Back to Basics Back to Basics: Electricity on Set Electricity is vital to what we do. Unless you’re making a silent film outdoors at noon, you’re going to have to plug something in to get your masterpiece
Back to Basics Back to Basics: Safety on Set Production is pretty dangerous. I can’t even count the times I’ve been shocked, cut, burned, or otherwise injured while on the job (don’t tell HR, I hate
Back to Basics Back to Basics: Read Your Contracts This one is really simple: Read every single word of anything you sign. I don’t care what the situation is. I don’t care what it’s for. I
Back to Basics Back to Basics: Academic Discounts OK, not really a Basic, but still an overly ignored option for college students – and it came up recently, so whatever. Because software companies want to get you young (similar
Back to Basics Back to Basics: How to Coil a Cable Being the crotchety old man that I am, I feel that kids these days – specifically production kids – have lost an appreciation for the fundamentals of our industry. So I’m
