During our first tutorial with Simon, he brought up the topic of crew members for the shoot days. These would be extra crew members and not include Josh, Ellen and I. On previous shoots in the first and second year, a team of 3 crew members has been enough to tackle any issues. However, as this is our third and final year, Simon stressed that we should be undertaking our primary roles only to ensure that these roles are carried out effectively. As a group we had already discussed the idea, and had decided that we felt confident in asking some of the second years, having worked with them during Studio Production. We decided as a group that an additional 3 crew members would be sufficient. The roles would
include a Sound/Boom Operator, Camera Assistant and Production Assistant. We would also need a Set Photographer - of which we found Ellen's brother, Isaac who was keen to help out on all 3 shoot days.
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| Gavin as Sound/Boom Operator |
As the Producer, it was my job to find suitable crew members and provide them with all of the details for the shoot. I took into account who I had worked with during Studio Production and who was recommended to me from my other team members. I had spoken to Gavin in the second year who recommended Jack Whiteley (also second year) for Sound Operating. I had also worked with George Wing as a Camera Assistant so knew that he would feel comfortable undertaking this role. Troy Smith from the third year was keen to work as a Camera or Production Assistant, and I knew from previous experience working with him that he would be a good choice for either of these roles. Ellen told us that her brother was keen on photography and wanted to help out on the shoot, which was a great choice. All of the other crew members had their own jobs to think about, therefore it turned out to be very helpful to have someone on set whose job was to capture all of the action taking place. Below are some of Isaac's behind the scenes photos showing the crew members at work.
The final crew member selections were:
Sound/Boom Operators
-Jack Whiteley
-Gavin Roberts
-Josh Bayly
Camera Assistants
-George Wing
-Troy Smith
Production Assistant/Set Photographer
-Isaac Carter
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| Crew |
As all of the crew members are students themselves and have their own deadlines and commitments to work to, it worked out that not every crew member could work on every shoot day. Therefore, I worked out what days each person could do and found cover for the days that they couldn't do. This meant that on a few occasions, the crew were swapping roles. For example Jack couldn't work during the mornings, therefore I had Gavin and Josh cover him. To avoid confusion, I made sure that each crew member knew what was required beforehand and ensured that I talked about the individual roles during the briefing that I scheduled time for at the beginning of each shoot day. I made agreements with every crew member that all food and travel expenses would be covered for every shoot day, which everyone was happy with. Overall, I was very happy with my crew choices. Although, organising what hours each crew member could do was challenging and kept changing right up to the shoot days, I ensured that we always had at least 3 crew members at any time on the shoots which was really beneficial and kept everything in order and to schedule.
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