Choosing a Crew for an Independent Film

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Hello I’m Corey Turner here on ExpertVillage.com and today we’re talking about low budget moving making. Okay crew, very important, we’re superman you know and we’re supposed to be able to do it all but we can’t. When we’re on set there’s a million things coming at you all at once, so you have to find a crew you can trust. Are you going to run your own camera? Is somebody else going to run that camera? Is that somebody that can pretty much read your mind? Do they know what you’re talking about? Do they take direction well? If someone else is running your camera, they can mess up your movie if they’re not capturing the shots that you want. So make sure that that person and you have incredible communication. Who is your assistant director? You’re the directory, you’re working with the actors and you don’t want to have to be the one that has to push everybody along because time is short. And although we don’t really yell a lot on our set, it does come a time when things have to kind of be pushed and moved. So make sure you have a good strong AD, somebody who can manage that set for you, can make sure you’re meeting your deadlines, make sure your camera crews are where they need to be, your actors are where they need to be and keeps everything flowing smooth. Catering. Be sure and think about catering. Are you going to feed your actors? Are they going to feed themselves? At least try and provide water if you can. Also facilities, is there places to go to the restroom? Do you have supplies for that? Those are other things to think of. As are as crew, there are two very important people on the crew, one is your lighting person, and you want somebody that knows how to set up the lights. If you can’t afford somebody, research all you can on the internet, go to the library, study lighting as much as you can. We’re in a rush to get that movie done but if we can focus on that lighting, learn that lighting, it’s going to help me out immensely. The other is sound, someone who can run that sound. We talked earlier about a boom pull operator, someone who can keep that boom pull up and keep that operating for you while you’re filming, getting the sounds you need. Someone who doesn’t bang the cable around or get in the way or make sure they are watching their shadows. And talk to your crew, very important we’re a crew, we’re working this is a job. It’s not social hour for us. Actors have the luxury when you yell cut they get to go and socialize with the other actors, but as crew we’re moving stuff, we’re setting up shots, we’re keeping things rolling. You have to talk to your crew and make sure they understand that as much as we would love to socialize and get to know all of these actors, we are working and we need to stay very focused. That’s going to help you keep on your time frame, that’s going to help you keep your budget down, that’s going to help you and keep things moving.

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