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 Classification Board

What does the classification board do?

All film and Games need to have a Classification before it can be legally available to the public.

The Classification board decides the classifications on the film and games which allows them to be available to the public. They provide the consumer with information with classifications to inform the consumer what they may be watching or playing with the classification rating.

How important is context in the decisions making process?

 The context is extremely important in the decision making process as depending on the different contexts and its meaning in the product. It is to inform the audience about the contexts of the product by categorizing certain material.

How is the impact assessed?

The Classification board follows the “Classification (publications, film and computer games) act 1995”

When deciding the necessary classification for a product. The Classification Board must follow a law placed upon placed in 1995. The impact is assessed with that law as the centre point to ensure that all classifications are classified correct so that the materials for certain products are correctly classified

Research some of the decisions the Board has made in recent years. What content has been refused classification or needed to be amended?

The Game Mortal Kombat was refused classifications in Australia due for the games strong violence that was considered as R18+ classification, But due to the Law and guidelines the classification board must follow in Australia. Video games classifications only reach up to MA15+ while this game would be considered as R+18 the classification board had no choice to decline the classification for the video game Mortal Kombat.

UNDEAD MAKING OF

UNDEAD MAKING OF

UNDEAD created and directed by the Spierig brothers was a low budget film that was in the cinemas in 2003. The film had many difficulties filming the film due to their low budget. The Spierig brothers committed 2 and half years on making the film. They had many challenges filming this movie, one of the challenges was the low budget they had and how they had to find and beg for most of the equipment used for this film.

During the pre production stages they had to build a lot of the interior designs which took a long time to build with finding the materials to build the interiors.

The budget they had for the movie ran out during half way through the first day though of film. They had to find materials and beg people for materials for their film. They had limitations on certain film shot takes as their resources were limited.

Costuming was a problem as the main makeup artist had to out make up on 30 people in a short time for film production. Each person takes roughly1 hour but he was doing the make up for 30mins each person and picked a virus and was ill. He had only one or two assist helping him with the makeup and costuming.

With the SFX they couldn’t afford a green screen and so they took an art canvas and painted it green. It has some problems due to the creases on the canvas. With the editing and rendering of the effects and the film, it took a long time and the computer kept crashing causing problems for the cast. 

During the Post Production stages they could not afford a proper studio to record the sounds and music so they had to record it in their mother’s office room. They spend 8months working on the VFX for the film, they had 3 computers working on the VFX and on average the each computer would crash 10-15 times a day.

The making of UNDEAD is very inspirational for any low budget film as it showed all the difficulties that UNDEAD encountered during the product for the film and proves that you are able to work with any kind of budget to make a film.

Help Wanted.

 

Technician (theatrical): a technician is a person who operates the technical equipments and systems of the Entertainment industry and Performing arts. There usually positions are set construction, Sound system configuration and operation, lighting design and light board operation, Stage management and the operation of Special effects including fog machines and pyrotechnics.

Graphic designers: graphic designers are people who assemble together images, typography or motion graphics to create a design. They create the graphics mainly for published, printed or electronic media. They are also responsible for illustrations, user interfaces and web design.

Qualification: there is generally no qualification on being a graphic designer but rather your skill level such programs and fulfilling the client’s needs. Most people will complete a degree for graphic design, usually takes about 3 years to complete.

Audio engineer:  Audio engineer are people who are specialized in using machinery and equipment to record, synchronize, mix or reproduce music, voices, or sound effects. They can work in movie, music recording, and theater or video game industries. An audio technician makes sure the sound equipment functions are running smoothly at a studio or event.

Video Editor: A Video Editor’s job is to prepare the final version of the product. In the post production stage they take raw footage, pick the best shots and put them in order, and add sound, graphics and special effects.

Qualifications: no specific qualifications are required and so this area of work is open to all graduates and diplomats. These skills may give you the advantage of getting the job.

-          Communication and media studies

-          Photography/film/television

-          Fine art/visual art

-          Information technology/multimedia

-          Graphic design

Web Developer: A web developer’s job is to develop applications and services for the World Wide Web. The applications are generally to utilize a server and a client making it more stable and etc.

QUALIFICATIONS:

-          Relevant post-secondary qualification.

-          Advanced technical skills in action script with proven track record of Web-site development.

-          Very Good skill in programming languages: Java, C++

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Film Production Roles

Grips
-Grips' responsibility is to build and maintain all the equipment that supports cameras.
-Grips work with specialized companies to provide the materials need to create the equipment.
 During shooting days, Grips arrive with their team early to set up the equipment to make sure everything is ready for a days worth of filming
- Grips work in the Pre-Productions process.

Animator

-The animator works during the Production stages. An Animator job is turning images to make them come to life on screen. An Animator is generally specialized in 2D drawn animation, 2D computer animation, stop frame or stop motion animation and 3D computer generated (CG) animation.

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An Animator works with their fellow animator or by themselves. They work directly under the director. A animator works during the post production.

Distributor

-A Distributor's job is to organise the distribution of the finished movie to exhibitors, as well as the sale of the product.

-A Distributor works during the post production.

Lighting Design

-A lighting designer works with the producers, directors, set designers, and other essential crew members to create a certain "look" that links with the text.

-A lighting designer works at during the pre-production stages.

Stunt Driver

-A stunt driver is a person who is specialist in car stunts.

-A stunt driver works during the production stages. They work with the filming crew.

Just a Jaw

1.Where did the Idea of jaws originate?

Off a novel called Jaws Written by Peter Benchley. Steven Spielberg Was interested about Jaws because it resembled allot about his recent movie "Duals".

2.Why were particular scenes removed from the film?

Particular scenes were removed because the scenes were to violent and gory for Spielberg taste and did not fit in the image Spielberg wanted.

3.During the pre-production stage what sort of footage did the producers commission in preparation for the film? How was the script changed as a result of this footage?

Real life footage on a shark attacking a cage. They changed the script because during a process of filming a shark attacking the cage the shark got caught on the rope holding the cage and got caught and went berserk.

4.Who was involved during the casting process.

Ray Schieder -Chief Brody

Sun Quny - Robert Shaw

Richard Dreyfuss - Matt Hooper

Murray Hamiton - Mayor Larry

 Lorrare Grey - Chief Brody's wife (Ellen Brody)

5.What is location scouting? Why did Spielberg choose these location?

Location scouting is where directors find a place to film.

Spielberg chose this location because it allowed him to film them in the ocean where you can see no land while acctually being close to shore.

6.Describe how actors contributed to the productions of Jaws?

The actors contributed to the productions of Jaws by adding there ideas and extra lines such as "We're gonna need a bigger boat".

7. What does the composer do ? What considerations were taken into?

A composer is someone who writes musical pieces for TV , Film and other places where music is needed.

The consideration were taken into when writing the musical for Jaws was a lower key and higher key note make the Tension music scenes.

8.What did Spielberg do as a result of test screenings?

Steven Spielberg's first screening was at Dallas shopping centre. He came to witness the audiences reactions to his movie Jaw , he was nervous.

9. What is a director of photography? How was the director of photography involved in the production of Jaws?

A Director of Photography (D.O.P for short) is a person who manages the filming of the movie. Bill Butler made the equipments for Jaws. He filmed with a hand held camera and Spielberg was shock  he heard about it has he didn't want a handled pictured but saw a demonstration and it worked great.

10. What does an editor do? Who was the editor on Jaws and what was her responsibility?

A editor is someone who puts the film together. The editor for jaws was Verna Field and her job was to cut out parts and put in parts of the film, to create a better result.

11. Based on the documentary, what are the responsibilities of a producer?

The responsibility of the editor was to correct any error in the script, He helped Spielberg finish making the movie.

12. What does the producer do once principal photography has finished?

When the film is finished, the producers job is to distribute the movie.

13. What did the production designer do on the film?

 what the Production Designers does is make a overall look for the movie.