LO2 - Analysis of my own skills

My Suitability for the Roles

Director

Written Communication

As a director, my written communications would be used as I am more than capable to email the other members of staff of any important information on the project that they would need to know and be informed of.

Verbal Communication

Verbal communications is a priority of a director, and I would be successful with this priority as I am able to give instructions to staff on the tasks they are required to do.

Practical Production

As a director I can give sets of specific instructions to staff and actors and demonstrate how I want certain tasks to be performed as part of the practical productions.

Creativity

I have the creativity to make new recommendations to staff (e.g. what camera angles to use, how the lighting could effect the scene), as it’s important that a director can quickly think on their feet as well as planning in advance; These are two skills that I believe I have achieved well within film projects.

Scriptwriter

Written Communications

I am able to read and write, use correct grammar, write in a script format and provide quality written work that keeps the interest of the actors, presenters, and importantly audience.

Verbal Communications

I’m can verbally communicate my ideas for the script and explain the script ideas clearly to other staff members working on the project. It is important that they understand what I wanted when writing the script so that they are able to re-create it the way I imagined it.

Practical Production

As part of the practical production I am able to type in correct standard script format and would be able to demonstrate one of the written actions to the actors so they know how to repeat the stage direction.

Creativity

As a scriptwriter I am able to come up with new, creative ideas, creating scripts that feature fresh, unexpected scenes whilst following technics that help to create most TV shows (e.g. mise-en-scéne) yet not including unoriginal content or falling for clichés.

LO1 - Compared Contributions and Responsibilities of Job Roles

Comparing the job of Scriptwriter to Director

If the director gives an instruction to the scriptwriter, the scriptwriter must follow it. However, whilst the scriptwriter is not able to give the director orders, they are able to recommend and suggest their own ideas to them. Despite this, the final decision still belongs to the director, so these ideas going ahead or not depends upon how the director feels about them and whether he likes them or not.

The scriptwriter, when presenting his script to the director, will have to explain, describe and clarify how they wanted/pictured it to give the director an understanding of the product. The director has to have a full understanding before they make any alterations that they feel necessary.

The director can only give a basic idea of what they want. It is the responsibility of the scriptwriter to convert the director's requested elements into words and include them into the script.

LO1 - Equipment Used for Job Roles

Equipment Used by a Director

A director requires some way to easily gain access to all staff working on the project. This can be as simple as the director having a mobile phone so that they can contact other staff members to supply them with new/extra information or instructions.

Equipment Used by a Scriptwriter

The scriptwriter relies on equipment to plan/write the script; this can vary from a pen/pencil and paper, a typewriter or a computer, keyboard and printer. The typewriter has become quite outdated, so many modern and professional scriptwriters will use a computer, keyboard and printer, but many will still acquire a pen/pencil and paper to note down their original concepts for planning the draft version.

LO1 - Skills required

Skills Required to be a Director

Directors are required to organise and keep charge of a majority of staff and actors and have to give them instructions on how he wants certain tasks performed (e.g. what type of lighting should be used, how he wants certain lines to be said.) that will improve the outcome of the final film product.

Skills Required to be a Scriptwriter

Scriptwriters must be able to write an original and creative script in the standard script format. They must understand traditional film conventions (e.g. mise-en-scene) whilst avoiding cliches and creating scenes/dialogue that will entertain and/or get the attention of the intended audience.

LO1 - Job Roles Definitions

The Role of a Television Director

Definition of a Director: A person who is in charge of an activity and supervises the actors and other staff in a television product.

(Definition information from http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=define+director&oq=define+director&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.13142j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl)
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The Role of a Television Scriptwriter

Definition of a Scriptwriter: A person who writes a script of what activities/dialogue will take place for a TV show.

(Definition information from http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=define+scriptwriter&oq=define+scriptwriter&aqs=chrome..69i57.9515j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl)

LO1 - Job Role Responsibilities

My Responsibilities
Listed below are some of the media job roles I have performed myself on various projects.

- Short Film

*Cameraman

*Scriptwriter

*Storyboard planner

*Director

- Photography

*Photographer

-Games Concept

*Graphic Designer

-Digital Graphics

*Graphic Designer

Contributions

I contributed fully to all projects as I worked on these Units on my own, so I took on all the required roles to complete pieces of work, apart from a few jobs in which other people offered assistance, like the actors in my short film, and camera equipment and macs was provided by teachers.

Working Connections

I had to work as the director and scriptwriter for the short film, and both these roles provided information to the actors on what they were required to do/say for the scene.

Role and Responsibilities

I worked as the Head Film Director for the short film ‘Pun Not Intended’ for Unit 46.

As the Head Film Director I needed to take charge of the actors working on the film and give them clear instructions of the of the jobs they needed to perform and how and they should be done in order for the film to be made successfully and professionally. It was also important that I was specific with how, where and when these jobs must be executed for the scene to play out correctly and how I initially planned it. 

If they're had been other people working on the project with me (e.g. people to adjust lighting, camera operators) I would have had to take charge of them as well and explain to them what they would need to do; However these roles were also performed by me so this wasn't required.

My understanding of mise-en-scene was important for this project as I needed to have understandable reasons behind my choices; they had to have an impact on the film scene and tie in with the theme and mood that I was originally aiming for.

The Head Film Director must take responsibility for his own action and choices and take responsibility for all other staff members that are also working on the film project.

Contribution to media product

Through my instructions and initial planning of how the scenes were to be performed, I was able to create a short, comical film that got a positive reaction from an audience of people and made them laugh.

Making an audience laugh is the required intention of a comedy, and in this example it was achieved by scenes created through my direction and how I informed the actors of how the lines should be delivered for best-suited comical timing.

Interaction within my team

The actors I chose to appear in the film were all people I knew personally, so I interacted well with them and there were no altercations or disagreements between us.

The actors had a very good understanding of how the scene was to play out, with only a few rare occasions where they would ask me to be a bit more specific and ask questions on how something was to be done exactly, wanting more information about it.

I gave the actors scripts in advance to read and practice in their own time. I gave them more specific directions on the day, like where they should stand and where to look, just before filming.

Development of skills

In this role I was able to use both skills of planning in advance and thinking on the spot to develop scenes. With both these techniques I was able to vision how I wanted the scene to be and tell the actors how to recreate it.

I learnt to be stricter and make sure that others heard me and paid attention to want needed to be done for the scene.

Areas of further development

I need to be stricter with my directions, as sometimes an actor will do something but it won’t be how I planned, but often I will not request that they do another take or do it differently.

To improve this skill I can work on other short film projects, but this time I will not be worried by telling the actor to repeat a certain line or action so that we have multiple shots of them doing different ways, that way we can select the best one.

I personally believe that I have a majority of the requirements to make a suitable Head Film Director, as at the end of Unit 17 I had created a good quality, enjoyable and entertaining short film.

LO1 - Mindmap of Job Roles

Below is the mindmap I created when thinking of some of the different media job roles required to create a film.

The form of media I chose was the television industry. My two selected roles from this industry are the jobs of the director and scriptwriter. I have taken on both these job roles before when working on the short-film unit.