2.1 Explain the working culture of the film industry

Working in the film industry is not a 9 to 5 job. You will have to shoot depending on the time of day and the weather and schedules may run over by weeks or months and you would be expected to continue working despite this. Producers and directors especially will often work constantly over long periods of time in when a film is in progress. You may be asked to travel if you want the job they offer (which you almost always will, especially when you are just starting out). We learnt from our directing masterclass, that working with children and animals is particularly restrictive, they can only work for so long and the health and safety becomes much more complex.

If you are freelancing and you need a crew, you will need to find the funding to pay them, unless they are working for free (to Han experience).

The pressures of working on film is that a lot depends on every single member of the crew, so much can go wrong and you are often limited with money and time, so you have to be responsible.

Positives and negatives? It will almost always be incredibly stressful, but it’s creative and exiting and you work with a team to make something everyone is proud of.

Time management is incredibly important in the film industry, there is no SPARE time so if people are late for unnecessary reasons it massively slows down the process and can end up costing large amounts of money. Taking initiative and being competent is also important, you have to be confident in your ability so that you don’t rely on being told what to do all the time (there isn’t enough time/money/resources for that) and you have to be competent using any equipment you are trusted with.