Introduction: For my introduction I will first start off by welcoming everyone to my presentation, introducing myself and my senior topic and explaining the reason why I chose it which is because I am a person who loves film and loves watching films whether they would be considered good or bad and critiquing them on why I liked or did not like it and I am always interested in the people who are part of the production such as the producer, director, and actors. Why I specifically chose Film Production is because I wanted to go deeper into the subject, I wanted to enter the world of film industry and wanted to know more about the process and people who are part of it and who are responsible for even having a film exist. I will then explain my essential question which is "What is most essential during the production of a quality film?" which means what is most necessary or needed during the making of a film that is both worth making for and worth watching after. Finally I am going to explain the plan the plan for the day which is first starting off by explaining what the production of a film is and who are the key people behind it, then explain my first answer: a collaborative cast and crew, then the activity to that answer, my second and final answer: a responsible producer who knows how to manage a schedule, find a good story (screenplay), hire a talented and collaborative cast and crew, and make rightful decisions that will overall help the production, after that the second and last activity relating to that answer, and finally the conclusion. Goal: 2 min
Foundation: For the foundation I will explain what the production of a film with explaining each stage of film production, what goes on during production in those stages, and who are the key people working in those stages which are development, pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution. Goal: 2 min
Body:
Answer 1: My first answer that I will be discussing about is a collaborative cast and crew, which means a cast and crew who work together like a team or a family. I will explain how the cast and crew can be collaborative with one another without starting any conflicts and after explain who are the key people who are part of the cast and crew and their jobs from least to most important. I will start off by explaining who the gaffer is, who is basically the light technician on the set. I will explain how a gaffer needs to know how to use their lights, and how to use key, fill, and back lighting by using lights borrowed from my ROP class. Then I will explain who the sound engineer is, or boom mic operator, what their job is, who are the grips, and how to properly set up and use the boom mic by borrowing equipment from the ROP class. After I will explain what an associate producer is and what an assistant director is and what are their duties. Then I will explain who the cinematographer is, such as what their jobs are, and what is their relationship between the director, camera operators, and gaffers. Then I will explain what is an actor, and how they should get into character while filming, and how they can be collaborative with the rest of the cast and crew. I will also reveal my top five favorite actors/actresses that have been or currently involved in the film industry and why. Finally I discuss who the director is, such as their duites, how they do their job, how they should do their job, how they should form relationships between their cast and crew and make them feel important. I will also reveal my top five favorite directors who have been or currently are busy in the film industry and why. Why I chose to go with this format to present my first answer is because the goal of this is to get the students to be familiar with these different people and connect it with group and teamwork projects they currently do at the school. Also to explain how these different cast and crew members can do their job proficiently so that they would be considered collaborative and easy to work with. Goal: 15 min
Activity 1: My first activity will consist of students to choose a known film from a prepared screenplay and to film a scene (using the cameras and other equipment such as boom mic, headphones, and tripod) from that film. By the beginning of my presentation, students are going to be divided into groups based on film distribution studios such as Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, Disney, Columbia, and 20th Century Fox, this will teach them about competition and trying to make the better film. I will then hand out a paper to each student from each group to have them pick out. The paper will have a job written for them such as producer, director, actor, cinematographer, etc. The producer for each group is going to choose the film according to whatever distributing studio they belong to (ex. Universal-Jurassic Park, Disney- Beauty and the Beast) which is going to be adapted by them. After that I will give each student from each group a paper to pick out again except for the producer. These papers will have a personality trait on them which would say friendly, cynical, bossy, rude, kind, yes-man, shy, obnoxious, peacemaker, leader, smart alek, etc. The students can reveal what job they have but they CANNOT reveal what personality trait they have, for they have to learn how to get to know each other and how to work with one another before assuming they know about the person from what they've seen or heard about, which happens a lot in film production. The students have to make sure they play out their roles and personalities. They have about the 10 min to rehearse lines and scenes and 10 min to film, otherwise they have the whole 20 min if they want to start filming. After they film, we will briefly, discuss about their experiences. Probably by the end of the entire presentation, we can review what what was recorded by the students. This relates to my first answer because the students will learn how to be the different roles on production and how to collaborate with each other. Goal: 20 min
Answer 2: My second and final answer is a responsible producer who knows how to manage a schedule, find a good story (screenplay), hire a talented and collaborative cast and crew, and make rightful decisions that will overall help the production. Basically for this part I will go into detail of how the producer should present these qualities during the production of a film. First I will discuss about different documents and schedules that the producer has to manage and be responsible for such as call sheets, take logs, schedules, storyboards, still shots, and screenplays. Second I will discuss how a producer finds a good story, what they expect and look for in a story or screenplay, and when they know they have found one. Third, I will discuss how the producer hires the cast and crew and the process that goes with it. Finally, I will discuss how the producer can settle conflicts and problems within the production of a film. I will also give examples of conflicts and problems that can occur on production such as cast and crew disputes and choosing locations and see if the students can figure out how to solve these problems. Goal: 15 min
Activity 2: For my second and final activity , the producers from each group and from the activity before are going to pitch films to their other group members acting as studio executives. Just like the activity from before the producers will choose a film corresponding to their distributing company. To all the studio executives I will pass out papers to each of them that they pick out randomly that either say "Love it" or "Hate it" and during the pitch the studio executives must come up and reasons why they should finance this film to the producer and if they hate it, challenge the producer to make them convinced to finance the film. What the producer has to do is showoff screenplays and storyboards to the studio executives and discuss who they want to use for the film such as director and actors, where they want to film it, and further information on why they want the film to be financed. By the end of the activity each group has to state where the film was green lit or dropped. This relates to my second answer because it requires the producer to be interested in a story they like, hence most likely the producers will choose the film they like most, and they have to explain who they want to hire on the film, which were the actual cast and director who actually worked on the film, why they should be hired, where they plan to film and why, and what can they do to settle conflicts and disputes. Goal: 20 min
Conclusion
Best Answer: My best answer for my essential question "What is most essential during the production of a quality film?" is a responsible producer who knows how manage a schedule, find a good story (screenplay), hire a talented and collaborative cast and crew, and make rightful decisions that will overall help the production. I chose this answer because it is the producer that starts the production of the film, they are the people who get all credited cast and crew members, all the special effects supervisors, music composers, etc. to work on the film. All the qualities I had listed that a responsible producer should have is the very reason why a film that was once in production turns out to be a quality film and be successful. Most of this reason comes from my service learning to, depending on what type of producer you are in an assigned film, determines the overall grade of the film and how it turns out. I will explain this and furthermore about why a responsible producer would be the best answer. Also something to note, at the Academy Awards, the one who is awarded the Best Picture Oscar is the producer(s). Goal: 2 min
- Three Most Important Sources: My first important source would be my Service Learning. My service learning was the ROP Film/Video Production class taught by Phillip Miller. Mr. Miller taught more than what I expected in a filmmaking class, it felt more like a class taken in college. We were given numerous assignments to do films whether it would be silent shorts, music videos, PSAs, adaptations, or our own story and we the students are each assigned roles that actually exist in the film industry such as the producer, director, actor, screenwriter, editor, etc. I also had my third interview with Phillip Miller and beyond that we would always discuss about and critique films with one another and explain what worked what did not work and the performances of the producer, director, actors, and sometimes other crew members working on the film. His answer to my essential question was "A good story", but as we all know it had been the producer's responsibility to find that story. Just the experience alone and the ability to role play as actual people in the film industry and know what it's like to do their jobs gave me enough source to come to my final answer. Goal: 30 sec
2. My second most important source was Louis Fossum, a professor who teaches Film History and Theater at California Polytechnic University in Pomona, CA. I had my fourth interview with him and we discussed a lot about the roles and relationships with the cast and crew and the producers and their responsibilities, which most of his answers led me to my final answer and helped learn more about the people involved in film production. His answer to my essential question happened to be one of my answers "A collaborative cast and crew", but how I got to my answer as a responsible producer is that the producer hires that cast and crew and makes sure that the film is done on time and on budget due to the collaboration of the cast and crew. Goal: 30 sec
3. My third and final important source I am going to be discussingis a book called Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts by Troy Lanier and Clay Nicholas. The book teaches beginning filmmakers how to start making their own films from development to distribution, how to be a better producer, director, writer, etc., how to behave like someone on the cast and crew, how to plan out your production, and how to hire your people and use your sources such as locations, props, and equipments. This book discusses about almost everything I present in the 2 hour presentation and is a perfect book to read for beginners and is one of the books we learned from In my ROP class. Goal: 30 sec
Product: The product of my Senior Project which I will be discussing about is the chance of finally being a producer for my own films three times during the year. My first time of being a producer was my silent short in I also directed and written early in ROP, a horror called "Attack of the Werewolf", my creative expression, I documentary which I also directed called "Best Films for I-Poly Class of 2011" which I interview several I-Poly seniors about their favorite films of all time. My third film I produced and written is a comedy called "Monitors" about a group of unofficial school hall monitors, which is also my last film in ROP. I feel this is important because ever since I was young, I loved creating stories and characters but afraid to get my ideas out there even to the beginning of senior year, but this project helped me face my fears and I got the chance to be a leader for once instead of being the one usually following orders. The project helped me be more responsible for my actions and decisions and not to be afraid of getting my ideas out there and creating more films. Recently I got accepted to California State University, Los Angeles and I am going to be attending there and be a major in Film and Television Media, where I can start furthering my career as a filmmaker and finally have the confidence to getting my stories, screenplays, talent, and ideas out into the film industry. Goal: 2 min
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