Production

I found Abigails classes quite interesting, especially because we are about to produce our own short films soon. My organisational skills aren't exactly OCD standard but when it comes to producing a film which I'm passionate about then I think the whole process seems like it means something.

I wasn't so aware about the role of the producer until now. I knew roughtly that producers are in charge of making sure everything is runing smoothly but now I know that theres lots more organising involved. And lots more paper!

I've learned that as the role of a producer you have to manage and work closley with other people. Orginising meetings/locations/budget seems quite demanding proving the role to be somewhat challenging.

Call me weird, but I actually liked the task where i had to break down the sript. I think it must have been the highlighters. At this stage it is all about thinking practically about what is going to be shot and when. However, I thought the shooting schedal was quite tedious. It puts the whole idea for the film into perspective and I think learning this will make me think more about my writing - is having a girl hanging out a top-floor window really do-able?

I'm pretty bad at maths so I can't see myself working with the budgeting side of producing, however it is definatly something I'm starting to consider. I like the idea of finding the heart of the project and I think that producing could be a very rewarding job as you are managing to keep everything together and work hard on something through to the end.