Research on job roles

 Directors have full creative control over the production on set they are also in charge of what happens story wise and work closely with the writers however overlook all aspects. Directors are employed by the producer or executive producer who ultimately have full control if they want a particular message or scene in the production the director will create this adding creativity to capture the audience with techniques and imagery using the mise en scene. Directors will frequently join the writers who are essential for the director’s vision which will be the end product and help write and create the story with feedback and criticism which should be in the best interests of the story. 

Depending on the budget of the movie the director may also do other jobs as well to do with visual aesthetic to help the diegeses of the product and also may play a role in the movie whether an essential character or a side character whose less important to the story. They also work with casting producers to help pick the right actor for the role. The director will also have control over what the characters will wear which the costume designers will replicate and adapt the outfit of the characters. The director will work and oversee before the production has begun working with writers and lighting artists, as well as after the filming’s finished with the editor to get the right cut perfectly edited where the director will make the final decision. 

 

The producers are the financial, practical and like the director creative mind of the production the are ultimately at the top of the hierarchy, making the final decision on what goes, whether there’s an agenda for the story, whether the story’s allegorical or scenes out of place, they work closely with the director, overseeing all aspects. The producers also choose the story, and the director does their best to recreate and even put their own spin on it. Producers also oversee the budget of the movie as they partially finance it and are also responsible and liable for health and safety. 

 

Grip the Grip needs a lot of knowledge to do with cameras, as well as geography of locations that may be filmed at. They work closely with all departments, in order to make sure that certain equipment can be used during production. For example, if the movie is somewhere cold equipment will need to be adapted for the environment, so it works correctly. Grips also need to be able to improvise in situations of pressure and be ready to overcome unpredicted situations.  

 

 Commissioning  

Bodies: corporations, independent production companies, independent directors or producers 

Organizations/ producers. These will help fund projects from smaller and larger projects that have potential.  

Includes directors, producers, editors, writers etc. 

 

Working as writer  

Crucial for the story, essential for the structure, story of the production, must be clear to everyone else exactly how the they want it to be, works closely to the director, who works closely to the producer, to nail what ideals/ story that needs to be told, the writer is there to lay it out and build a story, and develop characters from it, the director is there to make sure everything flows smoothly and is essentially the catalyst between the writers laying the story and the production crew and needs to be able to make sacrifices to scenes and characters for it to fit perfectly. And be able to adjust and adapt the script  

Agent representation, have an agent help find work for you and your script to lead you on to bigger jobs and roles 

Royalty payments, essentially payments depending on the type of royalty, agreement made on both parties calculated on gross revenue 

Professional organization, be as organized as possible as it will help in the long run keep track of what you need to do, including projects, it also looks good being organized as opposed to not knowing what you’re doing 

Time management, time management is important because you can get the most out of a small amount of time, time is money, and also its not good if people are waiting for you because you waste yours and their money. 

 

Legal and ethical considerations – this includes, considerations backed by the law, meaning that if you produce anything that breaks certain rules your eligible to be sued, as well as this it also takes ethical (moral) considerations, that are also important for the legal side   

Copyright- officially copying/ stealing something  

 Bias- objectively favoring something, sectioning something out. 

Censorship- censoring something you don’t like or disagree with/ not allowing free speech or an idea. 

Watersheds- unsuitable for children, frequent use of bad language  

Libel- essentially slander, saying something that’s not true. 

Plagiarism purposely stealing work from someone else 

 

Documentary screening  

Composer editor, someone that edits audio to fine tune what the director or producer wants  

Screenwriter, someone that that writes the script for a product that will appear on screen, linked to the director, they work closely together to make sure the end product is as good as it can be and there is full transparency between everyone is involved. 

Agents, an agent is someone that that represents. A writer/ actor etc. and finds them work, an agent will put their clients work out there for producers to see so they can be employed and then work their way up, an agent is always in the best interests of their client.  

Is it ok for screenwriters to be bias?  

Yes the they are, for a lot of reasons, one it may be necessary for the story being told, for example if it’s about race it’s needed for the story, of course the writer themselves may not share the views, however for a story to be compelling the viewer needs to believe what their seeing, and history is riddled with bias, as well as the modern world, so to be believable bias is needed, however their should be a counterbalance of course going against it the audience agrees with, someone who represents morality in the story/ the story needs to develop, another reason is it’s freedom of speech, so things like  political views are of course ok, which also brings it to religious views which is also ok because we’ve come to the agreement that everyone has their own reception on subjects so just because theirs a film with allegoric meaning doesn’t mean that their going to convert tomorrow after seeing it, also if everyone has the same opinions and everything that someone disagrees with/ isn’t politically correct the thought police censor, then it would be very boring and there would be no individuality.