Overview 

This standard is about managing the production set and creating an effective relationship between directors and all other people. 

It is about interpreting the director’s needs and creative vision and translating this into tasks to be undertaken by the various departments. It is also about managing the crew to achieve this.

It involves producing a risk assessment for every shoot day, having identified, with others, the potential risks to crew health and safety.

This standard is for 1st Assistant Directors, Floor Managers or Production Managers.

 

Performance Criteria 

You must be able to:

  1. confirm production vision and goals with directors and heads of department
  2. give the team full information about the director’s creative vision
  3. hold regular production meetings, and manage recce discussions and outcomes to ensure director’s needs are met
  4. identify potential risks to cast, crew and contributors’ health and safety and take appropriate measures
  5. communicate all health and safety procedures to cast, crew and contributors at the start of each day to meet organisational requirements
  6. document and distribute relevant risk assessments to all crew members before shooting commences
  7. resolve technical problems as they occur
  8. check and confirm that the director’s requirements are met by delegating tasks to appropriate people during shooting
  9. brief the production about on-set requirements for next day’s call sheet
  10. identify causes of delay to schedules, and suggest and organise viable solutions
  11. monitor on set activity to ensure the efficient use of resources
  12. alert producers or production managers to any problems which may have serious implications to production schedule or budget  

 

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:  

  1. how to develop a strong relationship with directors, heads of departments and cast, crew and contributors
  2. how to identify potential risks that concern the cast, crew and contributors’ health and safety
  3. risk assessment processes and documentation
  4. how to manage the cast, crew and contributors to achieve the best results
  5. how to resolve problems with the help of technical experts
  6. which tasks should be delegated, and when
  7. what key information different departments need in order to realise the director’s vision
  8. how creative and technical decisions might impact on the budget and schedule
  9. how to plan ahead whilst managing day to day activities
  10. how cast, crew, contributors and location availability impact on re-scheduling decisions
  11. how filming activities impact on health and safety and how this is communicated to cast, crew and contributors on a daily basis
  12. how and when to alert production to any issues which impact upon the schedule or budget