When I was directing for the BBC we would regularly schedule 15 minutes to shoot a scene. But if you check the time on your phone you will almost certainly see a message, email, text or a Pokemon that needs immediate attention, and you’ll be standing there on set fiddling with your phone whilst the entire cast and crew stand around waiting for you to finish.Įach one of these quick emails/Pokemons takes a minute or two, ten of these in a day is ten minutes, in which you could have shot a set up. Krista DeMille and I in Montana filming "Atomic Apocalypse" If you are going to use VFX make sure you take the time to shoot the plate shots and elements properly, or you’ll either have to do them again, or fix them in post which will cost more. Bad shots will always look like bad shots. Tip #7: VFX and CGI are a pain when you have a low budget. Tip #6: Talk to actors directly: don’t shout at them from behind a monitor. I worked with one director who would just say things like, “so that tree will just disappear will it?” and “I want the sun coming up over that building,” (when we were facing North). If something looks bad on your monitor – it’ll look bad on screen. Tip #4: It’s easy to forget that this is a job and we’re all at work, but if you behave like a boss then people will treat you like a boss, respect is earned. Tip #3: Work out whose going to say Action and Cut! This may sound obvious but it can be very embarrassing if you haven’t worked it out. whilst the camera and electrics set up to film. Show it to camera, then send actors to make up/hair for checks etc. What works for me is: read through the scene with cast on set. Get a rhythm going and do that every set up. Tip #2: Work out your shooting order and stick to it. This is your masterpiece that could be the beginning of the rest of your career. All the kit, locations, props, wardrobe, accommodation, permits, legal stuff and catering has been sourced and you are ready to go! These are my tips for on-set, physical production. So you’ve got your screenplay, it’s been through development, you are 100% sure it’s in the best shape it can possibly be in, you’ve had read throughs with actors, and spent months in pre-production getting your vision across to all your Heads of Department, Cast and crew. These are my observations from more than 1,000 days on set and 29 years in the industry! Hopefully, they will make your filmmaking journey more fun and more productive.Ī collage of ID passes from some of the jobs I have been on including the BBC and Big Brother, and Reading Festival. In this blog, I will dive into my 32 tips for production and post-production. In my first blog, I cover development and pre-production. There are 6 main areas of filmmaking for the indie filmmaker: Development, Pre-production, production, post-production, festivals, and sales. I have seen many ways to do things effectively and simply. Having gone from Runner to director I have experienced the whole gauntlet of film making from the biggest shoots ( Harry Potter and James Bond) to tiny micro-budget one-man crew shoots. I worked on 13 movies as a 1st AC & 2nd AC and Director of Photography before I became an award-winning Director & Writer in my own right. I started off as a Runner and worked my way up.
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