Assistant Director $50 initial, $10 / hour

The Assistant director (AD) is a filmmaking role. The duties include: setting the shooting schedule, tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, rounding up cast and crew by preparing daily call sheets, checking they have all arrived, maintaining order on the set, rehearsing cast and directing background artists (extras).

On low-budget productions, the means are often not enough to realise the director's vision. It is for the 1st AD to work between the director and heads of department (HoD's) to call the necessary compromises when they need to be made, without jeopardising the integrity of the director's vision. This process can begin as early as the scriptwriting phase, with the AD suggesting such practical compromises as combining sets or reducing the number of story days, and may progress through to the actual shooting of a scene, at which time the AD may call for the director and DoP to refine the blocking of a scene in such a way that it can be adequately shot within the time available. This can be the most indirectly creative an AD gets, and he/she can gain great understanding and appreciation of the conflict between resources and vision. This can prove a useful skill to AD's who move on to production.

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