Research into filming roles

 There are three key filming roles on set:

- Director

- Camera man/woman

- Editor

A director is in charge of keeping everyone organised and instructing actors and crew. They say the commands 'Standby, roll cameras, action cut'. It is important to have one person in charge so that everyone does everything at the right time when the director says. They are also in charge of reviewing the script, the shot list and visualising the scene. 

The camera man/woman is in charge of making sure the camera/s are in the right place at the right time and that they are rolling when they need to be. They are usually following the instructions of the director and they are shooting on a digital or film camera. It is also usually their job to set up all the equipment and position it at the start of the shoot. They are important as without someone working the cameras you would not be able to get the footage and create the sequence.

The editor cuts all of the rushes and puts them all together to make the sequence, they are also in charge of the sound and adding any SFX that is used in the sequence. They will have the storyboard and shot list in order to put everything in the right order. They are important as they put everything together and put the story together, as without editing the footage would just be lots of random scenes which aren't necessarily in order, they also are important for the timing of everything in the scene. 

Media production is a social collaboration, so it requires a division of labour to keep everyone organised, and because everyone is not specialised in doing all the roles. For example the editor may not be very good at handling a camera as this is not what they are specialised in. 

In our opening scene we have divided the roles between us, they are:

Director: Wendy Li

Editor: Amanda Otieno

Camera Woman: Millie Bubb

We have done this based on our skills, as Amanda is very skilled in editing and as demonstrated in our test shoot she knows exactly how to present the tone we want through editing. Wendy will work well as a director as she can give clear instructions and she knows exactly what we want the sequence to look like.  

Research into my role:

I am quite competent using a camera as I do photography so also know how to compose the picture nicely, therefore I am being the camera operator. 

To prepare for the shoot I will make sure to look over the write ups I did on how the Black Magic camera that we are using work so that I don't waste any time remembering how to set it up and how to work it. 

I will take a shot list and storyboard with me. The shot list so I know all the angles and shots that I need to take, and the storyboard as it is a visualisation of what the shots will look like so I can make them as close to that as possible. 

I will make sure that the genre conventions are used in the scene by using angles on the camera, for example using a low angle to show the doctor as intimidating, and close ups of the knife. This will successfully present the genre of thriller. I will also use the exposure adjustment to change the brightness of the picture, this will add to the mood as we do not want it to be too bright as that would take away from the mood that we are trying to create. 

In my role I will target the audience by engaging them with an interesting subject and well composed picture, I will do this by using composition rules, such as rule of thirds, and have a foreground and background interest. This will make the scene look a lot better and therefore the audience will have better expectations for the film.