Job Overview The second AD disseminates information to the entire crew, such as setting call times and making up call sheets; notifying actors and crew of what scenes are scheduled to be shot, and when; and assisting the assistant director in his duties as needed. “Everything goes through the key second AD,” explains second AD  [ Read More ]

source What are the Duties of an Assisant Director? Joe Njiki asks: There is this unending contoversy about the role of an assistant director and what is supposed to be his job. Some people in the industry have gone as far as creating things such as “Artistic director” simply because nobody wants to an “assistant”  [ Read More ]

I found this article on Variety.com and think it’s really interesting. Source   Location shoots: Rewarding, but risky Shooting goes smoothly for ‘Hereafter’ By PETER CARANICAS peter.caranicas@variety.com Shooting a major feature around the world is something like mounting a military campaign, with location managers coordinating the action on several fronts. Clint Eastwood’s “Hereafter” centers on  [ Read More ]

Experience the studio time of New Moon

I got in touch with Anthony Zierhut, who is an experienced storyboard and animatics artist. His work include but are not limited to Scooby Doo, Spiderman 2&3, Shrek goes Fourth, Bedazzled, The perfect score… Don’t hesitate to check his website out here. Here are a couple of interviews he provided me with. Interview 1 Interview  [ Read More ]

page 1 page 1 It is now official. As per Summit Entertainment official website: Los Angeles, CA April 22, 2009 — Summit Entertainment announced today that David Slade has been hired to direct THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE from a screenplay written by Melissa Rosenberg. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, the third film in the studio’s TWILIGHT  [ Read More ]

page 1 page 1 ***There is a rumor going on about the New Moon music composer. It looks like Carter Burwell will not be coming back. As I understand it, the director of New Moon, Chris Weitz, has hired Alexandre Desplat to composer the music for the film. Desplat composed the music for Weitz’ earlier  [ Read More ]

page 1 page 1 So, a few things have been up on the net in the last few days and here is a little sum up. First, there have been all kind of rumors that New Moon production was halted due to court issues with book author Stephenie Meyer. It was quickly unconfirmed by Summit  [ Read More ]

Source Conditions during the second week of production were much improved over the first, and everyone settled into a rhythm and good vibe that has since carried throughout the production. Normally the weather in Namibia this time of year is quite comfortable, but for the East wind that drops the temperature to around 36 degrees  [ Read More ]

Source As Juliet once said to Romeo: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Now, modern-day star crossed lovers Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are getting ready to carry on with their cinematic love affair. But will the second ‘Twilight‘ movie smell as sweet now that it has a brand-new name’ MTV  [ Read More ]