Coordinators are awesome, doing awesome work! Take a break and honour them with this wordsearch:
… and can you find the secret message within? If so, share it!
Cheers & a good shoot to you!
Deb
Dec12012
Jul132012
If It’s Friday the 13th on Set…
1. …don’t cross the knives at craft service (but it’s ok to cross swords on the set)
2. …no cast or crew hugging or kissing in doorways
3. …and it’s a night shoot, don’t let cast or crew fall asleep with the moontlight shines on their face
4. …and your shooting on a boat, no opening of cans upsidedown
5. …and you have animals on the set, keep the black cat away today
6. …stay away from sets with mirrors so you don’t break any
7. …beware of spilled salt during lunch
8. …beware of spilling tea in saucers
9. …and it’s close to wrap, don’t gift any shoes to cast or crew today
10. …beware of cast or crew crossing on the set stairs
11. …no walking under the ladders of set construction
12. …have wardrobe make sure tissues in pockets are clean
13. …and you’re travelling the unit today, don’t call it the start of a trip
Any other hints to get through the day?
Cheers & a lucky shoot to you,
Deb
Jun152012
CU on Set
Roll camera. Speed. Action…
One: CRBT
Two: EM… SUP? RUOK?
One: Y?
Two: COS…
One: NINJA.
Two: NW! BTDT.
One: (sigh) NBD.
Two: T+
One: IDK…
Two: BLNT?
One: SB… OK.
Two: XLNT.
One: SIT?
Two: CID.
One: GR8.
Two: G2G.
One: CWYL.
Two: CU… TC.
Cut.
Cheers & a good shoot to you (in whatever language you choose!),
Deb
Apr62012
Titanic Set Sale
The odd things you can pick up from a set sale!
Sure, there are a lot of clothes – some with fake blood stains – and furniture, lamps, dishes, silk plants and all the ordinary sort of fare… but what about all those seemingly film-set-unique items?
At a set sale, perhaps the oddest purchase I’ve known of was a scaled-down but still significantly-sized bow of the Titanic (to decorate a corner of a living room). How many homes can you visit where you can stand “aboard” the Titanic while having a cuppa tea? What an odd industry this is!
What’s the oddest treasure you found at a set sale (or at someone’s house afterwards)?
Cheers & happy hunting,
Deb
Feb102012
The Fun Theory in Life and on a TV Series
Have you seen The Fun Theory?
Turning stairs into piano keysand it’s more fun to walk up and down them… and so you may choose the stairs over escalator more frequently (“Piano Staircase”). Turning a bottle recycling container into a game and it makes it fun to recycle… and so you may choose to recycle more often (“Bottle Bank Arcade Machine”).
Fun – well placed – can help us make good choices. Fun helps us break the monotony of repetitive activities and find the joy again daily living.
Now think about television series. Same set, same cast, same crew week after week. Eventually all the camera positions seem to have been tried. What was easily an exciting discovery at the start of the season slips into sameness many episodes later.
So… add a little “Fun Theory” to your set behind the scenes. I’m not talking about making piano keys on the floor of craft service (the sound department alone would have a problem with that!)… but use your imagination. Re-ignite the spark of fun behind the scenes and liven up the cast, crew, their imaginations and consequently have a better shoot.
Here are just a few ideas:
- Theme Thursdays… where on Thursday every week the dress code is different (e.g. Old Production T-Shirt Day)
- Competitions at Craft… anything from trivia competitions to match the baby pic with the crew member contests where crew can come-n-go to craft throughout the day to participate
- Milestone Episode or Slate Celebrations… anticipate and plan to mark the day of the 100th slate, or a certain episode number with informal celebrations at craft or at lunch
What (non-invasive) fun will dream up and bring to set?
Cheers & a fun shoot to you,
Deb