Ultimatum: My contribution

My Contribution to the construction of our opening title sequence: Ultimatum

Acting
My primary role in our opening title sequence was to be one of two of the title sequences main actors casted. I myself had put myself forward to be one of the actors in the production with previous experience in the industry as well as featuring as an actor in other tasks such as the prelim task in which can be found in the posts on my blog. In this role, I was tasked to portray a character in which would sufficiently represent that of the character the leading director, Daniel, had visioned and attempted to portray. I enhanced this role and begin to work on my ways in which could improve the standard of my acting as it is a profession in which I had taken interest in and would potentially consider adapting as a future career occupation. As clear in many scenes, I used my knowledge and understanding of the treatment of our opening title sequence to familiarize myself with the character and devise an high-quality level of production. I believe that my dedication to successfully portray the character suited has been reflected by the standard of our production overall, as well as being credited by others for my debut movie role.

Risk Assessment Manager
Throughout the production, I took great pride in the efficiency and dedication that our team had all individually and as a group had shown in the production of the title sequence Ultimatum. In order to do this, it was utterly important that the number one priority was the safety of our group. As a result, I created a risk assessment, which can be found on my blog, in order to identify any possible threats which could affect negatively the production of our title sequence. Being a thriller genre production, it was inevitable that we would be using such props as knives and guns, therefore, I took the initiative to devise some simple procedure in which would eliminate the possibility of and harm caused to all that are involved. These included proper handling of the equipment when in use and using protective covers for such sharp object like the knives when they were not being used.

Lighting Director
Another role I played in the production of ultimatum was to be in charge of the positioning and safety of the artificial lighting used to enhance the caption of shots in our sequence. I was responsible for setting up the lights and distorting the levels of brightness to give the desired effect which can be scene in the image below of the antagonist in our film portrayed by one of the members in our group. This gave the gloomy effect and let the audience know from the shot that the character was a villain figure and a common connotation of a antagonist, darkness and the dark red tint which you can see from the picture below. As I also stated in my risk assessment, another health and safety issue was the heat that the lights gave off when being on for long periods of time, in order to solve this, i used an oven glove in order to take the bulb out safely and reduce the risk as any injuries such as burning of the skin which can lead to blisters which could potentially inflicted damage to the cast and crew.

Illustrator
One of roles I took up was the illustrator of the storyboard, in which the information was written by Director Daniel. My passion and love for art made me a clear candidate for the role of illustrator of the images on our story board in which was used to keep us on track of the shots and re-buff the memory of those of our group of the shots that we had done and which needed to be completed. Although this role may appear small, It was one I took very seriously as it allowed me to showcase my drawing skills and express my thoughts and feeling in the drawing in which we used frequently. The full description of the storyboard can be seen on my blog and information about how the storyboard was used in greater detail.

Editing
My contribution to editing was small but still notable in the production of ultimatum. The majority of the editing was done by the main Editor Connor, but each member of the group done a bit of editing whilst in the assistance of Connor who devotes a large majority of his time to editing and is familiar with the software used as he took GCSE media, along with the other members of my group and as being the first year rook in our production I felt it was important to contribute to every part of the production of Ultimatum even if it was minimal to showcase that I am serious about the subject and would like to educate myself further on the subject and its benefits to me in the future after leaving school.