One reading I found incredibly helpful included Week 6’s ‘Developing A Crew’, which helped me to understand how a film crew operates and their roles and responsibilities and more importantly, what my exact role as director encompassed.  This reading made it incredibly easy to do my job throughout pre-production and while on set, as I could effectively ‘tick off’ each of the bullet points of my roles and traits.  Some tips included working with the writer and envisioning the film’s scope, purpose, identity and meaning.

The Week 7 reading, ‘Lighting a Scene’ was also helpful to read before going on our shoot, with multiple directions on how to light both day and night interior scenes, which our short film largely consisted of.  It was also helpful in becoming familiar with the equipment used and their names, which made for clear descriptions when calling for gear on our shoot.