My roles within tasks I have been doing in class work and other work has been mostly, production and directory roles within my groups, I have been doing a lot of editing within my groups but editing isn’t something I want to get into within the industry but I do have responsibilities for when I have to edit, such as not being allowed to show footage of people who haven’t given me the rights or who have changed their minds. I can no longer have them within the film because we don’t have the right to have them within it without their will so it’s an editor’s job to remove them from the film. I am also no too comfortable with experimenting with effects while editing. What I want to focus on more is directing, producing and script writing. Script writing, I have been writing the scripts for the work I have done so far. I feel comfortable while writing. I am comfortable with giving guide lines and creating a story. The stories I prefer to write about are mostly horror but are usually short films. I do have responsibilities within in script writing and creating the story. Such as responsibilities to make sure any subject matter used within it is suitable, such as if I was making a film about a true story I would have to make sure those people’s reputations and names are treated with respect to make sure they don’t get the audience confused with the fictional character and the real person. You also need to make sure it follows conventions so if it is mainly one genre or multiple it needs to show that through the story such as within a horror you’ll most likely contain a horror monster or a killer. A convention is something you will expect to see within a film to help the audience to know what genre it is. So, within writing the story to a film you will need to decide on the genre, so while writing and developing the rest of the story you’ll need to add in the conventions of the genre what suit the story most. For an example of this the story was horror and then had a car case within it the genre would either become, horror and action or horror with action theme. You will also need to take on suitable subject matter but taking on with subject such as murder and other elements will be needed to take on with responsibility and will be needed to be taken seriously and sensitively. You will also need to be aware of your clients need. For an example if you are working for a production company or a client, you will need to know what they want you to write. Such as if you are making script for a company such as “Blumhouse” they’ll be more likely to want you to write a horror story than any other such as if you were working for Disney you will have to take that companies ethics into an account, such as minimum violence and no smoking. This are the responsibilities within script writing I will have to know and understand these. Ways I can get into script writing from college is getting in contact with theatres and seeing if they are interested in having an already made script, getting in contact with the BFI. They will hear a proposal idea and where they can fund/ produce my idea or have you written a script for it. Indeed, is another way you can find script writing jobs and other writing jobs.

Production work is something I am interested in but I have just started to look into how to get into the industry. But I do end up taking production work in the groups I have worked in. I do go to other people with other skills and arrange them so that the people who are better at other skills are working where their skills will be most needed. I have gone out of my way to communicate between different apartments. Such as within my first project this year I made an anti-drug advert but I decided that having special effects such as scales and make up so I got in contact with someone studying special effects and had him helping and doing the special effects within my advert, which I felt improved my film and while doing augmented reality I talked to someone who studies psychology to talk about the use of colour psychology and if the content is suitable for the target audience. I feel confident talking to other departments about them helping within my videos and I feel like I’m confident on taking charge within a group on deciding on what everyone is doing and what everyone will be best at doing. But this role does have responsibilities such making sure everyone is happy and comfortable where they are working. Such as if a major incident has happened I will have to make sure people are comfortable doing what is required if not then a compromise will have to be made. Also, if people feel they are doing the wrong thing and are not able to meet the requirements then that will need to be understood. With my first project and the special effects I needed to be aware and know the capabilities of what he can do such as I can expect things above what I know he is capable of. Also, with casting or getting people to help I should be aware they have the right and ability to drop out of the project so I shouldn’t plan everything around this one person and should always have a backup plan just as a pro caution. Ways I can get into the industry through this is by going on Indeed and looking for jobs that way, also getting in contact with BFI about them funding/producing a movie and I can work on it by doing production. Another way is looking on “linkedin” for a job within production but you need to be aware that you’ll have to know a lot of people within the industry for this to work or for your existing work to be at a great level.

Directing is another role I do a lot within my groups and this has a lot of responsibilities but is the role I enjoy most out of all of the roles I take up while working. During this role you are expected to direct the film with your vision of how it’ll become. Your responsibility is to guide the film, such as what special effects, if any and within your film and how will they be used. This is the same for all aspects of the film such as the sound, the cinematography and how the actors perform. So how the film, will look and feel is to do with the directors choice. He has the final word within what happens to the film. So the responsibility of how the film will end up I to do with the choices of a director and their vision. They also have responsibilities to the studio to make sure it’s to their standard and applies by their rules as well to make sure not to damage the studios image; it also needs to be up to the studios standards to make sure the studio makes a profit from the project and the studios reputation is kept intact as well. Ways you can get within the industry is by going onto indeed and linkedin and can get in contact with client through these methods. BFI is another way for you to have a film to direct. But this isn’t as reliable as other methods. In conclusion I have shown how I understand my responsibilities within my roles I end up taking within my groups and what roles I want to do within the future.