Cast and Crew

 Introduction

Welcome Cambridge dream team! Here at Milagros Studios, each of our members play a significant, crucial role in this filmmaking process, and without one, all things would fall. To explain, each member of our group uses their personal skills and strength to complete their portion of the work, which in turn, all of our collective efforts are brought together to create our ultimate product. For example, editing skills have always been Peyton P's forte, and we decided that it would be best for her to be dubbed as the chief editor as well as the cinematographer, because for most preliminary exercises that included working the camera, she has been responsible for recording and crafting each shot the then later piece them together. To add, considering Lexi M's strengths, our team decided it was best for her to achieve the role of the production designer, as she prefers to improvise certain actions on set that would enhance the overall scene, and to give her the role of wardrobe/ makeup artist, as she is the lead actress in out film; she concurred with each role, and she agreed as those were some of her many personal strengths. Marley B has always been a powerhouse in ensuring all scenes be captured in a timely, structure manner, while also instructing Peyton P how to operate and move the camera, so that each shot corresponds and flows with its following scenes. Finally, I volunteered to be the screen and film writer, as my personal elements and hobby is writing and I enjoy organizing and structuring information, which is crucial for planning to film shots, to look back and refer to written information, which helps to avoid possible confusion, wasted time, or impromptu scenes that may not flow together. Then, once our roles were established and each of us were satisfied with out positions, we immediately begun planning our next step. 

Production Manager	Director		Film writer		Cinematographer:	Production Designer
-Marley B    Responsible for budgeting, production process and time management, purchasing materials, navigates technical aspects of filming (if technology is involved), and communication amongst members.	-Khloe R    Responsible for developing the script, managing the time increments of when each shot is captured, decisions in location, improv on set, and collaboration with actors		-Khloe R    Responsible for adapts the story or developed by the production team into a plot, to then be translated into a script by the screenwriter(s) in the future, determining the storyline or backstories, traits, and characteristics of the characters, the order of the plot in the film, and planning of each shot.		-Peyton P    Responsible for creative production of the film’s visuals, atmosphere, Mise-en-Scene described in the storyboards created, the artistic elements in recording each shot, the imagery, focus, and emphasis of certain elements in each shot, positioning of the camera to display different angles, shot sizes, framing, lighting, and capturing each shot to complement the story	-Lexi M    Responsible for all creative aspects of design that goes into the entire film such as the aesthetics of the visuals, the color palette and how it creates mood/ tone, an develops genre in film, using props and objects of significance to highlight key moments of importance, location aesthetics, graphic design (the shapes, structure, and dynamics of each shot), the pacing of each shot, and corresponding the structural elements of film with the characters and their hair/ makeup.
Casting Director	Wardrobe and Makeup artist.		Camera Operator		Editor	Screenwriter
-Marley B     Responsible for overseeing director and film writer to ensure proper representation, professional search and casting or actors and actresses, and studying the script to use as reference for casting each actor/actress in their character roles.	-Lexi M    Responsible for aesthetics of actors/actresses, costume design, or purchasing costumes, makeup application on set, hairstyles included for each character, and color schemes.		-Marley B    Responsible for operating the technical positioning of the camera, planning/scene rehearsals, following the storyboard/ planning sheet as reference for each shot, ensuring each shot is taken and captured as planned, assembling equipment, adjusting the camera, and framing for shots, and camera manipulation.		-Peyton P    Responsible for transitions, editing styles (graphic, spatial, temporal, etc.), visual editing (if necessary), using raw footage to create a sequence of cohesive shots, crafting each scene into a full product, editing artificial sound, music, sound effects, and/or internal monologue (Automated Dialogue Replacement), special effects or texts on-screen, and incorporating all of the cast/ crew members.	-Lexi M  -Peyton P  -Marley B  -Khloe R    Responsible for film discussion, theme of film, film planning, constructing characters and their dialogue/ actions, documenting how each scene will be captured, when each will take place, and what the scene will incorporate, producing a full script, noting details of each scene and their stage directions, develop plot as each scene proceeds, pitch the film idea and execution to an instructor or peers.
The cast of the film and the character they play:     -Lexi M as Mercedes (main character)  -Marley B as Mercedes’ friend (Lizzy)  -Khloe R as Christine (obsessive friend)  -Marley B as Mercedes’ mother  -Khloe R as Christine’s mother  -Lexi M as younger Mercedes  -Khloe R as younger Christine

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