Unit 22: Production Roles In Media Operation.

Media Job Roles Mindmap.

 Section 1.

I will be doing my research on Film. I will be discussing two different roles in the organization; those roles are Film Director and Film producer and what they are capable of in their media sector.

Section 2.

Film Director.

A Film Director is someone who directs the script onto a set in order to be filmed. They are responsible for how the actors portray themselves, if their acting is not up to scratch then the director is supposed to be firm in order to push the actors to their maximum.  If there is no director there would be no film because the actors wouldn’t know what do and it would be very boring. The Director doesn’t use any equipment they simply just use their great belief and positive attitude. The skills required for this role is creativeness, You need to be creative for this job because you need the eye to know what it will look like on the big screen.

Film Producer.

A Film Producer brings the whole thing together and approves the whole production team. Their key responsibility is to create an environment where the talents of the cast and crew can be up to it’s highest standards.  Everyone relies on the Producers for the overall success, they steer the film from beginning to completion and beyond. If there was no Producers films would never be finished, they complete the whole thing and raise the development financing and supervise the development process. There are different types of producers; the equipment involved all together is a camera, Lighting, sound equipment such as microphones, editing equipment and computer. The skills required in order to be a successful producer involves having a creative eye because of the amount of editing that would be involved and being able to set the image in your head to figure out where the lighting should be in order for it to look the best it can on camera.

Resources i have used are all from the internet, i used a website called mediacollege.com and turned the information into my own words.

My suitability for the role of a Film Director:

I am good at socializing so I would able to talk to the actors efficiently and communicate with other film roles. I am quite creative so I would be able to use my imaginative mind to direct people to make it look the best it could possibly be.

My suitability for the role of a Film Producer:

I would be able to use my social skills to communicate and know if the idea that has been given across is a good idea.

Whilst making the trailer I was the Director.

My responsibilities was to inform actors what to do to make it look good on camera, I controlled everything that happened on set. My contribution was to the production was that I decided what would be filmed on camera. I had connections with the script writer because I had to communicate with him to understand the plot and explain to them how I was going to make it come across, my verbal communication and creativity would become handy with this job.

My contribution to a production.

Role and responsibilities- My role is to direct the making of the trailer. My responsibilities were to make sure everything on set was controlled so the actors would be pushed to the maximum.

Contribution to media product-My contribution to the trailer was to control everything that happens on camera.

Interaction within my team- I had to interact with the film producer for opinions before they produce the movie, I had to interact with the Scriptwriter in order to understand the script and explain how it would be reenacted.  I had to use my communication with the cameraman to know which camera angles he needed.

Development of skills-  Through out the making of the trailer my social skills improved and I became more comfortable being able to tell people what to do to make it look how I want it.

Areas for further development- To be able to find away to explain how I want my ideas to come across more efficiently.

Contribution to media product.

As the director I was able to positively contribute to the completion of the product by staying motivated through out the process and everything I was responsible for turned out well on camera.

I was able to use my creative skills and verbal skills to work with team members and express my opinion to them in order for them to see my view of how it should look. 

 Interaction within my team.

I can work with other people and don’t have a problem with communicating with my team. I share my ideas across with all team members and ask for input and opinions.

Each team member has it’s own main role but everyone helps share ideas and work together. I direct what goes on so the other roles are supposed to listen and co-operate if it involves what is happening on set.

Each team member would gather every week to plan and document what we were going to do next in order to keep organized, we would discuss which role would do what and how we would reach our objectives and co operate individually and together.

We all worked effectively as a team and everyone took part and gave 100% effort. Everyone took their own role as well as input into the whole trailer.

Development of skills.

Working as the director of this trailer let me use my creative skills, as I was capable of imagining how I wanted the trailer to look and succeeded.  I also have good verbal communication skills, which allowed me to work with all team members especially actors.  My team working skills developed a lot through the journey of making the trailer, we all had our own input equally and got on well as a team. No one slacked and we all gave our maximum effort making everyone capable of working well and effectively. Paper work was shared out evenly between us so we would all be working all together and trying as hard as possible.

Areas for further development.

I think if I had to work with a larger group of people to make a trailer I would struggle to interact with them especially if the role was permanent and I was doing it regularly.  Also I think if  there was more people involved on set then I would struggle to use my creative skills to imagine how everything could be set out, these are the sort of things I need to improve and take on board if I want to do this job in the future. Also I would need to be able to handle the paper work as I would find that difficult to do on my own.

I think I would be able to develop those skills I need if I did film in university and did a lot of studying and practicing in order to get further.

I could get work experience at a studio to help me acquire the skills I want as well as doing a degree in university in order to pursue further with the career I want to achieve. I am aware at the work needed to be put in to succeed at this job and I would be fully committed to doing it full time. I have a passion for this sort of role in the media sector.

Overall suitability.

I feel like if I had more practice and experience within the filming sector then I could take on this career and succeed, I have the mind set for the job and am willing to try my maximum hardest to be able to take this career on.

I have had an amazing experience taking on the role as a director for the trailer. I enjoyed the jobs and responsibilities I had to take on and put in maximum effort.