So tone of voice doesn’t come out in written communication. I’m sure you already knew that, but just in case you didn’t, it doesn’t, especially on Facebook wall posts.
It was the director, Charles’, birthday. His film has two locations - a plantation house interior and exterior. The interior is secured - it’s an amazing 170 [...]

Each year The Film School holds two open auditions. It’s a really good idea. Anyone can come in. They fill out a form with their information and acting experience, get a head shot, and act out a scene that’s recorded. This is inputted into a database and compiled in a large binder, so when it [...]

Get the permit for the wrong location.
Don’t get all required parts for a piece of special equipment.
Don’t get food and craft services for any part of the production.
Claim you did everything.
Get an assistant to pay for everything.
Don’t get the food in time. Better yet, don’t even think about it.
Take 3 hours to do a 30 [...]

Get a thumb drive. A car helps too.
You’re the paperwork person. Crew sign-in, meal sign-in, call sheets - it’s all you. I’m a big fan of filling the crew names in, alphabetically, during pre-production, versus having people write their own names in. This speeds things up, especially during lunch. Store on the thumb drive and [...]

I’m Second Assistant Director (2AD) right now. This is my last ATL job and second to last thesis show. I wouldn’t call this show a disaster…yet.
The main problem is lack of communication. The UPM and I have been kept in the dark about what’s going on from the Producer. Generally, before Director’s Prep, the ATL [...]

One of the main jobs of producing is securing locations for the film. Basically you find the location you’d like to use, contact the owner, and have them sign a location release. Of course it never works out to be that easy, such as the location above.
This is the control room for the particle [...]