Individual roles for our product

As a group we assigned individual roles of which we felt were most suitable to each person in the group. The roles include:

• Director
• Camera operator
• Editor
• Performer
• Sound
• Cinematographer
• Lighting

For our project I will be in charge of operating the camera as well as lighting. A camera operator is the operator of a film or video camera. The camera operator is responsible for physically operating the camera, maintaining composition and camera angles throughout a given scene or shot and capturing the scenes in the film the way it is anticipated. Important camera operator skills include choreographing and framing shots, as well as knowledge of and the ability to select appropriate camera lenses and other equipment to portray dramatic scenes. The way the camera seamlessly moves with ease is a key responsibility of the camera operator as it is essential to the narrative flow of films. Camera operators are also usually the first to use the eye piece and therefore assess how all the elements of the scene will come together to create a substantial cinematic experience.

In thriller films the camera operator tends to use various shot types, such as Point of View shots, close-ups, birds eye view shot and worms eye view shot, to draw in the attention of the audience and create a tense atmosphere. In The Godfather, which I used as part of my secondary research in my pre-production task, the point of view shot is used extensively, especially during the opening scene when Don Corleone is listening to requests from wedding guests.

Gemma Barham