Evaluation of the pre-production process:

Are group had negative and positive points. When we are getting on with our tasks we work well and communicate but our weakness is actually getting down to our task. I feel that some people in the group have put in a lot more work then other members. We have finally got organised and we are now up to date with our work. After being allocated our roles and organising what each individual person needs to get on with we began to form a solid group and began meeting our deadlines correctly.

Olivia took on the role of being the ‘camera women’, which she will only be credited on when we start shooting. She was the camera women in our preliminary task and really enjoyed it and because our group only had three people at the time and two of them were acting she had to do the camera on her own and managed it very well. Olivia did two pages of the storyboard, she also has organised all of the actors and created the cast list. She also came up with a lot of the ideas for how to shoot the opening sequence.

Oscar took on the role of being ‘editor’ which again he won’t get credited on until after shooting our thriller sequence. He has done the drawings for the storyboard as he takes art. He did it really quickly (not rushing it) and they came out really well.

Ellie took on the role of being continuity girl and helping with the editing. She was continuity girl in her previous shooting of the preliminary task. Ellie did two pages of the storyboard. She has been ill and so hasn’t been able to do anything more at the moment.

I took on the role of being producer and director. I am rather organised and I will be able to get everyone in position and doing what they are meant to be. I did four pages of the storyboard and got them page numbered and organised to send to the group and to print of for Oscar. I also did the props and costume list which Olivia helped me with. I also did the shooting schedule. I also came up with ideas for the opening sequence.

We firstly decided on what we would each be doing and why we thought we were best for those jobs. We then made sure we all knew exactly what wanted to come from our thriller. We then got together a rough copy of a storyboard so that we could go through it as a group and then start the real thing. After finishing the storyboards I printed them all of and gave them to Oscar for the weekend he brought them. After Oscar completing the storyboards we moved onto doing the cast list, props list, costumes list and deciding on our exact locations.

We have learnt to work as a team and make sure we meat our deadlines. We all have different strengths and weaknesses but we ended up making them work in our favour. We have all improved our skills and learnt how much time and effort it takes simply organising a group and preparing for a simple opening sequence.

If we had the chance to start it all again I would make sure we were organised from the start and make sure that everyone in the group put in the same amount of effort. I think my main strength is making sure everything is up to date if it means staying late and organising other peoples work then I will do it because I am determined to come out with a good result. I am also quite a quick worker when I get focused and I know what I am doing and I will not stop until I finish it there and then.