Unit 1 task 1 contributors
- 1. UNIT 1 PREPRODUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR THE CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRIES
- 2. TASK 1 RESEARCH PRE-PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
- 3. CONTRIBUTORS Type • specialists • experts • talent • public
- 4. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Specialists • Specialists are people with advanced skillsets in particular areas. • Specialists are often hired: o To oversee highly technical operations o To train, where specialised skills need to be learned in short periods of time o To undertake key production roles
- 5. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Technical Specialists In a aerial dogfight involved two fighter planes, specialist pilots would be recruited to fly the planes.
- 6. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Specialist trainers o In a Kung fu fight scene a martial arts specialist might be recruited to train actors who have to perform the fight moves in the scene.
- 7. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Production specialists o Occasionally, a third party specialist may be recruited into a film department to handle particular types of production work requiring highly specialised technical skills. o Example o A drone camera operator might be hired to record aerial footage of a location to establish a setting.
- 8. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Experts • During the research and development stages of a project many producers will recruit experts in particular fields to make sure that representations of individuals, types, groups, places, activities or events are constructed in a way that is authentic and accurate.
- 9. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Experts • Example: war film • The producer of a war film may recruit historical researchers to make sure that recreations of past events remain within the boundaries of what is generally accepted to be historically correct according to the majority of academics in the field.
- 10. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Talent • “Talent” on a film are the specialist performers – actors, dancers, singers. • The word talent is often used to refer to A list celebrities and those performers who have been cast in principle roles. • Their achievements and pedigree naturally stem from having developed and honed highly specialist performance skills.
- 11. CONTRIBUTORS Type • Public • Occasionally, public bodies and the public itself will be invited to play a key role in a production. • A city may enable production by allowing or supporting filming in particular locations within its limits. • The public may be asked to congregate for crowd scenes.
- 12. CONTRIBUTORS Contributor biographies A contributor biography is very much as it sounds Experts, specialists and A list talent who undertake key roles or perform key roles on a production will usually be represented by a bio in any marketing for the film, such as press kits. Key above-the-line production personnel will also been given biographies in a press folder: → Producer → Director → Screenwriter → Principal Actors