Editor:

Editors plan, coordinate, and revise material for publication in books, newspapers, or periodicals or on websites. Editors review story ideas and decide what material will appeal most to readers. During the review process, editors offer comments to improve the product and suggest titles and headlines. In smaller organizations, a single editor may do all the editorial duties or share them with only a few other people.

Editors roles:

1. Read context and correct spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors.
2. Rewrite text to make it easier for readers to understand.
3. Verify facts cited in material for publication.
4. Evaluate submissions from writers to decide what to publish.
5. Work with writers to help their ideas and stories succeed.
6. Develop story and content ideas according to the publication’s style and editorial policy.
7. Allocate space for the text, photos, and illustrations that make up a story or content.
8. Approve final versions submitted by staff.

Sound Designer:

The Sound Designer is responsible for obtaining all sound effects, whether recorded or live for a specific production. He/she is also responsible for setting up the sound playback equipment and must make sure the board operator is properly trained. Sound Design is an artistic component of the production.

Sound designers roles:

1. create, update, maintain and add to sample and sound libraries
2. develop the sound concept for a project and a sound map or storyboard from a script or project description
3. use digital sound processing (DSP) to manipulate and synthesise sound and music
4. enhance or distort sounds using samplers, synthesisers and audio plug-ins
5. mix sounds using a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
6. work alongside other professionals including sound technicians and engineers, directors, composers, musicians, actors and producers.

Cinematographer:

A cinematographer, also known as a Director of Photography, is in charge of the camera and the lighting crew. They’re the person responsible for creating the look, colour, lighting, and for framing of every single shot in a film. The cinematographer may also act as the camera operator on more low-budget productions.

Cinematographers role:

1. Analysing the screenplay, characters, and story structure and deciding on a visual approach with the director.
2. Conducting research regarding available locations, props, sun position, and weather conditions at the prospective film sites.
3. Selecting and sourcing required equipment, tools, and crew members.
4. Visiting locations and taking a series of test shots before deciding on the angles, filers, film stock, framing, equipment, lighting, and techniques that will be used to create the desired atmosphere of the film.
5. Approving costumes, make-up, and hair, as well as the colour and textures used on set.
6. Training crew to safely use new and modified equipment.
7. Attending cast rehearsals and providing advice where appropriate.
8. Working with the post-production team to ensure the desired effects are preserved and that the mood of the film is maintained.
9. Keeping up-to-date with advances in the film industry and attending workshops and training sessions wherever possible.
10. Expanding networks and maintaining relationships with industry professionals.

Cinematographer:

‘in charge of the camera and the lighting crew’

‘responsible for creating the look, color, lighting, and for framing of every single shot’

‘director and cinematographer work closely together (main job is to ensure that their choices support the director’s overall vision for the film)’

‘may also act as the camera operator on more low-budget productions’

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

‘Chooses a visual style for the film‘

‘Establishes the camera setup for every shot‘

‘Determines the lighting for every scene‘

‘Explores the potential of every location‘

‘Explores the potential of every location‘

‘Elevates the vision of the director‘

(source – masterclass.com)

Director:

‘determines the creative vision of a feature film’

‘have complete artistic control of a project’

‘a strong grasp of technical knowledge taught in directing classes’

‘a personal or emotional connection to the material’

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

(pre-production)

‘Assemble a team‘

‘Create your vision for the film and communicate it to your crew‘

‘Discuss your vision with each key crew member individually‘

‘Make casting choices‘

(during production)

‘Guide the actors through scenes‘

‘Ensure every department is doing its job‘

‘Communicate with everyone as much as possible‘

‘Keep your artistic vision alive‘

(post-production)

‘Give notes to the editor‘

‘Check in with post-production teams‘

‘Give final signoff‘

(source – masterclass.com)

Louis le Prince created the first Motion picture was created way back in 1888 and cinematography has evolved significantly since then. The first motion pictures had no sound and were in black and white, however 100 years later it is now completely digital, high definition, includes sounds and also has intriguing visual effects that could have never been possible when cinematography first started. Louis is inspirational as he kickstarted the idea of cinematography.

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion-picture camera, possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence using a single lens camera and a strip of film.

The world’s earliest surviving motion-picture film, showing actual consecutive action is called Roundhay Garden Scene. Roundhay Garden Scene is a very brief silent motion picture filmed on 14 October 1888 and believed to be the oldest surviving film in existence. French inventor Louis Le Prince photographed the scene, which is set at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds in the north of England.

Louis le prince went missing in 1890. Shortly after a body was found which resembled Louis.

A photograph of a drowned man pulled from the Seine in 1890, strongly resembling Le Prince, was discovered in 2003 during research in the Paris police archives. The most likely explanation for his disappearance is thus that, having failed to get his moving picture to work and now in debt, he chose to take his own life

WIKIPEDIA-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Prince

Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché was the first female film editor. She’s inspirational as she showed that females can also do what males do in the film industry and she proved to society that women could do it the same as men which is why she is an inspiration to the editing world.

Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché, pioneer of the French and American film industries. The first woman director, she is also generally acknowledged to be the first director to film a narrative story.

 Guy directed her first moving picture, La Fée aux choux, The Cabbage Fairy. La Fée aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy, 1896) is considered the first fictional film with a scripted narrative. It was created by trailblazing French filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché. It’s a brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbage.

wikipedia-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_F%C3%A9e_aux_Choux

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2afeb4ed-5a06-4b18-a301-5d02319e2da6?list=studio

The 3 Film Roles I’d like to use are:

Film Role 1: Cinematographer

Film Role 2: Sound Designer

Film Role 3: Director

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/30c278a2-205b-4504-afb7-180bf5f95f4c

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/592c47e9-0adf-45ac-bb64-624394d07671?list=studio

Director – The director is in charge of the whole process and has the creative ideas for the film. Their role is to control the artistic, dramatic and logistical aspects of the film. The director is needed throughout the entire film process and they are needed for both post and pre production, the director often works very closely with the cinematographers as well as the actors and editors, this is necessary for the director as it enables them to fully express their ideas. The director is crucial to the film and they are in charge of the creative ideas as well as how the film looks and sounds. To be a director you need strong leadership skills as well as time management and a creative mind.

My inspiration for my film is Wes Anderson. Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and distinctive visual and narrative styles. Some of his more notable films are The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox and Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson is the most direct director in popular cinema today, but his films are simultaneously idiosyncratic and relentlessly detail. Anderson is renowned for using symmetry in his films, which creates a sense of harmony and balance. While pleasant to watch, this kind of composition also contributes to the fanciful, appearance of his films. In almost every shot there is this symmetry. Anderson has chosen to direct mostly fast-paced comedies marked by more serious or melancholic elements, with themes often centred on grief, loss of innocence, dysfunctional families. His movies have been noted for being unusually character-driven, and by turns both derided and praised with terms like “literary geek chic”. He has has been noted for extensive use of flat space camera moves, symmetrical compositions, knolling, snap-zooms and slow-motion walking shots.

For my short film I have decided to incorporate some of Wes Anderson’s techniques such as the use of symmetry in my scenes while also using themes of loss of innocence and grief while also including fast paced action and having very over the top characters.

1-Director

2-Cinematographer

3-Writer