Production Roles
Introduction
- During the making of a music video, these are the most important roles with different techniques and creativity that provides different parts to make the music video complete as a production.
Director:
- The director is a person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization. They are those who come up with creative visual and working along the film crew to transform his/her visualisation becoming a movie production. A director is supported by other managers and producers to develop his/her ideas during the process of a movie in the making. This role has been assigned to myself to take the responsibilities because I have creative visuals and good at delegating roles to the rest of the group in order to complete our music video,
Producer:
- The producer is a person who responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a film. They are those who provide money to buy useful equipments and take all responsible for the film crew and a movie production. The producer supports the directors and co-directors to develop their ideas during a film making process. This role has been assigned for Abdullah because he has good organisation skills and are willing to provide anything needed within my group.
Editor:
- The editor is a person who is responsible for assembling recorded raw material into a finished product suitable for broadcasting. The material may consist of camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects. They are supported by the co-editors, however the main editor would be the person who puts the scenes together. I am assigned to be the editor in my groups because I have a wide range of imaginations and good editing skills, therefore I will take this role as I am able to puts all the scenes together effectively.
Camera operator:
- The camera operator is a professional cameraman/women of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the leading camera operator is usually called a cinematographer, while a camera operator in a video production may be known as video camera operator, or videographer, depending on the context and technology involved, usually operating a professional video camera. The camera operator work along the alongside the storyboard manager and director to make sure that they will capture the right scenes at the right moments. In my group, we have assigned this role to myself as I have good techniques whiles filming and also wants to develop my filming skills.
Lighting technician:
- The lighting technician is a person who organises and sets up all the lights within the scene, they need to make sure that the light represents a feeling and atmosphere that its wanting to be created by the director. In my group, we have assigned this role to Rex as he knows how to use the lighting effectively and also wants to develop his skills whilst assisting the filming process.
Location Manager:
- The location manager is a person who finds the best location for the scene/film and they also will do the risk assessment to make sure that the scene is okay to film in. There will also seek permission from those involves within the scene to make sure that the location is ready for the film to take place. In my group, we have assigned this role to Rex because he is willing to film our production at his house and also know a lot of suitable locations for our thriller opening.
Costumes & Make-up artist:
- The costumes and make-up artist is a group of people who are responsible for making sure that the characters all look in the way that is desired by the director. They will pick what people wear and puts on their make up to suit the role, for example they might put on blood with make up to show someone is in pain. In my group, we have assigned this role for Rex and myself as we both have the same ideas of how we wants our artist and actors to look like so therefore we can work along with this to come up with better ideas of costumes and make up for our artists..
Story-board Manager:
- The story-board manager is a person who interpretates the director visual to make up a narrative that the movie is based on. They will organise the scene shots by shots and make sure that there is an order that can easily be followed by everyone else involves in the production especially the cameraman and the editor. In my group, we assigned this role to Abdullah because he have a creative minds and interpretates our music video ideas very effectively.
Conclusion:
- The production roles have taught me all the different roles that people have to play to make a music video and what the roles mean in the video. Lastly the production roles have made us as a group seek out our skills and find each others skills in filming and production.
Camera operator:
- The camera operator is a professional cameraman/women of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the leading camera operator is usually called a cinematographer, while a camera operator in a video production may be known as video camera operator, or videographer, depending on the context and technology involved, usually operating a professional video camera. The camera operator work along the alongside the storyboard manager and director to make sure that they will capture the right scenes at the right moments. In my group, we have assigned this role to myself as I have good techniques whiles filming and also wants to develop my filming skills.
Lighting technician:
- The lighting technician is a person who organises and sets up all the lights within the scene, they need to make sure that the light represents a feeling and atmosphere that its wanting to be created by the director. In my group, we have assigned this role to Rex as he knows how to use the lighting effectively and also wants to develop his skills whilst assisting the filming process.
Location Manager:
- The location manager is a person who finds the best location for the scene/film and they also will do the risk assessment to make sure that the scene is okay to film in. There will also seek permission from those involves within the scene to make sure that the location is ready for the film to take place. In my group, we have assigned this role to Rex because he is willing to film our production at his house and also know a lot of suitable locations for our thriller opening.
Costumes & Make-up artist:
- The costumes and make-up artist is a group of people who are responsible for making sure that the characters all look in the way that is desired by the director. They will pick what people wear and puts on their make up to suit the role, for example they might put on blood with make up to show someone is in pain. In my group, we have assigned this role for Rex and myself as we both have the same ideas of how we wants our artist and actors to look like so therefore we can work along with this to come up with better ideas of costumes and make up for our artists..
Story-board Manager:
- The story-board manager is a person who interpretates the director visual to make up a narrative that the movie is based on. They will organise the scene shots by shots and make sure that there is an order that can easily be followed by everyone else involves in the production especially the cameraman and the editor. In my group, we assigned this role to Abdullah because he have a creative minds and interpretates our music video ideas very effectively.
Conclusion:
- The production roles have taught me all the different roles that people have to play to make a music video and what the roles mean in the video. Lastly the production roles have made us as a group seek out our skills and find each others skills in filming and production.
Some good evidence of planning here by assigning roles which will help the group whilst out filming and editing, well done. The roles are defined well and you justify your group choices well by relating to skills and attributes each member of the group has.
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