From the course: Video Data Management on Set and in the Field

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Creating a chain of command

Creating a chain of command

From the course: Video Data Management on Set and in the Field

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Creating a chain of command

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- Depending on your style of production, as well as your production budget, crews can go from one person to fifty. Sometimes even bigger in fact, on a big Hollywood set. And it's important that there is a chain of command. Now, chain of command is a military term but it means who gets talked to, who is supposed to report to who. For example, on a set, if you have a larger budget, you might have a gapper, whose in charge of all of the lighting. He or she might have a grip, that are going to help them with lights and other items. Perhaps the director of photography hired a camera assistant to manage the interchange of lenses. Of course there's a producer, likely, and maybe a director, they could be the same person, and maybe some clients walking around. All the sudden, it gets a bit chaotic. Most of the time, creative people want to be helpful to each other. And, you might start hearing lots of conversations on set. The problem with that, particularly as cameras get more complex, and…

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