Connections is a broad term for business relationships that benefit both you and the person you have developed the connection with. These connections can occur in many different ways. You can create useful connections with fellow employees or managers at the job you are currently working. If you branch out and attend local business gatherings, […]
Get a grip! Well, you better if you want to make a movie or television show. Grips are the foot-soldiers in moviemaking. Yeah, if you’re doing something real low-budget, you can move all the equipment yourself. But if you’re on a professional production, the grips are the guys that get the heavy work done. Grips work […]
NOVEMBER 9, 2011 Hollywood is a den of thieves, a wretched hive of scum and villainy, and anyone attempting to break into the film industry might be aware of the importance of protecting a script from being ripped off outright, or even just shamelessly imitated without compensation to the originator of the filmic concept. The simplest and […]
You’ve seen the credit roll by at the end of the movie – but what the heck is a Gaffer? Here’s some obscure trivia to start: the word comes from Britain and means an older man or boss, derived from grandfather. But you’ll probably never meet a film gaffer who looks like a grandfather – […]
The internet has certainly taken its toll on most art forms–film, books, and TV shows among them–and there is increasing worry that the movie industry is equally vulnerable in its own way. Questions abound concerning the internet’s role in the movie business. Has the change already occurred? Will movies be around any longer? Are movies […]
Many people get into the film business wanting to become big-time Hollywood directors. And while it’s good to be ambitious the fact of the matter is that very few people attain that level of success in the business. However, starting your own film production company can be a surprisingly good startup business. Film production is one of the few […]
HOW TO GET STARTED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY? One of the most difficult parts of getting started in the film industry is getting a first job. However, knowing how to get started in film and taking the proper steps and measures to do so will probably get you much farther. Making it in the film […]
HOW TO BECOME AN ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR? Becoming an art department coordinator typically involves working with an art department and eventually gaining the experience and understanding needed to move up into a coordinator position for a film studio or production company. The coordinator typically works between the rest of the art department and the executives at a studio […]
When you are wrapping up film school and have finished your internships, final projects, and programs, you may be wondering what the best way to look for a film production job may be. If you have a particular film production position in mind, such as a cameraman, a chief electrician, or a set designer, you may be […]
What Does a Line Producer do? The line producer is the unsung hero of the movie business. They are in charge of all business aspects of production (below-the-line costs) and are the ones responsible for the film being completed on-time and on budget. Their work on a film can begin as early as the late […]
The key grip is in charge of all the other grips in his department on a shoot. There are two types of key grips: one works with the camera department on all the equipment that supports or moves the camera. The other type of key grip works with the electrical department to help setup lighting […]
A script supervisor, sometimes called a continuity script supervisor, has numerous responsibilities before, during and after a film production. A script supervisor’s main duty is to document every detail surrounding movie scenes as they are filmed. This means everything from the types of lenses used in the cameras to the exact positions of the actors. […]
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