Distributing Tasks and Jobs | Development

Before we sign or learning agreement for the pre-production book, we had to distribute tasks and jobs in order for us to get everything done and equally.

We already knew that I am the director, Nisserin is the DOP, and Laura is the Producer.

With this information, we just needed to give everything the right jobs that will contribute within their own job. 

We started off by writing down all of the jobs that needed to be done, and all of the different documents and pages that we wanted in our book. This list isn't complete and still might change as the weeks go by:

• Story and Plot
• Synopsis and Pitch
• Directors Statement
• Film Inspirations
• British Comedy Research
• Visual Style
• Branding
• Title Sequence
• Character Profiles/Back Story
• Cast
• Crew
• Locations and Test Shoot
• Music and other Sounds
• Equipment List
• Shot List
• Storyboards
• Audience
• Schedule
• Budget
• Marketing and Advertisement and Sponsorship
• Sitcom Format/Guidelines
• Broadcasting Overview and Channel
• Mood and Tone
• Call Sheets
• Risk Assessments
• Moving Image Trailer/Test Shoots
• Set Design
• Props
• Costumes/Style/Make Up
• Production Company
• Script
• Weather Research
• Credit Style

Once this list was roughly created, we distributed the tasks between the three of us.

Here is my list of jobs to do:

• Story and Plot - I'll be doing this job alongside Laura as we will both be writing the script.
• Synopsis and Pitch - I'll be doing this job alongside both Nisserin and Laura.
• Directors Statement
• British Comedy Research - Technically, I'll be doing this alongside Nisserin, but I'll be focusing on the content and Nisserin will be focusing on the filming techniques.
• Character Profiles/Back Story
• Music Style - All three of us will be doing this.
• Shot List - Both me and Nisserin will be doing this together, as I'm the Director and she's the DOP.
• Storyboard - Again, this will be both mine and Nisserin's job due to our jobs.
• Audience
• Sitcom Format - I'll be doing this job alongside Laura as we are both writing the script.
• Mood and Tone (Script, Directing, Editing)
• Set Design - This will be done with Laura.
• Choose Props & Costume - This will be done with Laura as it is my job to decide what we need, and it's her job to source them.
• Make Up Style
• Production Company - All three of us will be doing this.
• Script - Both me and Laura will be writing the script together.
• Bio for Learning Agreement - This to explain what we are in charge of individually.

This will need to be put into a Learning Agreement that will eventually need to be signed by all three of us and Simon.

Now that we know what everyone has to do, we can start working on every task but with the knowledge of definite changes.