by Joey Daoud | Jun 7, 2007 | Film School
I had another Director’s Prep today and discovered a formality that I never knew existed. This prep was considerably longer than the last one I attended being that it’s a double show, and a quite unique double show at that. It’s being co-directed,...
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...
by Joey Daoud | Jul 28, 2008 | Coffee & Celluloid
I shoot my thesis in three days. I’ve been going with my “everything works out” attitude, and I know it will, but I won’t lie. I’m starting to panic. I just need a few simple things, such as a cast and locations. Locations look a little...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 12, 2008 | Cameras, Video Production
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...
by Joey Daoud | May 30, 2008 | Video Production
Ten cans of film have been turned in after the longest producing job I’ve had yet – six days of summer thesis kick-off. You get three days to shoot your thesis film, or you can team up and double your resources as the DP and Director did here and shoot for...
