Avoid that Puddle!

There were some very good advice in this article that related to all the production duties. I think the ones that were most relevant to me as the production manager was communication and bad scheduling. I read about how in this example, the students were out of time and scrambled at the last day to finish their movie. As I read this, I thought this sounds exactly like what happens college students and their homework sometimes. This is the very thing that I would like to avoid. Granted, three weeks is not a lot of time, but I think with proper scheduling, and hard work, the short film could be done in time. I also thought the communication part was very informative. I thought the script we got was too specific, but as I thought about it after I read the article, it made sense that the script was very descriptive. Being descriptive will either give us a better idea on how to shoot the scene, or give us a chance to change it. I also took note of the attitude towards the actors/actresses. I hope this does not become a issue for us since we are at the mercy of our actors. The last thing I want is for our actors/actresses to bail on us on the middle of production with a bitter taste.