How do you hire film crew?

[BuBu]

I have been gone so long and everything is so new! I am directing my own script and (coz of budget) am filming it too, but I need a crew. Should i advertise? okay I know I should I mean how do I sort the **** from the good? - and with no budget especially (it is a uni piece)

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ May 31, 2002 08:17 AM: Message edited by: BuBu ]</font>

[Chance1234]

no you should go into the mountains and find the wise Yunic who will guide you to yoru fortune


yes of course advertise

[steven_craig]

register at

http://www.shootingpeople.org/

then email in your request and it will be processed and sent the next day in a bulletin to all its members, and a lot of them there are

hope this helps

[Alex]

a couple of tips.

I don't know if you are paying everybody. I think it's wise to always pay the head person of each department.

And have decent crafts services.

[Chance1234]

pay the heads of the departments ???????????

why ?

everyone should get treated equally you cant pay one person and not the other,

[Alex]

If we are assuming this is a super-low budget production...the way to secure your project being finished is to pay the heads of each department.

You pay a DP who either calls in favors, or gives newbies a chance to work with them on your project. The DP is taking a chance, and the chance is on your movie, but that sure beats trying to get EVERYONE for free.

I've seen this procedure work to perfection on low budget educational projects where they were shooting on film AND were able to hire some name recognition people because they were shooting film, and the DP was actually a Camera Operator on some really big Features. By "elevating" this Camera Operator to DP, he agreed to work real cheap, and he got others to go in to help him out, because they all knew that if the project came out well, he would hire them in the future as his assistants whenver he DP'd.

However, it was only a few days of work, so it was a surviveable gig for everyone involved, and they fed the crew meticulously. I got paid because the Producer wanted someone on the set that they had worked with before and trusted.

I also got to drive the film to the lab everynight for developing. At the end of the day, when it's all said and done, that film is the bottom line for that's days shoot, paying the person who is driving the film to the lab is a good idea. Otherwise, you'd be smart to inspect their car during the day to see if it is in disrepair due to poverty. [img]rolleyes.gif[/img]

The other bone that was thrown out to the crew was a really nice letter on really really nice letterhead from a well known company, (colorful logo and all) thanking each person who worked on the production for their invaluable assistance.

For those who weren't being paid, this both served as a momento and an excellent letter of recommendation they could use to get future working jobs....presumeably for pay.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 07, 2002 12:56 AM: Message edited by: Alex ]</font>

[BrendaSmith]

Ad are good check on the web there few places on the web that post your ad for free. I just key in looking for Crew, and I found five sites.