Role allocation refers to the tasks a person has during a film production. As I decided to complete the project on my own, I cannot give out certain tasks to a group, whoever I become more of an Auteur. An Auteur refers to the 'author of a film'. This means the director is seen a huge influence in the creative force of the motion picture. The theory derives from France in the 1950's.
As I have worked on my own, all my ideas and concepts have came from myself. I have adopted the roles of being in the music video as the main artist, audio and visual representative and the editor to both production and ancillary texts. I also had to do most of the camera work myself and also did all the research on my own. I also decided to work on my own as many successful productions have came out of Auteur's.
The only other two roles I had within my production were my supporting actor in the music video itself and my audience to receive feedback off, and to improve from there.
With working alone, there are many pro's and con's;
Pro's
- With not having to manage a group of young adults, which was ideal for my music video and skill level, I was able to be flexible around my life only. This meant for more efficient use of time and a reduce of risk when absences may occur.
- All the work I have done is my own work. This not only gives me a sense of pride, however means that all the workload was fair as I completed all the work myself. Instead of distributing tasks which may be more work than others, this allowed for no unfair distribution.
- When working in a group, conflict can arise quickly when pitching ideas. When working alone, there was no one to dislike my ideas, or abandon my input so my work was my own ideas.
- Less organisation was needed in the aspect of gathering everyone to film, or asking members of the group when their tasks would be complete and etc. This means I saved time to film and complete tasks rather than liaise with a group which would take up a lot of time.
Con's
- As I worked on my own, I had no one I could discuss my ideas with and no one to reflect on different views with what I wanted to accomplish as a team. This meant I only had the ideas I could accumulate and couldn't expand further than my own imagination.
- When creating a production, the work load is quite high. By not distributing tasks and projects, the workload created more pressure on myself to get the task completed. This may hold me back from my full potential as I would have to limit my time on each task.
- The skills I have myself are the only skills I can use. Whereas in a group, some members may have higher skills in tasks than me, and I might excel in something else, bringing a higher standard of working and contribution to the group. However, I can only complete the tasks to a certain standard to what my skill level allows.
- By working alone, there is a lot of work that requires pristine organisation. By not being organised, the result may be overdue coursework, lack of professionalism and lack of creativity due to not being organised.
- Multitasking would be the only choice, as I have no one else to distribute tasks onto. This means I will have to focus on several tasks at hand instead of focusing completely on the one task that has been given to me. This means my full attention won't be devoted to a task at any one time.
- If I see flaws within my project, plan or research, I will have less of a time scale to change my mind as I will be on a tight time schedule due to having no one else to rely on in my group to help with changes. This could mean I will not have time to make amends when I come across these issues.
