Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Making a Video

In class we watched a video made by some Australian production team. The video gave us some useful tips/advice on how to control our filming and production schedule.

It started off by telling us the different roles that are involved when producing a film:
- Executive producer: This person will create the filming schedule/timeline, control the budget and decide who fills what rolls.
- Writer: This person will take all the idea that were discussed and write a script for the production
- Director: This person is in charge of all the movement
- Production manager: This person keeps track of the production and makes sure everything is on track to stay in budget/in the deadline
- Storyboard Artist: This person draws and plans the shots in a cartoon strip style
- Camera operator: This person controls the camera and uses the storyboard as the outline and guide of what to film (this can sometime be the same person as the lighting director)
- Lighting Director: This person is in charge of the lighting on set when they start the filming process
- Sound Technician: This person will add sound to the production at the editing stage and may try and record different sounds on set to add at a later stage
- Talent: The talent will be the actors; these will either be auditioned or asked to partake by the executive producer
- Editor: This person will make sure the continuity etc is correct and produce the finished product.

They then gave us an outline of the three stages of creating a production.

Pre-Production
Scripting
Scene breakdown
Storyboard
Shot list
Casting
Location
Equipment
Catering
Hire of venue
Letting others (around the area) know you're filming

Shot list and shooting schedule:
Where
Time needed
Different camera angles
When
How long

Plan Ahead, Be Prepared!!

Production - The doing stage
Shooting the project
Time management (crucial)
Quality control (image, sound, performance)
Potential conflict between producers (limitations and directors creativity)

Post-Production -The finishing stage
Editing
      -Rough-cute/off-line and final/on-line
Sound technician balances sounds
All elements combined during editing
Sound mix

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