Foundations of Production

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Foundations of Production

• An Overview of the Class

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Introductions
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Andrew Kenneth Gay, GTA

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from UCF.
• Current Master of Fine Arts candidate.
• Have worked as a freelance film professional for
  five years on commercials, television, and
  movies.
• Have worked for VH1, the Disney Channel,
  Discovery Channel, Spike TV, and on five feature
  films.
• Have worked as a Location Scout, Production
  Coordinator, Assistant Director, UPM, and
  Producer.
• Have written and directed three short films that
  have played 40 films festivals and won eight
  awards.

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Introduce Yourself

• Name
• Major
• Cartoon character most like yourself

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The Syllabus

• Read along!

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Final Group Project

• An Overview of Member Roles

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The Producer

• The Producer is the leader of the group project.
  While the project is collaborative, all logistic
  decisions ultimately fall with the Producer.
• Specifically, the Producer is responsible to
  coordinate and oversee the other members
  responsibilities, to manage the pre-production
  schedule, organize and attend group meetings, and
  sign off on all scheduling and budgetary
  decisions made during production.
• The Producer is also responsible for overseeing
  the Production Binder worth 25 of the whole
  groups final grade.

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The Director

• The Director is the creative leader of the
  project. His/her artistic vision will shape the
  development of the entire film.
• The Director is responsible for approving all
  creative decisions, including casting, shot
  lists, production design plans, locations, script
  revisions, etc.
• On set, the Director alone guides actor
  performances and works with the Director of
  Photography to make shot decisions.

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The Writer

• The Writer writes the screenplay.
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• He/she also writes script revisions as requested
  by the Producer and Director.

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The Director of Photography

• The Director of Photography, sometimes called the
  Cinematographer, is responsible for camera and
  lighting.
• For the purposes of this project, the DP must
  operate the camera on set.
• The DP should also work closely with the Director
  in creating the shot list, storyboards, and
  overhead floor plans for camera placement.

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Production Designer

• The Production Designer is in charge of designing
  the look of everything that appears in front of
  the camera.
• For this project, the Production Designer will
  act as set dresser, prop master, wardrobe
  supervisor, and location scout, or at least
  oversee these responsibilities should additional
  crewmembers be brought onboard.
• As part of the Production Binder, the Production
  Designer will create a complete art department
  plan.

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The 1st Assistant Director

• The 1st Assistant Director is the set foreman, in
  charge of running, organizing, scheduling, and
  overseeing all set activities during production.
• The 1st AD is responsible for creating all call
  sheets, schedules, and production reports.
• He/she is the Producers eyes and ears and the
  Directors mouth on set.

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The Script Supervisor

• The Script Supervisor is in charge of maintaining
  continuity from shot to shot, take to take.
• The Script Sup takes copious notes about every
  single camera take. He/she makes sure that
  everything from dialogue lines to actor staging
  to placement of props maintains consistency
  throughout the shooting of a scene.
• The Script Sup also acts as the set court
  reporter, recording much of the information that
  ultimately goes into the 1st ADs production
  report at the end of the day.