Job description:

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, they work very closely with the director in order to achieve their visuals.

Inspiration: John Alcott

John Alcott closely worked with the director Stanley Kubrick, being the cinematographer for 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon (which he won an oscar for) and The Shining. Three films worked on by Alcott were ranked between 1950–1997 in the top 20 of ‘Best Shot,’ voted by the American Society of Cinematographers suggesting his great skill. He believes ‘how to use angles, set-ups, lights, and camera as a means to tell the story’ implying the importance of cinematography and how it is used to create meaning.

sources

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/film-101-what-is-cinematography-and-what-does-a-cinematographer-do

Role Description: A film director handles the creative aspects of the filmmaking process. For example, they are the creative leads of the film and hold the vision throughout the project. Directors work closely with screenwriters, cinematographers, casting directors and production designers. Directors are employed by the executive producers who oversee production. They guide the actors and technical crew to help them capture their vision. Their duties consist of casting, shot composition, shot selection, editing, blocking/ guiding actors, reviewing and adjusting scripts and selecting which ones to turn into films, monitoring and approving film production budgets and ensuring that the film stays within its budget and on its timeline.

American director Ari Aster directed Midsommar (2019). Aster spent the first 4 years of his directing career making short films until 2008 when he made his feature film debut with “Hereditary”. In Midsommar (2019), Aster used blocking in an effective way. For example the use of the long table when they eat at before the beginning of the Midsummer festival. I admire the way in which Aster utilised the actors for example, in the opening scene when Dani breaks down on the phone to Christian after her parents and sister died. The scene evokes a lot of emotion and displays the actor (Florence Pugh)’s skills.

role one- cinematography

 A cinematographer is in charge of the camera and the desision of which camera angles to use such as low angle shot or a high angle shot and the lighting such as side lighting or back lighting. They’re responsible for choosing a style for the film and they choose how each scene is framed. Cinematography is the art of story telling by using camera angles, lighting, zoom and focus and more. They are needed in pre and post production by planning out the scenes, shooting them and then combining them.

role two- sound

sound in a film can help create an atmosphere in the film by the use of non diegetic sound and diegetic sound. By using different types of sound in different scenes can change the meaning and the story behind the scene. This shows the importance of sound and how it is needed in a film and by the sound being good it can change the meaning of the film. The use of sound is necessary to a film,

foley artists

-when recording microphones on set cant always pick up the small sounds so they are added in post preduction

-they add in many different subtle sounds such as footsteps and doors shutting

sound designers

-an individual ultimately responsible for all aspects of a film’s audio track, from the dialogue and sound effects recording to the re-recording (mix) of the final track

sound mixers

– responsible for recording all sound recording on set during the filmmaking or television production

this requires choice and deployment of microphones

-do more specific information about differnt types of sound!! on wiki

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/1acaeed1-a1e1-4041-aecb-d8d15cebeef6

For the first film role I’m using editing.

The editors role in production is to put all the clips together to produce the final product. The editor brings all the raw footage together and cuts clips out of the final product that will be shared with the audience. All clips filmed are sent to the editor and the editor choses the best to go into the film. There are some techniques which a editor uses are CROSS-CUTTING or J- cuts, L-cuts and jump cuts which are used for action. Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché inspires me due to the fact that she was the first female editor and she proved that woman can edit too and its not just men. She was one of the first people to introduce narrative fiction films, which are creative films which the story is told thought the characters, plot and setting. Guy was interviewed by the New York Clipper and she explained “I have produced some of the biggest productions ever released by a motion picture company,” (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/obituaries/alice-guy-blache-overlooked.html) Which is inspirational and influences me as she was no longer overlooked as an editor and is being commended for her work. A film which has been edited to show emotion and tension is Baby Driver. This film has two directors which shows the effort that went into creating this film. Jump cuts are used within this film which build up the tension and the editing is tightly placed together to give the film we see today. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Driver)

Job description:

A film editor is responsible for turning uncut footage from a film shoot into a finished, cohesive final project. Their duties include studying film scripts and using them to guide scene development, determining which camera angles to use and coordinating sound and visual effects in post-production. Film editors are a crucial part in forming meaning in the film.

Inspiration Sally Menke :

Sally Menke was a film editor who worked very closely with Quentin Tarantino, editing all of his films until her death in 2010. She received a call saying she could edit ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and this is where their relationship began. Menke’s ‘style is to mimic, not homage, but it’s all about re-contextualising the film language to make it fresh within the new genre.’

Sources

https://www.indeed.com/hire/job-description/film-editor?hl=en&co=US#:~:text=A%20Film%20Editor%2C%20or%20Video,visual%20effects%20in%20post%2Dproduction.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/06/sally-menke-quentin-tarantino-editing