Always keeping
up with what’s going on in our ever-changing industry can be a hassle
sometimes. When having or delegating someone else maintain a certain aspect or
area can be a relief. Like working on a film, it would be very hard to do
everything on your own. That’s why we have others like the Director of
Photography for the camera and lights, the Director for the talent, the
Production Manager and Producer for all the paperwork and legalities. Using
delegation and previous relationships can go far. Have someone else do the work
for you and if they know how you like it done the process will be easy and flow
like a river.
This previous
month I have been working on an assignment for class. This assignment requires
us to post links of resources that we use in our industry, and then give a
brief description of what the source is and how everything works. Great and
sounds simple. But when you run out of the “usual” things it’s not so simple.
Going thru the usual sources that I use to purchase equipment and find crew and
other sources that I provide to my crew to maybe make their life simpler and
more enjoyable. Using the usual sources like Online Video Contest, Zooppa,
B&H Photo, and Kuler. After you make your “A-List” resource list, make a “B-List”
just incase something is going wrong on the first one in line.
Just like people
the should be kept close as you use them as a resource to equipment, funding,
support and other things, the internet holds a bigger crowd that can touch many
more people. Also don’t burn the bridge with some of these companies or people
because you’ll never know what they can provide to you unless you do. It always
means something when you can say I’ve been using “a certain company” for “this
long”.
