Index
1st AD–director relationship 132
1st assistant cameraperson 191
1st assistant editor 267
2D animators 221
2nd 2nd assistant director 138
2nd assistant cameraperson 192
2nd assistant director 135
2nd assistant editor 268
2nd camera 49
2nd team 167
2nd unit director 149
2nd unit operations 151
above-the-line 59
accident/injury report 297
accounting apprentice 106
accounting department 77
accounting records 343
acquiring the script 22
acquisitions, contract, and deals 26
actor’s equity association 164
actuals 80
adaptation rights 284
additional credit 91
additional labor 39
AD paperwork 145
ADR editor 274
aerial unit 49
aggregate cap 93
A list 154
ambience 143
American Humane Association 165
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers 284
amount column 60
animal handler 39
animation supervisor 221
animators 221
apple box 206
apprentice editor 268
arrangers 286
art department coordinator 179
art department hierarchy 176
art department production assistants 181
art director 178
assistant casting director 153
assistant hair/additional hair/extra hair 236
assistant location manager 241
assistant makeup 234
assistant production office coordinator 101
assistant props 180
assistant to production designer and art director 181
assistant to the costume designer 228
assistant to the producer 10
at the end of the day 142
atmosphere 36
audit rights 343
aural vision 268
automated dialogue replacement see ADR
axis 107
background 133
background coordinator 138, 158
back matching 113
banded 203
bargaining 345
beauty shots 49
becoming signatory 76
behind-the-scenes 198
below-the-line 59
best boy electric 203
big production meeting 135
black wrap 205
B list 154
blue book 164
body makeup 234
bounce 277
breaking film 198
broadcast music incorporated 284
budget 57
budget disbursement and tracking 77
budget line items 85
budget report 80
budget structure 59
building the microphone 214
building the sound tracks 269
bumped 165
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 218
buyer 178
by hand 35
call time 35
camera car 208
camera operator 191
camera production assistant 194
camera reports 192
camera team hierarchy 186
camera truck 261
caps 92
cash advance 78
cash flow worksheet 78
cash rebates 91
cast breakdown 156
casting assistants 159
casting data report 173
casting data report affirmative action 173
casting data report stunt performers and coordinators 173
casting department 153
casting department hierarchy 154
cast insurance 307
cast numbering 43
cast read-through 179
cast releases 145
catering 319
certificate of insurance 249, 251
character breakdown 131
checking the gate 192
check request 79
child performers education and trust act of 2003 164
children 48
clapper 194
clearances 304
closed dailies 143
closed set 143
cold reading 155
color decision list 189
compositing lead 221
compositing supervisor 221
compositors 221
computer-generated images 37
computer graphics supervisor 221
concept meeting 135
construction coordinator 178, 181
construction foreman 182
construction laborers 182
contingency 74
contingency fee 60
continuity 40
contracts 307
contractuals 60
contributions 94
Coogan law 164
copyist 286
copyright 299
copyright infringement 301
cost report 80
costs off the top deal 340
courtesy credit 5
cover sets 47
craft services person 317
crane operator 206
creating a schedule 46
creature design 217
creature manufacturer 218
credits 93
crew packets 119
crosses 137
crossfades 272
c-stand 207
daily progress report 110
daily wrap sheet 121
data wrangler 190
day breakdown 108
day/night 47
default 343
determine your production type 170
developing the package 24
development 58
dialect coach 141
dialogue coach 140
digital camera report 193
digital imaging technician 187
digital workflow 277
digitize 267
directing extras 137
director of photography 185
Directors Guild of America 279
director’s team hierarchy 130
director’s trailer 262
disbursement forms 79
disbursing funds 77
dispatcher 259
distant 57
distribution 338
distribution contract 341
distribution rights 344
distributor 58
distributor’s expenses 342
dolly 206
dolly grip 206
dolly track 205
doorway dolly 206
draftsperson 181
dramatic rights 284
drivers 259
drop–pickup 47
DSP 276
DVD distribution deal 340
DVD rights 346
editor 266
electricity and water 292
electrics 203
electronically—scheduling software 35
electronic press kit 198
emergency 295
employee benefits 75
EMT 291
equalization 276
errors and omissions 307
example $30 million budget 62
example call sheet 134
example cast breakdown 156
example cast list 123
example contact list 124
example crew list 125
example daily crew deal memo 308
example digital camera report 193
example emergency form 296
example equipment rental agreement 310
example extras breakdown 158
example location agreement 249
example location list 242
example makeup breakdown 233
example production report 147
example rehearsal schedule 162
example script supervisor’s daily log 111
example script supervisor’s daily report 112
example shot coverage 110
example sound report 213
example travel/movement 102
example wardrobe breakdown 226
exclusive grant of rights 342, 345
executive producer 4
expendables 202
extended placement 337
exteriors 47
EXT/INT 47
extra makeup 234
extras breakdown 158
extras casting 157
extras casting coordinator 153
fair use 302
featurettes 198
federal income compensation act 75
federal unemployment insurance 75
fee-free locations 91
film courier 198
film development 22
film office 62
film or digital magazines 192
film stock summary report 192
final cast list information sheet 173
final cost report 173
final crew list 122
first assistant accountant 106
first assistant cameraperson 138
first assistant director 34, 131
first team on set 141
fittings 163
flags 205
flares 205
flat fee 60
foggers 219
Foley artist 273
Foley sessions 273
Foley tracks 268
form 1099 75
free television rights 344
free TV 341
full-scale physical effects 218
gaffer 201
garage sale 229
general expenses 60
generator operator 203
generator tow 262
geography 46
getting the right lawyer 314
ghosting 189
glidecam 195
grants 91
greenery 39
grip and electric operations 206
grip hierarchy 204
grip package 207
grip truck 261
ground squibs 218
gun safety 292
hair and makeup tests 186
hair breakdown 235
hair operations 236
head accountant 105
header board 46
headshots 154
high budget 57
hold days 46
house power 202
how a stunt could work 169
how to run a casting session 159
IATSE 75
illustrator 181
importance of calling rolling and cut 142
independent contractors 75
industry code of conduct 291
industry-wide labor management safety committee bulletins 291
information sheet 171
insurance 307
intellectual property 299
interiors 47
intern release 133
investors 57
jib 205
last supper 320
laying dolly track 208
leads 166
letter of intent 313
licensing 283
lighting grids 201
lighting hierarchy 202
lighting truck 261
line-item production budget 57
line producer 6
lining the script 109
loader 194
loan outs 92
local 76
local casting director 157
local production coordinator
local versus distant 76
location agreement 249
location considerations 244
location department hierarchy 240
location determinations on a tech scout 246
location fees 249
location list 242
location manager 239
location map 136
location paperwork 249
location production assistant 243
location release agreement 240
location safety 293
location scout—the event 244
location scout—the person 243
location services 247
location versus in studio 248
locked 33
lockup 138
lodging exemption 91
logline 24
look-up tables 189
looping 275
loss and damage 74
low budget 57
LUT see look-up tables
main titles and end credits 279, 280
make the day 130
makeup 37
makeup and hair hierarchy 232
makeup trailer 261
making the office operational 118
managing the budget 80
maps 247
marketing plan 335
martini 142
maximum spend 92
mechanical effects 217
meet-and-greet 122
men’s costumer 227
miniatures 151
minimum spend 92
minivans 262
minor permit 48
miscellaneous category 40
mono mix 277
MOS 211
motion control camera 221
MPAA seal 60
multiple elements 43
music 38
ND stunt people 169
negative insurance 311
net deal 340
new deal 142
non-theatrical rights 344
notes category 40
O/C 148
office production assistants 104
one-light 189
one-liner 52
operations on set 219
orchestrators 286
OSHA 289
other categories 38
overhead 60
packaging 346
padding the budget 74
parent’s consent forms 145
parodies 303
partial 44
pay-per-view 341
pay television rights 344
penalties 76
performer contracts 173
permits 253
physical effects 217
playback 216
post-production 60
post-production hierarchy 266
post-production process 277
post-production schedule 266
post-production supervisor 9, 265
prints and advertising budget 58
producer 3
Producer–Screen Actors Guild Codified Basic Agreement of 1998 165
producer’s share 342
producing animation 18
producing documentary 15
producing in the field 10
producing live events 11
producing mobile content 18
production 168
production designer 175
production files 119
production interns 139
production lists 122
production meetings 135
production office coordinator 99
production offices 115
production office truck 261
production package 307
production staff 97
production team hierarchy 98
production vehicles 261
product placement 113
prop truck 262
prosthetics 234
pro tools 269
psychology of producing 19
public domain 284
public performance rights 284
pulls focus 191
putting the schedule together 49
qualities of a good assistant 10
rain towers 218
rebate on labor 91
receptionist 105
refundable tax credit 90
rehearsals and training 161
rehearsal schedule 162
releases 305
remote camera system 196
revenue 347
revenue stream 339
reverb 276
revision colors 53
rigging crew 204
right-to-work state 259
room tone 143
running the production office 120
run of show 48
rushes 5
safety check 294
safety in pre-production 291
safety issues 291
safety manager 290
sales representative 341
sales tax exemption 91
sandbags 207
scale 58
schedules to print 49
scheduling a film: step-by-step 34
scheduling parameters 46
scoring session 286
scoring stage 286
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 58, 328
screen tests 161
screenwriting apps 55
script agreement 26
script clearance company 305
script supervisor 107
seamstress 227
second assistant accountant 106
second assistant cameraperson 138
second assistant director 129
second meal 319
second second assistant director 129
security 39
segue 274
sequence 47
set 46
set decorator 178
set designer 179
set dressing 36
set dressing truck 262
set etiquette 320
set massage therapist 320
set medic 291
set operations 141
set production assistants 129, 139
set protocol 143
setting up the office 117
shooting schedule 50
sides 155
signatory 76
signatory documents 171
site fee 249
sleep deprivation 292
sound designer 268
sound designer/editor 269
sound editing 211
sound editor 60
sound effects 37
sound operations 215
sound package 215
sound production assistant 215
sound report 213
sound track album 287
speaking cast 36
special ability 166
special effects and stunts 48
special effects coordinator 135, 219
special effects makeup 37
special effects operations 221
special effects truck 262
special operators 195
special or visual effects unit 151
split calls 260
spotting sessions 269
spotting sheet 270
spreadsheet budgeting 62
squibs 218
staging area 207
stake bed 262
standard screenplay format 34
standby greensperson 182
standby painter 182
starting to write a budget 61
star trailers 262
in-state institutions 93
state unemployment insurance 75
steadicam 195
steadicam operator 195
step outline 25
still photographer 332
stock 197
stock footage 60
storyboards 130
strike 48
strip board 46
studio teachers 164
stunt person 168
sub-distribution agreements 346
subscription television 341
summing tool 62
supporting roles 166
synchronization rights 284
table read 170
Taft-Hartley Reports 173
talent release form 306
tax credits 90
taxes 75
tax incentives 89
technical advisor 107
technical scout 245
telecine 198
term 341
territory 346
testing 334
tests 199
theatrical permit 48
theatrical rights 344
third-party insurance 311
time of year/climate 48
total other 60
transcoding 189
transfer 198
transferable tax credit 90
transportation captain 256, 258
transportation coordinator 255
transportation operations 260
transportation pickup report 257
transportation team hierarchy 256
travel/movement 103
treatments 25
truck wrap 209
turnaround 47
tutors 164
two-point system 209
tying in 202
unions, guilds, and associations 321
union versus nonunion 76
unit production manager 34, 97
unit publicist 332
updating your schedule 53
vehicles and animals 38
video on demand 345
video village 194
VIP office 118
visual effects producer 220
walkie-talkie etiquette 138
walking meal 319
wall of envelopes 120
wardrobe 37
wardrobe hierarchy 224
wardrobe operations 228
wardrobe production assistant 228
wardrobe trailer 261
water truck 262
weather 292
weather effects 218
wedges 208
weekly players 167
what the 1st AD wants from the director 133
wild sound 212
women’s costumer 227
working with children 291
working with first-time directors 8
working with minors 163
working with parents 164
working with the Screen Actors Guild 170
working with writers 23
wrap party 122
wrapping out the production office 122
x column 61