Roles on set

In our group, we assign the roles and make sure everyone have chance to work on set. Max will be the camera operator, Gi will be the director and part of the editor, and I will be the art director and the editor.

Director

Director is a really important role on set. This person leads everything, always work with the producer. Director need strong creativity and leadership. Gi is the director in our production group. I think they are the best choice as they are very good at arranging and commanding both cast and crew. They are able to communicate effectively with the actors, making sure the actors know how to present the story. In addition, Gi has the ability to have an overall grasp of the entire opening sequence as they did part of the storyboard and outline of the plot before. I believe Gi will lead the group really well on the shooting day.

Art Director

Art director is responsible for the makeup, the costumes, the props and the location. It is the person who works on all visual part on set. Art director work closely with director and producer, they determine their desired visual work of the film together. I will be the art director in our production group. I have the creative ability. I did the storyboard with Gi, I can work well with the director on the visual part on set. For the makeup and costumes, I also took part in and did a independent research on creating special effect makeup. So I have a basic idea of the visual effect on styling and the settings.

Camera Operator

Camera Operator is responsible for shooting and capturing the actions in the film. They will also need to work on the lighting. Max is the camera man in our group. He is very interested in camera operating, and he practised shooting in our test shoot so he has experienced it before. He is good at shooting in different camera compositions and angles. Moreover, he is familiar with setting up the equipments. And he did all the descriptions for the storyboard, so he is fully understand what will the shots be in our opening title sequence. On the shooting day, he will need to set up the cameras and filming in the two locations. His role will be really important as it is directed related to how our opening title sequence will looked like.

Editor

An editor need to review the story and then putting the different footage together. They also need to add the sound effects to the video. They put different angle shots together to make the whole movie. Different editing method can create a different impact. In our group, I will be the editor and Gi will help me. We both have the creativity and eyes on details. And we have practiced a few editing sequence before. We need to be really careful with the cuts between different angle shots and create a nervous and horrified impact at the end. Furthermore, we will find a suitable sound track of the motorcycle in the opening title sequence.

Producer

Film producers work with director closely. They are responsible for organising the crew and cast. They need take care of all the elements on set and help the director to check the aspects of the shoot. Producers monitor the production process and make sure everything is prepared and ready to go the night before shooting day.

Division of labour is really important for production because it is social collaboration, so people who specialise in different skills work together can create the best shots. My roles are the art director and the editor. 

For the art director, I am responsible for all the props and costumes, I need to make sure to bring them all to the set. And I need to have the visual idea of the special effect makeup for the actors. Furthermore, during shooting the different angle shots, I need to help the director to make sure the continuity in each shots which is really important. Before the shooting day, I need to make sure which settings we are going to use and the environments. On the shooting day, I will take all the props and costumes, and also the makeup tools. Art director is really important as they are responsible for all the visual part in the production. In order to make sure everything goes well on the shooting day, I will make a rough makeup plans for the actors and also a list of all the props and costumes we will need so we won’t miss anything.

For the editor, Gi and I will both work on editing after the shoot day. We will bring the shot list on the shooting day so we can make sure we shoot every shots we will need for editing. Also, we can refer to our test shoot to find out what can be kept and what needs to be added and improved.