My role in the film was as a director and cinematographer. Our opening title sequence is about A girl struggles with a murderous alternate personality; whose immorality leads to the deaths of many in our protagonist’s life. I worked closely with Seb our producer during pre-production to organise what props and equipment would be required, the actors we’d work with and the locations used. I made sure that the timetable suited everyone involved, so that actors would be available whenever we were filming. Together Seb and I made a list of all the equipment and props we would need; I booked out the equipment from the loan store and agreed to store it in Seb’s flat, as it is the easiest place to do so thanks to it being opposite Trafalgar Halls. I also secured booking time for the Eldon Studio and organised risk assessments and permission for every location we would use for filming.

Through our shoots taking place, I would organise the set, equipment, lighting and props. I helped to arrange much of the set, including a dolly we unfortunately didn’t use. Due to conflicts with another group booking out the one we wanted, myself and Seb was able to negotiate with the loan store to acquire another one, however this dolly was of a different design, and even with the help of the loan store staff we were unable to use it as we desired. As such, the group elected to not use it. 

Outside of the studio, I remained active at shoots, helping Seb set up shots and carry equipment to and from location. Sebs room was used to film a handful of shots, which was significant as it allowed us to establish a realistic setting and ground our film in realism. I also helped looked after unused equipment during outdoor shots, as we were worried that items might be damaged or stolen by the public. 

After filming our shots, me and Leon our editor went into the editing suite and made our rough cut and from there we made our final cut by colour correcting as well as playing around with effects and sound in terms or music and Foley so the piece looked more visually appealing.

Overall, I am satisfied with my contribution to the project, as I feel that I kept the production organised and safe throughout, whilst putting in my creative traits to orchestrate a well put together opening title sequence.

For our first assignment this year we had the task of making a film proving that we know how to set up the camera and sound equipment. Apart from proving our knowledge we were also assessed on the quality and the creativity of the film which ment we weren’t supposed to make just a regular tutorial.

For our info-film, based around how to use the recording equipment we use for the course, we decided to film an action – thriller style piece called ‘don’t die’, where a girl is held hostage and is put in a life or death situation where she has to assemble the equipment within five minutes .  Ben Morgan was director, Adam was executive producer and editor, myself and Lewis were cinematographers, though we all shared each others roles so we can have a equal understanding of the roles for future project purposes. – I helped ensure with the rest of my team that we had all of the equipment needed, time management so we knew when to film and our actors were accounted for, crew diligent and arriving on time, and that the footage was edited before the deadline came. All four of us worked collaboratively in the editing booth to finish the film the week after filming.