Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Roles of Team

Camera Operator: Tanzy. Her job involves working closely with the director to ensure all shots are what they expect and accurate to the shot list and story board.
Key Skills include:

  • a good sense of visual composition, perspective and movement
  • physical co-ordination and strength
  • ability to combine creativity with technical skills
  • precise attention to detail
  • effective communication skills
  • ability to collaborate, and to work as part of a team
  • diplomacy and sensitivity when working with artists and crew
  • knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures.

Director: George. The director will have a crucial
SkillsDirectors must have exceptional artistic vision and creative skills to develop an engaging and original film. The ability to act as a strong and confident leader. Directors must constantly make decisions, but must also be able to delegate, and to collaborate with others. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are vital to get the best from the film making team. They must have good attention to detail, and the ability to remain calm and think clearly under great pressure.

Editor: Conor. Editors check the technical standards, as well as the emerging sense of story, and the actors' performances. Because scenes are shot and edited out of sequence, select the best takes and edit them together to create scenes. Then Conor will add all sound on top of the film sequence
Key Skills include:
  • ability to be creative under pressure;
  • imagination and an understanding of narrative;
  • excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
  • developed sense of rhythm and timing in story telling;
  • highly developed aesthetic visual awareness;
  • ability to lead a team;
  • patience, attention to detail and good organisational skills;
  • knowledge of the requirements of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and procedures.
Actress: Louisa. The Actress are the visual interpretation of our story board and visual ideas. She also has to ensure she portrays the character well so the audience has a true understanding of how the director and our teams wants to show her. The actress will also have to put forward on her ideas on how she thinks the main character should act and how the character would behave.
Key Skills:
  • Accommodate script changes
  • Learn Lines
  • Temporarily assume other identities, and also to be made up, dressed, positioned and directed by others.
  • Assume a different body shape or language, depending on the age and fitness of their character
  • Good observation, in order to learn from others' body language- create believable characters
  • Be aware of Health and Safety issues
Technician roles e.g. lighting, sound, props, costume designer will be played by everyone as we all have opinions on how we want our opening sequence to look like. Everyone is also involved in decision making and the overall image of our production however we all do have allocated jobs to ensure everyone view is taken in to consideration e.g. editing will use shots that we all agree is the best.

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