Chapter 21
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Taking Care of the Cast and Crew
In This Chapter • Making the most of your collaborators
• The importance of good communication with your cast and crew
• A well-fed crew is a happy crew
• How to tactfully deal with problem crewmembers
You could be a saint and still lose your cool on a film set. Hard work and long days coupled with pressures regarding time and money is a recipe for … well, if not disaster, certainly some stress. Even the most mellow person can become a bear under the wrong conditions.
Some sources of stress are beyond your control, such as weather, equipment failures, and illness. Having contingency plans and thinking ahead (such as watching ten-day weather forecasts) can help diminish their ...