Production Roles - Miss Miller

Production Roles

When making a film, it is important to allocate specific roles to people in order to make sure someone is not taking on too much work, and is able to do their job properly without having to do too much work. There are 8 different roles in the production of my opening sequence and these are the producer (in charge of making sure the opening sequence gets finished), director (coordinating the filming of the opening sequence), actors (featuring in the opening sequence as characters), director of photography (the cameraman), music producers (adding and selecting the music for the opening sequence), screenplay writer (in charge of writing what happens in the opening sequence), MES coordinators (in charge of choosing and over-viewing the use of MES) and editors (in charge of putting together the footage for viewing).

As I was on a group on my own, it fell on me to take on all of the production roles and make sure that they were finished to a high enough standard that would make my piece a good thriller opening sequence.

I was the producer of my group, as I was able to properly oversee all other people in my group and make sure they knew what they were doing and that they had no problems with anything. This role called for the group member to oversee the production of our opening sequence and make sure that everything was on track and all jobs were getting done to a good standard, and making sure that what was made was ready on time to be handed in. This made all parts of production easier as it made sure that there was someone who knew what everyone was supposed to be doing and that all resources that were needed were available.

I was the Director in our group, as I knew what had been planned back to front and was able to coordinate the other members of my group properly. This role called for the group member to be present at all filming sessions and directing the other members of our group with the aim of fulfilling what had already been planned out, and making sure what had been filmed and made fit what we expected to see, so that would be no deviations to our opening sequence and that we could have everything we needed to move forward with out piece. This role helped filming as it helped to coordinate the filming and make sure that everyone was doing what they were supposed to be doing, while helping editing as it meant that the editors would have something good and usable to work with in the end.

I also acted in our piece as an actor, while there was also one other actor but she was not part of my group, with myself being an actor because I could follow the narrative and knew what I wanted from myself in my performance, and that I trusted that I would be able to play my character properly. This role called for the group members to act out the parts of the characters in our piece, the killer and the victim, with myself playing the role of the killer and a girl playing the victim, with us following what had been planned out in the narrative. This helped filming as there were characters who were able to progress the narrative, giving the group something to film, and because the acting was done to a good standard, we did not have to go back and re-film parts that we would of had to if it was not done properly.

I think I was a good director of photography, as I was able to operate the camera properly and fulfill the different shots that were capable with the camera, as well as being able to understand what shots were needed for each scene and how to set up the camera properly. This role called for the group member to be present at all filming sessions and be able to follow the instructions of the director, so that the camera could be set up to record each shot as in the way it was visualized in order to follow what had been planned out, this helped speed up filming as less time was wasted trying to get each shot set up properly and waiting for an experienced camera person. This helped filming as it made sure that each scene was filmed properly and would be good to view by the audience, so that we wouldn't have to go back and redo anything if it looks bad because we don't have a dedicated cameraman.

I was the music producer of the piece, as I was able to select music that would fit into the opening sequence without sounding out of place and not causing the audience to be distracted by the music over what they were seeing on-screen. This role called for a group member to select music that could be inserted over what the audience were seeing in order to make the narrative carry feelings of suspense and shock to them, while supporting the visuals all the while. This makes filming and editing easier as when it comes to filming and editing, different shots and paces can be tried out that accompany the music found better, so that what is made works well with the music without having weird music over a scene that does not match what the audience will see, drawing their attention away from the narrative and to the odd pairing of sound and screen.

I was the screenplay writer as I had written the opening sequence, with myself being appropriate for the role as I was able to write a narrative that fits into the thriller genre and will be enjoyed by the audience. This role called for the group member to write the opening sequence so that there was something to work off of and so that everyone will know what the product should look like by the end of making it. Our screenplay writer produced the narrative that we used to base our opening sequence around, while also paying close attention to conventions of the genre to make sure what was being made was fulfilled to a good quality. This makes filming and editing easier as it will allow the other group members to understand what the narrative is and what the flow of events are, so that when it comes to editing everything can be put in order, while when filming everyone will be able to tell what comes next and what shots and resources will be needed to fulfill what has been planned for the opening sequence

I was the mise-en-scene coordinator, as I had a good understanding of what was needed for the opening sequence in terms of mise-en-scene and how it should be used for the narrative when it has been required, as this knowledge was required for a detrimental part of creating our opening sequence. This role called for the group member to be present during filming and making sure all 5 areas of mise-en-scene were accounted for in each scene and ensuring that everything looked good and worked well with such roles as making sure that the lighting was positioned properly and appropriate for the scene, making sure that all actors were wearing costumes that fit there character and that any makeup (scratches or blood) had been applied, that all actors were positioned properly and were doing what they were supposed to be doing, and that the setting and iconography were correct in all scenes and that all pieces were kept to a high standard and not broken. This makes filming and editing much easier as it would mean that we wouldn't have to go back and reshoot something if the MES was off-point and looked sloppy due to nobody supervising it.

I did the editing for my piece, as I was able to operate the editing software properly and piece together all of our footage into an opening sequence that could be understood by the audience. This role called for the group member to take all the footage that we have collected for the piece, and cut it down into a final opening sequence, using all of our best footage and making sure everything looked good when put into order and that only our best parts would be included. This made it easier on filming as someone could do the editing and make sure that everything looked good and would be able to be understood by the audience, so that if there were parts that didn't look good or weren't filmed to a high enough standard, they could be redone so that it looked better than what we previously had before reinserting the scene back into the opening sequence.

I think I was able to perform all roles to a standard that was adequate enough to produce a thriller opening sequence that would fit into the conventionality of what the audience would expect to see, for example, I was able to perform the roles of the director of photography, director and actors working together to create well filmed segments that could be made into well edited footage. There is not much to be done differently, as I was the only person in my group so there is no one who I could delegate jobs onto in order to see who could do the job better next time, although if I had been in a larger group, I could have let other people do more jobs in order to see what they could have done differently to what I have done.

Filming Schedule - Miss Georgiou

Filming Schedule

A filming schedule is important as it allows us to be able to create our opening sequence easily as we can refer to what we have planned for the opening sequence and be able to film with greater ease as we already know what we want to use.

Shot	Date & time	Location	Content /Action	Shot type & Duration	Costume/ hair/ make up	Iconography	Personnel	Equipment
1	25/11 7:30	Planning Room	Audience see a zoom out of the killer’s planning board of the murder he is going to commit, a picture of the victim is seen	Extreme Close-up Duration: 2 seconds	N/A	Pinned up photograph of the victim	Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
2	25/11 7:30	Planning Room	Audience see more of what the killer is planning to do to the victim	Close-up Duration: 1 second	N/A	Pinned up photograph of the victim, String	Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
3	25/11 7:30	Planning Room	Audience see more of what the killer is planning to do to the victim	Close-up Duration: 1 second	N/A	Pinned up photograph of the victim, String	Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
4	25/11 7:30	Planning Room	Audience see more of what the killer is planning to do to the victim	Mid-shot Duration: 1 second	Antagonist: Dark hoody that covers head/face	Pinned up photograph of the victim, String, Knife	Antagonist Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
5	1/12 3:10	Outside of the school	The audience see where the narrative will be set and what the character’s occupation will be	Establishing Shot Duration: 2 seconds	N/A	N/A	Camera person, Location Manager	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
6	1/12 3:10	Outside of the school	The audience are introduced to the victim, tracking shot shows that she might be being followed	Tracking Shot Duration: 6 seconds	Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	Victim’s Bags	Victim Camera person, Location Manager Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, Tape / memory card
7	1/12 3:10	Inside of school	The audience see the victim arrive at school, walk in and swipe her id, gives a sense of normalcy	Over the shoulder Shot Duration: 2 seconds	Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	Victim’s bags, Victim’s id	Victim, Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
8	1/12 3:10	Inside of the school, in a hallway	The audience see the victim walking to the toilet down a hallway and is soon followed by the creep.	Low Angle Duration: 2 seconds	Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card Creep: School uniform, grey suit, white shirt	N/A	Victim, Creep, Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, Tape / memory card
9	1/12 3:10	Inside of the school, in a hallway	The audience see the creep corner the victim as she comes out of the toilet in order to talk to her	Low Angle Duration: 3 seconds	Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card Creep: School uniform, grey suit, white shirt	N/A	Victim, Creep, Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
10	1/12 3:10	Inside of the school, in a hallway	The audience see that the victim is uncomfortable in the situation and wants to get away from him, as he is creepy, and she is frightened of him	High Angle Duration: 3 seconds	Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card Creep: School uniform, grey suit, white shirt	N/A	Victim, Creep, Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
11	1/12 3:10	Inside The school, coming down the hallway	The audience see a point of view from the perspective of the killer as he comes down the hallway where the victim and creep were	Point-of-view Duration: 3 seconds	Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card Creep: School uniform, black suit, white shirt	N/A	Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, Tape / memory card
12	1/12 3:10	Outside of the toilets, inside the school	The audience see that the creep has been murdered on the floor, it seems that the victim has killed him yet the audience are not know	Shallow Focus Duration: 2 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform Creep: School uniform, black suit, white shirt	Knife	Creep, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
13	1/12 3:10	Outside of the school	The stalker has discovered the   body of the creep and looks shocked	Low Angle Duration: 2 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform Creep: School uniform, black suit, white shirt	Knife	Creep, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
14	3/12 3:10	Outside of the school	The stalker looks around and spots the victim from afar.	Over the Shoulder Duration: 2 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	N/A	Victim, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
15	3/12 3:10	Outside the school	The victim looks over her   shoulder and begins to walk away, as she knows the killer is near her	Mid-Shot Duration: 2 seconds	Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	N/A	Victim, Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
16	30/11 10:05	Outside the school	The killer begins to chase after the victim in order to get answers for what she did	Long shot, Cantered Duration: 4 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform	N/A	Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
17	30/11 10:05	Outside of school	The killer turns the corner to see that there is no one there and that the victim has escaped	Deep focus Duration: 3 seconds	N/A	N/A	Camera person, Location Manager	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
18	30/11 10:05	Outside of school	The killer, while looking for the victim, is hit from behind and knocked out	Zoom in Duration: 1 second	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform	Blunt object	Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
19	3/12 3:30	Outside of school	The killer is recovering from being hit on the head, some time has passed since he was hit	Steadicam with canted angle Duration: 2 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform	N/A	Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
20	3/12 3:30	Inside the school, in the hallway, stairwell	The killer has returned to see if anyone has found the killer’s body but it isn’t there anymore, but a calling card is	Long shot Duration: 3 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform	Calling card on the floor	Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
21	3/12 3:30	Inside of the school	A close up of the calling card is shown so the audience can see it in better quality	Extreme Close-up Duration: 1 second	N/A	Calling card on the floor	Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, Tape / memory card
22	3/12 3:30	On a street, isolated and far from the school	The killer picks up the trail of the victim and manages to find out where she went	Shallow focus Duration: 3 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform, wearing a hoody rather than a blazer Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	N/A	Victim, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, Tape / memory card
23	3/12 3:35	On a street, isolated and far from the school	The killer is about to grab the victim and bring her to justice	Longshot Duration: 3 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform, wearing a hoody rather than a blazer Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	N/A	Victim, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
24	3/12 3:35	On a street, isolated and far from the school	As the killer grabs the victim, she turns round and stabs him in the chest instead	Tracking shot on the victim Duration: 1 second	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform, wearing a hoody rather than a blazer Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	Knife	Victim, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
25	3/12 3:35	On a street, isolated and far from the school	The killer lies on the floor and starts to get up as he delivers his final line	High Angle shot Duration: 3 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform, wearing a hoody rather than a blazer	Knife	Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
26	3/12 3:35	On a street, isolated and far from the school	The victim prepares to execute the killer as he is on his knees, she replies to his comments	Mid-shot Duration: 2 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform, wearing a hoody rather than a blazer Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	Knife	Victim, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
27	3/12 3:35	On a street, isolated and far from the school	The victim stabs the victim again to finish him off as she taunts him, her dialogue suggest the killer wasn’t alone	Zoom-out Duration: 3 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform, wearing a hoody rather than a blazer Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	Knife	Victim, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card
28	3/12 3:35	On a street, isolated and far from the school	The victim walks off unharmed by the ordeal while the killer lies on the floor dying	Deep focus Duration: 4 seconds	Killer: Darker suit as a school   uniform, wearing a hoody rather than a blazer Victim: School uniform, white blouse, black skirt, Id card	Knife	Victim, Killer. Camera person, Location Manager, Props/ Make up/ hair artist	Digital camera, batteries, tripod, Tape / memory card

When it came to filming the piece, my group had been separated into a two and a one, my group being myself and the camera alone in the winter chill, which affected the filming schedule as the times were changed to new times where I only had to worry about myself being able to turn up, meaning that I could film at more convenient times and get the work done quicker, like when I was able to film after school on some days as I didn't have to worry about my group being absent due to after school commitments. I also had to change the time for the planning scenes as it was too early and I wouldn't have enough time to film as much as I wanted in the given time, shown by the first few slides on the schedule, and I would be able to film for longer if I were to reschedule to after school and on the weekends, which I ended up doing as it would give me more time to explore different things I can do without having a time limit, meaning i could re-do shots that may have been worse the first time filming it and do more shots. An example of this is the opening sequence, where some shots were too bright to fit into the genre, so I decided to redo them in a darker setting which would add to the sinister ambience of the scene. I added many additional slides for the opening of the opening sequence as there wasn't enough footage that I had gotten and I needed to get some more in order to access a wider range of maneuverability when it came to editing my piece, so by adding more slides I could give myself more opportunities to create a longer build up to the killing and increasing the suspense felt in the audience, as I know I would have more wiggle room to try out more things without having to limit myself to what I can do. When it came to editing, I thought the end of the piece was too short and abrupt, so I decided to go back and film more onto the end of the piece where you see the killer leave behind the knife and mask, which I think gave a better ending to the piece and interested the audience into watching on. By having a filming schedule I can see how it helps as I have been able to properly manage the different footage I need to be getting and separating it out into manageable chunks so that I have everything I need in order to produce my opening sequence, without having any missing parts that I need.