Crew roles

Pre Production - Crew Roles

The crew roles for the short 1 minute film are extremely important, it must be decided before hand, which is why it is pre production.

One of the roles will be the Director, this role will consist of many things, for example, the director will be in charge of finding the talent, such as the actors for the film, they will need to have a patient personality, this is so they will be able to change something or make a different decision when out on a film shoot.

There will be a Producer for the short film, this is because someone must be in charge of getting phone calls sorted, such as contacting the council.

The cameraman will also be a crew role, they will be in charge of filming all of the shots, with a one minute shirt film, a cameraman will be looking yo shoot around about 25 shots. The cameraman is responsible for the storyboard.

The editor will be a crew roles also, the editing will be done post production when the filming is done, meaning that they will have to create bins to put all of the good and bad shots in to, all on each scene.

Someone will be in charge of lighting, this is important so there is the correct amount of light in a scene, whether it be key lighting, feel lighting or edge lighting.