Pre Production Roles Unit 1

Identifying roles within pre-production

Actors/Actresses

-       Tyler Posey

-       Dylan O’Brien

-       Holland Roden

-       Shelley Henning’s

-        Arden Cho

-       Dylan Sprayberry

-       Tyler Hoechlin

Actors and actresses that get the part of television show must audition for the roles they want and if they get the part they must make themselves available, also they have the responsibility of learning their lines. Actor should be very familiar with the stage and the set and know where entrances and exits are, where backstage access areas are where costumes and props are kept before rehearsals. Actors are responsible for attending rehearsals. Failure to fulfill their responsibilities means being asked to leave the show.

Executive producers

-       Jeff Davis

-       Russell Mulcahy

-       Marty Adelstien

-       Rene Echevarria

-       Tony Distanto

-       Liz Gateley

-       Joseph P. Genier

Executive Producers are responsible for the overall quality control of the production. They are also associated with legal issues for example copyrights or royalties.  An Executive Producer also generally contributes to the film's budget without this extra money then the program won’t be able to go ahead therefore the executive producers usually puts money in to the production and they may or may not work on set.

Co Executive Producers

-       Tim Andrew

-       Ian Stokes

-       Karen Gorodetzky

Co Executive producers are two or more working producers who perform jointly or cumulatively all of the producer functions as a team or group. Co executive producers usually assist the executive producers and help to make their lives a little easier. Second in position to executive producer who attends writing team meetings.

Producers:

-       Eric Wallace

-       Blaine Williams

Producers make the big decisions for television shows or movie, such as choosing the director and other lead players for the production project.  They are responsible for making the business- and budget-related decisions of the project. The producer is ultimately responsible for shaping the project. A producer can also be the writer of the episode, or a former executive producer who still writes for the show. Since producer credits are used for individual episodes, they often require approval from the Writers Guild of America.

Co Producers

-       Damon Jackson

-       Tyler Posey

Co producers usually have less responsibility then the producer of the TV programme. They help out the producers of the show for opinions on what may work and may not work. They also assist with the production. Writers on the show who may not have written the episode, but contributed significantly through table reads or revisions. They usually assist the producers of the show by giving a helping hand.

Production designer

-       Thomas William Hallbauer

Production designers usually work with the director and producer, the product designer also designs the set and the way it looks for example because this TV programme is set in the 21^st centaury there may be a MacBook laptop in the background or because its an American television show so there might be sports gear like for example because this specific show their school sport is lacrosse so their might be a lacrosse jersey in the background of the set. Before everything is put on set usually the production team draws up a sketch of what the set would look like and to try things out.

Casting

-       Wendy O’Brien C.S.A

-       Jeffrey Gafner

The person that usually does the casting must understand the character that they are holding auditions for, as they need to visualize the person auditioning playing that actual character and if they are good enough they would inform that they got the part. Sometimes if somebody is auditioning for one part they may get anther part because the casting think they would suit a different role. For example Dylan O’Brien auditioned for Scott McCall in this specific however he got the role for Stiles Stilinski because he fitted the role as there is so much humor for his character which relates to him in real life. 

Written by

-       Jeff Davis

-       Ian Stokes

This is the people who write the script they are usually responsible for understanding the character so things they might say and their kind of personality. They usually work with producers and the director and discuss what needs to happen next which then the writer goes ahead and writes the episode and must deal with changes that the producers or director may want to change if it doe not work for the scene so they must be open to ideas.

Directed by

-       Russell Mulcahy

Directors are usually hired by the executive and are asked questions as to what kind of ideas they have they must make themselves available at all times.  Directors are responsible for creatively translating the film's written script into actual images and sounds on the screen. During pre-production, Directors make crucial decisions, such as selecting the right cast, crew and locations for the film. They then direct rehearsals and the performances of the actors once the film/TV programme is in production.