WIM SEZ: 5. Don’t look at the monitor. Watch the faces in front of your camera! Stand right next to it! You’ll see infinitely more. You can still check your monitor after the take. 6. Your continuity girl is always right about screen directions, jumping the axis and that sort of stuff. Don’t fight her. Bring her flowers. 7. Always remember: Continuity is overrated! 8. Coverage is overrated, too! 9. If you want to shoot day for night, make sure the sun is shining. 10. Before you say “cut,” wait five more seconds. 11. Rain only shows on the screen when you backlight it. 13. Think twice before you write a scene with babies or infants. 15. Mistakes never get fixed in post! 16. Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible cut. 17. Other people have great ideas, too. 22. Don’t quote other movies unless you have to. (But why would you have to?) 23. Let other people cut your trailer! 24. It’s always good to make up for a lack of (financial) means with an increase in imagination. 25. Having a tight schedule can be difficult. But having too much time is worse. 27. Less make-up is better. 28. Fewer words are always better! 29. Too much sugary stuff on the craft table (or is it Kraft?) can have a disastrous effect on your crew’s morale. 35. If you shoot in a dark alley at night, don’t let your DP impose a bright blue contre-jour spotlight on you, even in the far distance. It always looks corny. 36. Some actors should never see rushes. Others should be forced to watch them. 38. Why would you sit in your trailer while your crew is working? 40. You need a good title from the beginning. Don’t shoot the film with a working title you hate! 43. If your dolly grip is grumpy or your electricians hate the shot it will all show on the film. (Also, if you’re constipated…) 49. There are no rules. 50. None of the above is necessarily correct.
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