LO 2: Task 3 - Understanding Skills needed to fulfill the role of a Director

I will be researching and looking at the skills and qualities between the director and the rest of the production team where I will be talking about the role which I actually played.

Verbal Communication

Communication between different members of the production team is vital so they understand what you need from them during the filming process and other bits which contribute towards the final product. During unit 41 I told my team what I wanted to film and the different angles which we would need to record it from in order for it to look good in the final product.  The director has a lot of respect from members of the production team so they listen to you and do what you need them to do in order for the production to be successful.

Written Communication

There are a lot of things required as being a director like different materials needing to be produced like scripts and storyboards with getting ideas and thoughts down on paper which will actually come out like how you envisioned it. When working on unit 41 to create the documentary myself and the other members created documents which helped us in the filming of the production of the documentary. The different storyboards were how I pictured the documentary to look with different scenes and different angles. 

Practical Production

The director needs to ensure that what he envisioned the production to be like is maintained throughout the filming. During the production of unit 41 I also filmed with the camera at the gig acting as a cameraman throughout the night where I also went on to edit some parts of the video. I improved my filming skills by getting different angles and shots with the Canon 650D and my editing skills using adobe premiere working on the footage we got. 

Creativity 

I believe during the production of unit 41 I put a lot of creative ideas into it and told the team what I envisioned it to look like where I was able to effectively communicate with them of the idea I had which they took well and liked the ideas and contributed some of there own to make it even better.