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Location Scouting:

-falls under producer or producing

Ideation:

-write with a location in mind

-location that you can use

-location you can adjust

*a visually stimulating location*

Does it add to the overall emotion of the story?

Can you use the location for the amount of time needed?

Functional Film Set?

-room for equipment

-power/sunlight

-is it safe for people/equipment

Sunlight

-position of the sun in relation to the windows coming in

-scout during the time you want to film

Technical Survey

→Sound

Acoustics of the room

-acoustically live room has more reverb

-acoustically dead room is ideal for a filmmaker

-if it’s an acoustically live room can you deaden the sound?

-Noise(Ambient or otherwise)

Foley

→ Art Direction

What does the location look like in its natural state?

Is it safe to use? to bring in equipment or have people on set?

What does it look like with art?

-unsafe

-equipment, will there be space? what does it look like with equipment?

→ Other

Do you have bathrooms available?

-always bring your own toilet paper

Food/Craft services

Where are the hospitals?

-if something goes wrong

House Rules

Ex: don’t go to second floor, only go through the back door for film equipment

-list them out to your crew

→Lighting

How much light will you need?

-are you mixing light sources? will you have the technology to change and edit white balance?

Do you have access to the breaker box(electronica panel for a building)?

-is there someone there that will help you get access?

Volts x Amps = Watts

110 volts x 15 /20 Amps = 1650 or 2200 watts

Kitchen, Laundry, and Garage have the highest

Production Crew

-Collaborative Art Form

Principles - Heads of Departments

Producing Departments

Director

-the director decides how they tell the story, the definitive creative decision-maker

-blocking/acting

Line Producer

UPM

Day to Day operations

-Schedule, Budget, and Logistics

→ Safety Coordinator

-stunt coordination, firearm distribution and safety, and pyrotechnics

Assistant Director

Communicate with the crew

-keeps everything moving

Script Supervisor

-Continuity

Camera Department

Cinematographer = Director of Photography(DP)

Mans the camera vs Make sure that the camera looks the way that it is supposed to

-tells g & e what to do

→G & E-Grip and electric

Gaffer

-Hands-on lighting expert

-In charge of getting electricity to set

-Experienced electrician

Key Grip

-Head grip

-moving props and specific grips in different departments

-touching and moving things that aren’t electric

Best Boy Electric

-the foreman or head electric

Design shots/Lighting

Camera Ops

-the person on the camera

-camera settings

-paying attention to the card, frame, and movement

Assistant Cameras

1st Ac

-focus and lens expert

-cleaning and taking care of the lens

2nd Ac

-slate

3rd Ac

B cam & C cam

2nd Unit to film scenes and shots where the whole production crew does not need to be in attendance.

Art Department

Art Director

-physical space

-bring in props and costumes

-makeup

-location

Sound Department

Recordist/Mixer - Quantity

Boom Op -Quality

Cable wrangler-

DIT

On set, everyone has to be communicating and talking together

Triangle that has to be very strong

Director → AD → DP