Film Lesson #10: Crew or No Crew

 Welcome to the very last film lesson on the Colton Leach Films blog. We're going to be discussing whether you want a crew or not:

A crew consists of the cinematographer, the person who does the lighting and the boom operator.


Behind the scenes photo from Back To The Future Part III

But if you're an independent filmmaker, you don't have to have a crew, you can be the combination camera-person/light director/boom operator. That's what I am except for the boom operator part. If you don't believe me, you should read Robert Rodriguez's book "Rebel Without A Crew", it's very helpful!



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