From the course: Creating a Short Film: 01 Producing
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Taking care of your team
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 01 Producing
Taking care of your team
- Filmmaking is a team sport and although on bigger productions other team members, such as a unit production manager, might recruit the team, on many short films it's the responsibility of the producer to make sure you get the cast and crew you need for your film. We'll talk in detail about finding actors for your cast in a training series on acting, but how do you find your crew? I'm glad you asked. You can actually ask you crew if they know anybody. You can post local ads like maybe on a college bulletin board or on Craigslist even. You can also try local groups on Facebook. You can also look at some of the local resources that we'll look at in the next chapter. I will say that, for me personally, who you select to be in your crew is hugely important. There are so many lazy, unprofessional, arrogant, ignorant, obnoxious attitudes that find their way onto film sets and for me it's just corrosive. So I would really recommend trying to find crew that comes highly recommended if it's…
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