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FILM: Doing A Little Bit More… with Signage

October 29, 2017 by Deb

I went to a local dog off leash park, and found probably the best location filming announcement ever: Yup, one for the humans (“park users” / at human eye-level) and one for the dogs (at dog eye-level). Doubt you can read the dog announcement in the wide shot, but it goes like this: “Woof woof woof…”: […]

Filed Under: FILM, Inspiration Tagged With: location management, perspectives, preproduction

Words of Wisdom from Film Professors: Planning

January 28, 2014 by Deb Leave a Comment

“Fail to plan, plan to fail” My television professor’s words still echo today, long after my university degree is completed, and anyone who has charged ahead with production, not having enough prep time knows this phrase to be oh so true… but… you also can’t get stuck in planning and never “do” or you still […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: preproduction

The “What’s True and What’s Not?” Game

April 1, 2011 by Deb Leave a Comment

I have slept at the Palace of Versailles. I have been an extra in an IMAX movie. I have piloted a passenger ferry in Sydney Harbour (Australia). – – – Two of the above facts about me are true, and one is not. Which is the false one? If you guess correctly… you win; if […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: games, icebreaker, preproduction, team builder

Edward Woodward: When We Crossed Paths…

November 20, 2009 by Deb Leave a Comment

When someone dies, with whom you have crossed paths, you can’t help but remember how they touched and helped to shape your life. I was blessed to have worked with very talented Edward Woodward on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” early in my career… a time when I had much less individual responsibility on the crew than I did later […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: AlfredHitchcock, preproduction, stars

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