by Joey Daoud | Jul 4, 2007 | Editing, Video Production
I’m finally done with my two back-to-back film sets as Key Grip and Best Boy Electric. We wrapped at 12:45 am last night, pushing just about every Film School rule with overtime and wrap times to the limit. I learned a few things during the past two sets. One,...
by Joey Daoud | Jul 2, 2007 | Film School, Uncategorized
Saturday was picture wrap for the show I Key Gripped, but there’s no time to recover as yesterday started a brand new show where I’m Best Boy Electric. Most of the crew that I worked with Thursday-Saturday is also on this show. The sudden shift is slightly...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 25, 2007 | Video Production
Some notes from the Head of Production concerning our thesis film sets: Well, it’s halfway through Thesis and I wanted to give a few notes from experience. The tougher part is coming up. Everyone is getting more and more tired. Please remember, you’ll want...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 24, 2007 | Video Production
Though we’re not quite in the union, all our film sets are run using their rules (with the addition of some film school rules). This plays a very important part in how film sets are run and the day is scheduled, so I figured an overview is in order. A typical...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 10, 2007 | Film School, Video Production
Since thesis films have started, there’s been some confusion as to what the difference is between the Unit Production Manager (UPM) and Second Assistant Director (Second AD), both first year jobs. On F3s, there was only a Second AD and everything seemed to work...
