Digital Filmmaking For Kids For Dummies

PROJECT 12

Assembling Your Film Crew

“Many hands make light work.” “Two heads are better than one.” You know these sayings. They’re clichés, but they’re also true. By assembling a film crew, you can split your workload and focus on the quality of your film.

Hundreds of people are normally involved in big-budget films, but you don’t have to recruit anywhere near that number. Two or more people will make a difference. The number of people I have on set depends on the size of the film project and how complex the scene is. For smaller projects, the crew may be just myself and one other person. For bigger projects, on the other hand, I might call in ten or more people to help. Sometimes you don’t want loads of crew helping because you’re filming in a tight space or you simply don’t need that many people around.

Filmmaking is a team activity. You need people around to help, whether it be with creating ideas, writing scripts, drawing storyboards, or helping with the filming or editing. Building a team around you is important because you can call on people with different skills to help and share the responsibility of making a film. Filmmaking is simply harder to do on your own.

In this project, I show you the roles involved in making films and what they do. Armed with this information, you can decide whom you want to invite to help make your film.

Who Can Help?

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