CHAPTER 6

WORKING WITH CREW

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Andy Collins

A GOOD PRODUCTION TEAM is mission-critical. But whom you choose and how you bring them into the creative process can have a significant impact on your story, particularly when working with real people on camera. Professional actors are accustomed to working with a wide range of crew throughout their careers. Real people generally aren’t. An actor may not love a particular crew or on-set dynamic, but they generally can rise above it. Real people may struggle. They may be thrown off by the way crew talk to one another, to our “Can you top this?” stories of production melt-downs shared during meal breaks, ...

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