Production Roles-Miss Miller

It was imperative that every group member was allocated a specific job or jobs within the production of our thriller film as it would help keep our thriller opening on track and all group members would be able to share all potential ideas allows us to make a opening with good conventional thriller genre ideas as well as allows every group member to get involved wight he project. They will also be specialised in the specific task they where allocated allowing them to become more familiar with the techniques and allowing them to become better at it, making our thriller film better as a result. For example the person who was allocated the task of editing (me) would be able to increase there experience on the final cut pro programme and therefore edit our film better.

In order to allocate each member of our group a specific role we sat down and all wrote down any relevant experience or skills we had that where relatable to the project. This was done to make the group feel comfortable with the task they where assigned to do as they had previous experience doing it and had a basic understanding of how to complete it, this made the group member more motivated to complete the task to a good standard. I had previous experience working on the Garage band application through school use as well as some home use and therefore i was picked to be the director of sound, with my main cutie to produce a soundtrack to be played throughout our thriller opening. This was a vital job in order for our thriller opening to be successful as much of the thriller openings tension is sourced from the music that is being played in the background and so i look at previous successful thriller opening on Youtube such as Shutter island, Insidious and Se7en to take inspiration and replicate the effete that they created.

The role of director of photography fell to Daniel Armstrong as he was the most experienced in handling a camera. This system allowed Daniel to take in ideas and opinions from other group members but was tasked with the final word on what shot our group would use and the duration of the shot as he was clearly the group expert in this field. This experience that Daniel had as well as his research done in his blogs allowed Daniel to choose what shot  would be best used in certain scenes to create the desired effect and i would say he done his job well.

Which left Reggie to the job of director of editing as our group wanted to split to control of these three main roles amongst the group as otherwise it would provide to much work and pressure to one individual which would result in them not doing there job to the best of there ability. Although Reggie had no experience in the editing field he done a good job however he had the constant input and help from me to ensure he was doing the job correctly and effectively. As we both had Apple software on our Macs at home we where familiar with the structure of final cut pro and it didn't take long for us both to start getting good at it. Reggie was tasked with the editing of all shots within our thriller opening that would come to an expected two minutes altogether. This meant he was responsible for making the transitions between shots smooth and conventional to that of a thriller film so that the desired effects of tension and suspense where created. This was then therefore one of the most important roles within our group and that is why our group thought it relevant that Reggie received regular input from me as well as Daniel at times to make sure the job was being done properly and all of our ideas where contributing to the thriller opening sequence.

Our actor was again a difficult role to assign. We thought it imperative to find a suitable, blonde, female victim as it was a thriller convention seen in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'  the blonde hair made our victim appear more vulnerable and there fore increased the sympathy our audience felt towards her, increasing the viewer/character relationship. We eventually got Carra Gaffney to become a actress in our film, who was perfect that she ticked all the box's we needed in a female victim. Other actors in our film also included group member Daniel armstrong playing the part of our antagonist and i myself played a small part as the female victims boyfriend. The actors where expected to follow the directors instruction in order to achieve the best possible shots and create tension through the use of these shots.  Having an excess of actors made it easier to choose what one would be best for the individual role.

Overall i would say that our group performed well on the task they where assigned as they where able to specialise and excel in there task and as a result we where able to spend more time as a group on the harder tasks that took longer such as editing making editing done to a excellent standard. The only problem we encountered was the naming of our film. With suggestions from my group members such as 'the disappearance' and 'the taken'  feeling to generic, i put forward the title name of 'Phobia' relating to the target audience of teens relatable 'phobia' of clowns (our antagonist) which was ultimately chosen  as our films title.