necessary was carried out well and with minimal problems, there isn't anything that I would change about the roles of the people in our group as we all worked well in the roles allocated.

Harry Hyett - Director, Editor, Screenplay Writer, Producer. I think he completed all the tasks well. He construed the main narrative with the help from the group, he had a good understanding of the narrative which helped when filming.

Luke Durrance -Actor, Editor, Music Producer, editor - I think I completed all of my tasks very well, I listened to instructions from Harry the director. Also with the editing I feel that I have put in alot of input and I am please with the progress that our opening scene has made.

Hannah Mahoney - Actor, MES Coordinator - Hannah was a very confident in her role, and made her character beliveable, she made her costume realistic and the make up that she had to do herself was also good and made the role believable.

Joshua Lester - Director Of Photography, Editor, MES Coordinator,Co- Producer. - Joshua was a very good cameraman, he added input into the shots that he was taking, and he was enthusiastic. The shots he used he made sure had sufficient light in the background, and for the high angle shots he controlled the camera well.