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Freelancing jobs in the film industry, which involve working on numerous productions with multiple employers, aren’t your average jobs. Employers, employment status, and working conditions can vary widely. Jobs can be union or non-union, and production companies can be signatories...
Working on a low-budget movie can be a helpful step in building your film industry career or a waste of time that does nothing for your career or your sanity. It all depends on the project and who’s running the...
Those of us working outdoors on set neglect heat safety at our peril. We often find ourselves working outside on some of the hottest days of the year. We need to be fully prepared to protect ourselves from the worst...
The film industry has always seemed to be a fly by the seat of your pants industry by the nature of the things we create. But it’s also adopted some practices that are outdated, unsafe, and ridiculous. I thought some...
Recent lawsuits resulting from the tragic shooting accident on the set of the film Rust are a reminder that we all need to do whatever we can to support safe sets. It’s not in our best interest to look the...
Which jobs on a film set are the best and the worst? It depends on whom you ask. I compiled this list based on my observations over many years of working on set, and I deliberately omitted the director and...
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