Voice & Vision, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 17 On-Set Procedures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are many ways to shoot a narrative film. The complexity of the project, the size of the crew, the nature of the location, and the style of the director all have an impact on what actually occurs on the film set. Director Kelly Reichardt shot her third feature film, Old Joy (2006), with a crew of six, a principal cast of two, predominantly exterior locations and available light, and with everyone bunking together on location for the duration of the shoot (see pages 20–21). Filmmaker Alexander Engel’s award-winning short, This is It (2013), was shot in three 12-hour days, mostly in one interior location (with a few exterior shots) and a crew of nine; and Didier Rouget shot his second short film, ...