Roles and Positions of the crew

Director - Emma Taylor

Assistant Director – Tom Bailey
Director of Photography - Abigail Ford

Sound Production and Designer - Tom Bailey
Arts Director and Production Design – Saquib Younis

Editor - Emma Taylor        

Makeup and hair - Abigail Ford

Story board and Animatics - Tom Bailey

On set; the roles explained - What's in the Job?

Director

The director is the creative driving force in the production of the film and is the crucial link between the production, technical and creative teams. It's the director's job to successfully translate the script into motion pictures on the screen. Directors make the crucial decisions; selecting the cast, crew and location of the film. They direct rehearsals both off and on set throughout the film's production. They also manage all the technical sides of production; camera, sound, lighting, design and special effects. The director also works closely with the editor in post production. The director is the driving force for the cast and crew and is responsible for motivating the team, and they must incorporate the needs of the film's producers. Directors must have exceptional artistic vision and creative skills to develop an engaging film.

Assistant Director 

The first Assistant Director is the Directors right hand person, taking responsibility for a number of important practices so that the director is free to concentrate on the creative process. First AD's main duties are assisting the director, coordinating all production activity and supervising all the cast and crew. They are also in charge of a department of other Assistant directors and runners, Overall the provide the key link between the Director, the cast and the crew, whilst also liaising with the production office and providing regular progress reports about the shoot. Before the shoot the First's main task is to create a filming schedule, working in careful consultation with the director in order to fulfill his or her creative ambitions. When drawing up the shooting schedule the first AD's must also be aware of the budgetary constraints, cast availability and script coverage. Preparing the storyboard, overseeing the hiring of locations, props and equipment and checking weather reports, all are key pre-production duties for firsts. During production, they must ensure that everyone is on standby ready for the director's cue for action.

Director of Photography

   
Directors of photography (DoPs) are key heads of department on film productions, and theirs is one of the main creative roles. They are requested by the Director, and must be approved by the financiers, studio and/or completion bond company. DoPs work closely with the Director and the production designer to give a film its visual signature. Lighting is one of the fundamental elements in film making; the way in which the light falls on the actors face, reveals an interior space, or illuminates a landscape, can create mood, drama and excitement for an audience. The ability of a film to entertain and emotionally move an audience is the result of a highly collaborative process which encompasses, performance, editing and music. The role of the Director of Photography or cinematographer is to provide a film with its unique film identity, or look. Most DoPs work of commercials and promos as well as on feature films. Although the hours are long and some foreign travel may be required, involving long periods spent away from base, the word is highly creative and very rewarding.

Sound production and Designer 

Usually the sound producer and designer are two separate people, however due to the constraints in the crew we have, their roles have been combined. Ensuring that the dialogue recorded during films shoots, is suitably clear is a complex job; most film sets are challenging for the sound department as there are often unwanted noises to deal with, or the desired camera shots hamper the placing of microphones.  

Arts Director and production design

Art directors act as project managers for the biggest department on film crews and are responsible for the entire art department. They play a crucial role in helping the directors achieve the directors achieve the films visual requirements, and in providing producers with carefully calculated schedules which offer viable ways of making films within agreed budgets and specified periods of time. Filming locations may range form an orderly Victorian parlor to a late night cafe, to the interior of an alien space ship. The look of the set or location is vital in drawing the audience into the story, and is an essential element in making film convincing and evocative. A great deal of work and imagination goes into constructing an appropriate locations and/or sets.

Editor

Editors work closely with the Director before shooting begins, deciding how to maximize the potential of the  screen play. On the first day of principle photography, Editors begin work in the cutting room (sometimes on location), looking at the previous days rushes which are developed over night at the Film Lab and synced-up (synchronized, the alignment of sound and image) by the assistant editor.

(Information taken from the creative skill set)