Oh the days of film school....
I shot my first 16mm short in film school-
and the biggest challenge I butted heads with was a thing called "Ego's" (and to this day I haven't found the key to working with those types....Besides smiling while cursing under your breath,) But the things I did find that worked on that first project-

I did "Feed them well" and "let them be
a voice"- But I kept my crew to skeleton size which kept people from having down time. I shot over one weekend and stuck to a tight clock- I really wanted to direct so I sprang for a Good DP/ you can never go wrong on that! Having someone who knows their craft can really bring balance to a first time project. It went smoothly-

- The film world is very different! When I went to do my first low-bud Indy. It was wild... Budget/budget/budget- and seriously.. you want good product... pay people!!! "Friends" can be wonderful or a curse!! I used all friend's on that project and some were great other's I could have strangled!
My biggest Challenge to over come....
"You can never be prepared enough!!!"
So don't ever slack on Pre-production!!!
and always have a plan "b"!!
I had to learn that the hard way: when I had to send home 150 extra's(Non-paid) who had driven close to two hours because I failed to check the weather!

Spunk

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 01, 2004 03:33 PM: Message edited by: Spunkey1pestic ]</font>