roles on set

 Decided roles within our group:

editor - Olly

director - tom

producer - everyone 

art director - Jemma

camera man - lola

what is my role? /what are we doing/why/

The role in which I took on was the camera operator, which means I have to be responsible (as well as working with the rest of my group) to organize the camera equipment as well as working the camera shots itself. It means that I will be prioritizing my focus on the camera and the recording of the opening scene overall. The reason we have split the roles is so each crew member on set (our group) has something they can specifically work on and we don't have multiple people doing the same thing. The things that I will prepare for before the shoot will be the camera equipment (battery power, bubbling etc).

Within the day of the shoot there will be specific things that I need with me like the shoot list, the call sheet and the storyboard. Making sure I have all of these items will reinforce an easier shoot. One of the most important things for a camera operator would definitely be the shot list as there is different set up methods for the camera. Each shot needs a new camera movement and positioning, so having a list that tells me what I need to do at each step will automatically make the process of the shoot a lot easier and stress free.

The reason why my role is so important is because my main role is to capture the whole scene itself. I need to make sure that we capture each part of the opening in different angles, movements and compositions. Because if we have different angles, if a shot doesn't look good we have others to back it up. That is why a camera operator has a key role on set. Some of the difficulties with working on the set can be attempting to capture what we want to capture. We need to work with the time of day and lighting as our location is covered in woods. It will be darker than other outside areas, so we need to work efficiently to the time of day. Thankfully we aren't working with any children on set so we don't need as many breaks as a set would normally need (working with children). Those are the major difficulties and challenges that we may face, but if we make sure we are aware of the challenges we can work around them.