Fix It in Production: A 1st A.D. Tells You What Mistakes to Avoid when Shooting an Independent Film
I’ve been writing, shooting and producing short films, about twenty of them, since 1999. I’ve also DP’d several shorts and a zombie feature. I enjoy assisting other filmmakers in North Carolina, where I live, and I’ve worked as AD over the last five years on both short- and long-form projects. The projects I’ve ADed have had budgets ranging from the tiny to the small, all well under $100,000. More about my work at Turnip Films. This article describes what I’ve learned as AD about how to run a shoot. Everyone I’ve worked with did their best and turned out some […]
by Jim McQuaid on Jul 11, 2016