Crew Call – The Cast Behind the Camera

One big problem Undercover has presented that I haven’t had to deal with before is finding a crew. Normally set is considered a class, so having people to show up and work isn’t a concern. However, since this is an extra film not part of the curriculum,...

Here Piggy, Piggy, Piggy

The days of Farmer Arable and Wilbur are long gone. One of the main locations in Undercover is a pig farm, where a Muslim cop goes undercover to find a missing pig. So, as Producer, I need to find this pig farm. In the process of this hunt I learned about the state of...

Burn Notice – On-Set and Production Assisting

At the beginning of the summer I had mentioned how I stumbled on the set of Confessions of a Shopaholic and through a couple degrees of someone who knows someone, I was put in touch with the Location Manager of the show Burn Notice and invited to come out to the set....

91 Set-Ups in 3 Days

Yes, we got 91 set-ups ((A set-up is essentially a shot. Every time you move the camera, change lenses, change lighting, or film new action, that’s a new set-up.)) in 3 days. That’s about 30 a day. The 6 day show had 106 set-ups. Bottom line is we got a...