Last week I talked about the pre-production phase of a commercial I worked on not too long ago. This week will be about the next stage in a project.

PRODUCTION

 I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is a strong possibility that you will not have immediate and consistent success as a freelancer. That is not to say that you won’t make money you'll just remember what I said before about putting your earnings back in a savings account. That cash is there to keep you afloat when you are waiting for the next check or the next gig.

Well, if you've been following the adventures of our little movie project, you'll remember that we had a couple of conflicts. Mostly, these were related to my allowing chaos to reign supreme by not properly assuming command early on. You see, in this production, I am one of four producers, and I am also director and DP.  This in itself isn't too unusual, and wouldn't cause any issues, but I wasn't firm on duties and responsibilities for the rest of the producers and crew, and we ended up with a crowd in control, which rapidly became "mob rule."

What can you say about Doug Jones? He’s a hard one to capture in just a few words, but if I had to choose just one I think it would be “sincere.” I think it would be easy for an actor to come work with a few pros and a bunch of college kids and roll their eyes every time something went wrong because of it, but I don’t think I ever once caught Dougie in a bad mood. Instead, he was encouraging, thoughtful, and just damn fun to be around (as the embedded YouTube video can prove).