Director's journal

1. By Ayan Magudia
Director's Journal

2. What role does the director play?
 A director's responsibility is to organise everybody and
make sure that they understand their role in the production
which will help us achieve our end goal.
 They must a clever understand ,vision and good
communication skill to the production team moreover they
should be able to take criticism as this would help use to
improve our end products , hear the different ideas of the
people in our group.
 All responsibility must be taken by the director as they
make the end decision, identify any problems as at the end
of the day they are ultimately responsible. And the director
work throughout the different stages of the production such
as planning to the post productions stages to ensure the
vision is shown through.

3. What did the role involve?
My responsibilities in production
included:
 Establishing the narrative (through the script)
 Recording the voiceover
 Hiring the equipment
 Organising times, dates with our actress
 Oversaw the editing process
 During the filming coming up with creative shots
 Making such that our actress knew what she was
doing
 Identifying any possible health and safety issues
These roles help us to produces a successful outcome

4. Why did I take this role?
 During this production I had chosen this role as I want
to face different challenges which will help build skills
and understand how the role of a director is key in the
different stage in the production.
 I feel that my strengths was organising and 'directing‘
my group which helped use products our end
products. And by planning out shot and location made
my vision more clear also by working with a good
friends I was able to understand what are his strength
and weakness.
 And during the last production I was a camera man
this meant that I had background information on the
different shots and angle to use which will highlight
the cods and convention.

5.  There was some problems and obstacles for example
when forgetting a prop which had been used from the
last film session but was forgotten or have over
exposer of light during the films session due to the
camera, this we learnt from that experience check
that setting for the next time we filmed that scene and
then did it again and it came out well moreover falling
behind schedule as we may need to re film a scene
this makes it difficult , as a director I had kept in mind
that ,we may need to film so we had planned out extra
days which meant that we can improve our footage.
By having good communication skill it made it easier
to arrange dates for filming

6. Taught me?
 This role has allowed me to have a great
understanding on how a film is created and the
process behind it moreover it had allowed me to
gain quality which will help in the future such as
communication skills which has helped me work
well as a group , as I was more familiar with the
equipment I was able to use they to the best of
my potentials