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Producer

Producer. Some things to Consider:. Treat people well. Respect people’s time. Feed your people well. Hire wisely. You need an AD. Know your budget. The first money in and the last money in is always the hardest. Need equity. Tips. Learn how to collaborate. Adapt.

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Producer

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  1. Producer

  2. Some things to Consider: • Treat people well. • Respect people’s time. • Feed your people well. • Hire wisely. • You need an AD. • Know your budget. • The first money in and the last money in is always the hardest. • Need equity.

  3. Tips • Learn how to collaborate. • Adapt. • Get the rights and clearances you need. • Negotiate fair contracts. • Don’t make promises you can’t keep. • Beg, borrow and steal. • Better to ask for forgiveness. • Sign up for IMDB Pro – lists agents, production companies, etc. • Build relationships.

  4. Cinematography / DP

  5. Some things to Consider: • Don't zoom. Zooming simply looks amateurish. • Turn off autofocus and focus manually. The best AF systems “search” during a shot. Nothing looks worse than losing focus at an important moment. • Turn off auto exposure. Use M to manually set the shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Exposure changes when they're not deliberate are terrible to watch. • For a cinematic look: shoot at 24FPS and with a shutter speed of 1/50. • Move the camera slowly. Any panning should be at a speed much slower than you think looks right at the time. It will at the end. Experiment. • A tripod, monopod, or table-top pod are all a great idea. Hand-hold as little as possible, and when you do, use wide lenses and stabilization if your camera/lens offers it. From Michael Reichmann’s Ten Commandments of Cinematography

  6. Tips • Set the lighting in the master shot, then tweak, cheat, add or subtract light for your other setups. • If you have a crew, give them directions, don’t do it for them. • Shot above the actor’s nose. • Use interesting angles: High, low. • Avoid shooting at windows or doors. • WHITE BALANCE! • Turn lights off whenever can.

  7. Some Tricks • Mount and Move. • Use a skateboard. • Mount to a side of fridge. • Hide a camera inside something.

  8. Casting

  9. Some things to Consider: • You often don’t get your dream cast. • Casting Directors are gold. Use them if you can afford them. • Actors vs. nonactors

  10. Tips • See shows. • Managers are better than agents. • Use student actors. • Credit, Copy, Food. • Chemistry. • The right actor for the right role. • Casting is more than 50% of your job.

  11. Directing

  12. Some things to Consider: • You are the leader. Lead. • A very large percentage of the job is saying yes or no. • Hire the right people for the job and let them do it. • Know your story. • Know your shots. • Stay on time and within budget.

  13. Tips • Get as much coverage as you need, but not more. • Get the first shot of the movie in one take and move on. • Understand how shots will edit together. • Admit when you don’t know the answer. • Create a shot sheet. • Help your actors – give them things TO DO. • Don’t cut too soon. • Plan so you can improv. • Rehearse (and roll tape).

  14. clichés • Avoid them. • Dream sequences • Many dissolves/wipes • Long credit sequences • Waking to a ringing alarm clock.

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