I LOVE how knowledgeable Moses is. He notices the tiniest details in the shot and right away breaks down all you need to accommodate those details. Real pro at work!
Here's advice from a Hollywood producer: don't make shorts, instead make (zero budget) features (~90 minutes). There's no money in shorts and almost no one watches them. Features WILL get eyeballs and show your potential as a bankable producer/director. If you still want to make a short, keep it under 5 minutes, if you go over definitely no one will watch it.
You are such a God send! You give years of life learned filmmaking trial and error lessons in these videos. I can’t believe how amazingly possible you make this super illusive dream feel. It’s super inspiring...super motivating! You guys work super hard but trust me as a fan it’s always appreciated
We do a lot of commercial/corporate work and this video is a perfect tool to show our clients what really happens in the planning and behind the scenes. They have NO CLUE! :)
This is such awesome content. There is not much out on RUclips that delves into this much detail on this subject. I pull several tips on Indy production from this channel. Thanks so much for producing awesome, actionable, and informative content. Keep it up. We appreciate it!
10 minutes in and I'm already overwhelmed lol I'm trying to educate myself for when I start shooting my own indie films and this is a lot of great content. I'm going to take this in stride.
This is really helpful to explore my way of thinking. I've watched this video for several times and now can remember and understand it. Thank you Ted and Moses.
Yep. And communicating with Hair and Wardrobe on hiding lavs. And with Music Director on playback tracks, PA speakers and in-ear monitors. And G&E on generator placement. And Set Dec for floor, wall and ceiling treatments as well as placing plants. And Locations to ensure a fairly quiet location and no planned construction noise. And Sparks for a power drop. And Camera for sound hops and timecode sync, especially because there is a SteadiCam in use. Basically trying to minimize anything that has burned me in the past.
@@WalioNYC This is potentially one of the most underrated comments I've seen about sound, so much knowledge and experience on sound included in a short paragraph. Thanks!
Q: In the movie “US’ with Jordan Peele there were 3 production companies listed in the opening credits. Blumhouse, QC, Monkeypaw. Which company actually is in charge of securing the locations, permits, getting the catering, renting the equipment ect
A simple Google search shows that QC is purely a financer. Monkeypaw is Jordan Peele's Production Company so possibly someone there did the actual work. Blumhouse is a distributor/studio/production company/financer so they were probably in the mix on the decisions but probably didn't actually make them but it's also not impossible.
I remember True being the go to guy in “ Atlanta “?. I worked under Jack Coffee, Jimmy Osburn. And of course when John sold to true. Retired in Thailand.☮️ Jack retired just up the road from me in Patong. PS … always bring the key sound.
I love when you two do videos together. I have a question though, I finally got hired by a real studio doing a real film as a PA. I've never done it before so I guess they're taking a gamble with me but I'm super excited. Any advice/tips you guys could give me?
Congrats! They say never become a too good of a PA because you won't move up the ladder. Be nice and kind, listen to others and memorize their names. Life moves in the direction you want generally and if you have a goal in production world, no matter where you're starting, you'll get there.
This is a terrific video and very informative and insightful. The one thing I find puzzling is that the services of a location manager seem to be ignored. No time is allowed to find and secure the locations. Most of what the producer is taking upon himself in the location scout are issues that a location manager and a transportation coordinator should handle. The producer honestly should not be worrying about parking and portalets and where lunch will be and staging at the location except to the extent that they are collaborating with and supervising location and transportation heads. I’d want my producer to be worrying about higher level issues than these
"Gonna need a long oner of a guy playing a grand piano." ...doesn't invite sound dept to the production meeting... This is indeed a great intro to what a producer does.
i would really love to see a continuation to this with some more scifi producer, or the kind of movies that use a lot of green screeen and how it change the game
For an Indian crew this is one day shoot for all 3 scenes. Double Shift Post Lunch : Pool Party 1pm- 6pm Post lunch : Restaurant Scene - 8-12 pm Dinner at Restaurant (same location) - Junior Actors packup , Choreographer Call in Dance Sequence : 4am to 6am (easier permission) Pack up P.S. - Tough Schedule, not really !
The setup being described sounds like non-union (typically low budget to mid budget, and generally short films, Indy movies, or commercials, not network TV shows or Network Films)... PA’s don’t typically drive vans on union tv/films. Also pop ups generally come from locations or transpo and crafty is it’s own department. There are definitely different scales of Hollywood productions, and what’s being described is not what’s regular for bigger shows (La La Land was most likely union).
Great info. I'd encourage you to have the Editor in early prod meetings. Piano music and poolside band is almost certainly playback so there needs to be prep for that. If the piano is NOT playback, i.e. it is PRAC, you've blown out your shoot by several hours, maybe another day, plus... timing.
I guess we definitely need a third-day shoot for the 3rd scene, as its the climax with a complex choreography in one shot we need to rehearse that several times before going into the final take(maybe several takes depending on set mistakes, mis synchronization), also our shooting duration is limited as story requires certain natural lighting. The pressure of doing this kind of scene in a day after shooting the 2nd scene might drop the production quality.
This is fantastic! Really interesting premise to convey all of the behind the scenes logistics. Edit: just made it to the end of the video. What would estimated budget of these three scenes be on an indie shoot?
Man I love all the videos in your channel! Thank you and keep it up!! Btw... please, pleaaase do something about your mic. The levels and the "tss" sounds often kill my ears. I can't be the only one!
I'm confused. Nowhere in this video or description does it say where we get those RGB bulbs in the floor lamps. Where are my RGBs, Ted? Where are they?! Just kidding. Love the channel. Love the vids.
I guess one of the benefits of having most big productions all in California is that busy producers don't have to keep up with state laws for a dozen or so different states. But also, if they're shooting in a different state, the laws in that state are probably more lax than the ones in California, so there are fewer bad surprises. If you're going to cut your teeth in one locale, it might as well be the one where the laws are strict, the highways have heavy traffic, the sky is the wrong color, there are always helicopters flying around, and the side streets are hilly and narrow.
Any chance someone can break this down further when it comes to co-producers, line producers, etc? I want to get more into this side of the industry, even at a very small scale (even as an assistant to an assistant), but there's just so much to it. I've tried getting entry level positions at productions offices to no avail. I've worked on set, but that's a different path.
Too funny... I thought the entire "Lovely Night" dance scene was shot on a sound stage. The lighting around the actors looks so locked off in contrast to the background and the pooling of the light compared to the sharp silhouettes of the surrounding hills and landscape with classic distant lights in the background... I just thought they went for the old school sound stage look. And there is practically zero atmospherics around the actors in the shot... no bugs, smoke, wind, haze... wow. Not that it wasn't already a lovely scene, but it has just become infinitely more interesting!
Basically asking for an availability and letting them know you could be booked for the mentioned dates. In case if that person gets another offer for overlapped days, primary hold could potentially get a courtesy call to either release or put a solid booking to secure the schedule.
Kind of Disappointed you don't mention Script Supervisors in this video. A Script Supervisor is a Department head and a huge part of the process especially for Indy Films. I would Love to see you guys talk about that more. Especially the relationship between a Script Supervisor and a Producer As well as their relationship to the director. It's such an Important job and is not talked about enough, I would Love to see you guys cover it.
I thought the third scene shot on a stage with green screen would allow shooting as time permits and in the end could be more cost effective than turning a 1 day shoot into multiple days. This also takes away the element of bad weather on the night of the shoot
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I LOVE how knowledgeable Moses is. He notices the tiniest details in the shot and right away breaks down all you need to accommodate those details. Real pro at work!
Here's advice from a Hollywood producer: don't make shorts, instead make (zero budget) features (~90 minutes). There's no money in shorts and almost no one watches them. Features WILL get eyeballs and show your potential as a bankable producer/director. If you still want to make a short, keep it under 5 minutes, if you go over definitely no one will watch it.
Thanks for including us at 2:55 Indy Mogul!
You're awesome!
@@hschenck3394 😂
StudioBinder is GREAT!
This was so detailed and AMAZING content! It's honestly the first video out of hundreds that give a clear overview of what a producer does
BROO so much freaking knowledge poured out here
So much knowledge that 99.9% of us will never, ever use lol
THIS is quality content
All the deepest questions in life, answered
You are such a God send! You give years of life learned filmmaking trial and error lessons in these videos. I can’t believe how amazingly possible you make this super illusive dream feel. It’s super inspiring...super motivating! You guys work super hard but trust me as a fan it’s always appreciated
Film Riot : Making a short film...
Indy Mogul : How to ACTUALLY make a short film...
oooooooooo shots fireddddddddddd. XD
Film Riot : makes films; Indy Mogul : TALKS about making films. 🎤💧
Nah.
@@petero1068 Classic director perspective vs producer perspective.
Super important for indie peeps that can see how to scale this down to their productions. Great stuff!
I like the common problem solving aspect of this video. Really cool concept to see a producer talk his way through the problem and solution.
We do a lot of commercial/corporate work and this video is a perfect tool to show our clients what really happens in the planning and behind the scenes. They have NO CLUE! :)
This is such awesome content. There is not much out on RUclips that delves into this much detail on this subject. I pull several tips on Indy production from this channel. Thanks so much for producing awesome, actionable, and informative content. Keep it up. We appreciate it!
10 minutes in and I'm already overwhelmed lol I'm trying to educate myself for when I start shooting my own indie films and this is a lot of great content. I'm going to take this in stride.
I got to work with Moses on set, Awesome Dude
Love when you bring Moses on
This is the best video I've seen breaking down a to do list. Awesome.
I shot a feature film in a friend's house. That last toilet paper tip is priceless. Follow it to a "T". Great video, guys.
Moses!! Yes!! Tracking down all the episodes with him cause the knowledge he's sharing is invaluable!
Love this channel & series! Waaaay better than film school! Keep up the great work!
This is really helpful to explore my way of thinking. I've watched this video for several times and now can remember and understand it. Thank you Ted and Moses.
Soundies are down at Trew Audio reserving the 8 channels of wireless they're going to need. 😉
Definitely. Prepping to do the most important and under appreciated job on-set.
Yep. And communicating with Hair and Wardrobe on hiding lavs. And with Music Director on playback tracks, PA speakers and in-ear monitors. And G&E on generator placement. And Set Dec for floor, wall and ceiling treatments as well as placing plants. And Locations to ensure a fairly quiet location and no planned construction noise. And Sparks for a power drop. And Camera for sound hops and timecode sync, especially because there is a SteadiCam in use. Basically trying to minimize anything that has burned me in the past.
@@WalioNYC All spot-on.
@@WalioNYC This is potentially one of the most underrated comments I've seen about sound, so much knowledge and experience on sound included in a short paragraph. Thanks!
😂😂😂 batteries
Thanks for reminding me why I like guerrilla filmmaking
Jonathan Amen.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎥
Please do more interviews with this guy 🙏
This was great, I love how his mind works. Would love to work with Moses one day.
Indy Mogul are you guys spying on me? i made it to the second round of a film competition and this video comes out. thank you so much !
Q: In the movie “US’ with Jordan Peele there were 3 production companies listed in the opening credits. Blumhouse, QC, Monkeypaw. Which company actually is in charge of securing the locations, permits, getting the catering, renting the equipment ect
A simple Google search shows that QC is purely a financer. Monkeypaw is Jordan Peele's Production Company so possibly someone there did the actual work. Blumhouse is a distributor/studio/production company/financer so they were probably in the mix on the decisions but probably didn't actually make them but it's also not impossible.
I remember True being the go to guy in “ Atlanta “?.
I worked under Jack Coffee, Jimmy Osburn.
And of course when John sold to true.
Retired in Thailand.☮️
Jack retired just up the road from me in Patong.
PS … always bring the key sound.
This was so awesome I wish it was longer
Awesome!! I believe this is my passion and a perfect match for my technical yet creative personality!!! I hope to become a great producer one day!!!!
LOVED this video! Please do more of these break down videos
The details... the details. Always nice to hear from you guys. Thanks for the insight.
Packed, concise and educational info 👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
Very excellent information so much goes into making a film from start to finish, it starts with planning and going from there.
I love when you two do videos together. I have a question though, I finally got hired by a real studio doing a real film as a PA. I've never done it before so I guess they're taking a gamble with me but I'm super excited. Any advice/tips you guys could give me?
Network network network and find something creative so youre not stuck in production the rest of your career.
Congrats! They say never become a too good of a PA because you won't move up the ladder. Be nice and kind, listen to others and memorize their names. Life moves in the direction you want generally and if you have a goal in production world, no matter where you're starting, you'll get there.
Going to re-watch this a lot the next few weeks, months and years.
Most informational filmmaking channel! These are super helpful and interesting 👍
This really is quality content. Great work!
Love this guy ! Always giving so much information and details !
This was so awesome. Thanks for making such helpful and actually informative videos. Keep it up!
This is a terrific video and very informative and insightful. The one thing I find puzzling is that the services of a location manager seem to be ignored. No time is allowed to find and secure the locations. Most of what the producer is taking upon himself in the location scout are issues that a location manager and a transportation coordinator should handle. The producer honestly should not be worrying about parking and portalets and where lunch will be and staging at the location except to the extent that they are collaborating with and supervising location and transportation heads. I’d want my producer to be worrying about higher level issues than these
Budget restrictions maybe🤷🏼♂️
Clear, concise, and incredibly informative. Thank you so much for this excellent video.
Oh my gosh... I love this video.. Soooo helpful. Thank you so much.
This dude a bad man!!! Legit problem solver.
What an informative video. I love all the tips guys. love it! 😍
This is super helpful to someone trying to film my first short! Thank you so much.
i love the videos with moses
This was insanely helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and the tips.
great video. Thanks!
"Gonna need a long oner of a guy playing a grand piano."
...doesn't invite sound dept to the production meeting...
This is indeed a great intro to what a producer does.
It’s crazy how much is involved and no wonder some budgets get blown out of the water. 😅
This is a great informative video on filmmaking. Thank you.
you bet, thanks for tuning in!
i would really love to see a continuation to this with some more scifi producer, or the kind of movies that use a lot of green screeen and how it change the game
Side note dully noted. Thanks for this vid, it did wonders for me.
This was a super valuable video for an upcoming wannabe producer (Like Me) I would love more video's with this guy so I can learn more.
Such great info! Thank you!
Whoa. I learned a lot from this one. 👍 Thanks
Another great vid!
Awesome video! Keep 'em coming! :D
Great video. Love this series you guys have going. But good God. No wonder movie tickets are so expensive hahah.
For an Indian crew this is one day shoot for all 3 scenes. Double Shift
Post Lunch : Pool Party 1pm- 6pm
Post lunch : Restaurant Scene - 8-12 pm
Dinner at Restaurant (same location) - Junior Actors packup , Choreographer Call in
Dance Sequence : 4am to 6am (easier permission)
Pack up
P.S. - Tough Schedule, not really !
This is soooo helpful and in depth. We need more content like this!
Please suggestion production software which helps us with end to end management of a movie project.
So much valuable information!!!
Kept waiting for you to throw that opening scene of La La Land, just to see how he’d react.
Blimp light works great for that.
More Moses!!!
I literally learnt more things in this video than I did at a film course at university lol
Wow thank you.. subscribed
I came to find out what a ACTUALLY Producer was. I stayed to find out what a Producer ACTUALLY does.
The setup being described sounds like non-union (typically low budget to mid budget, and generally short films, Indy movies, or commercials, not network TV shows or Network Films)... PA’s don’t typically drive vans on union tv/films. Also pop ups generally come from locations or transpo and crafty is it’s own department. There are definitely different scales of Hollywood productions, and what’s being described is not what’s regular for bigger shows (La La Land was most likely union).
Good info though!
I guess this isn't for that kind of audience.
Yes! This is a great how to💯 #filmmaking #behindthescenes
Very insightful presentation.....👍
Great info. I'd encourage you to have the Editor in early prod meetings. Piano music and poolside band is almost certainly playback so there needs to be prep for that.
If the piano is NOT playback, i.e. it is PRAC, you've blown out your shoot by several hours, maybe another day, plus... timing.
I guess we definitely need a third-day shoot for the 3rd scene,
as its the climax with a complex choreography in one shot we need to rehearse that several times before going into the final take(maybe several takes depending on set mistakes, mis synchronization), also our shooting duration is limited as story requires certain natural lighting. The pressure of doing this kind of scene in a day after shooting the 2nd scene might drop the production quality.
That tattoo is awesome
This is fantastic! Really interesting premise to convey all of the behind the scenes logistics.
Edit: just made it to the end of the video. What would estimated budget of these three scenes be on an indie shoot?
Great video. Thx.
Man I love all the videos in your channel! Thank you and keep it up!! Btw... please, pleaaase do something about your mic. The levels and the "tss" sounds often kill my ears. I can't be the only one!
Assali Hernán probably could have respected the sound team more for this one.
@@indymogul I commented before seeing that part of the video haha! Yup that was it!
Great video, very insightful!!
Love this!
That dance scene was shot in Griffith Park, not a public street. I used to walk my dog in that exact spot.
I'm confused. Nowhere in this video or description does it say where we get those RGB bulbs in the floor lamps. Where are my RGBs, Ted? Where are they?! Just kidding. Love the channel. Love the vids.
I guess one of the benefits of having most big productions all in California is that busy producers don't have to keep up with state laws for a dozen or so different states.
But also, if they're shooting in a different state, the laws in that state are probably more lax than the ones in California, so there are fewer bad surprises.
If you're going to cut your teeth in one locale, it might as well be the one where the laws are strict, the highways have heavy traffic, the sky is the wrong color, there are always helicopters flying around, and the side streets are hilly and narrow.
What is the software used for planning in this video?
Great video :D
God bless Moses for keeping it a buck 🙏🏿
Great stuff. But all these permits??? Åre you shooting in sovjetunionen???
i miss this indy mogul 😭
Any chance someone can break this down further when it comes to co-producers, line producers, etc? I want to get more into this side of the industry, even at a very small scale (even as an assistant to an assistant), but there's just so much to it. I've tried getting entry level positions at productions offices to no avail. I've worked on set, but that's a different path.
Please about the film contest. How many minutes should the short movie be?
Too funny... I thought the entire "Lovely Night" dance scene was shot on a sound stage. The lighting around the actors looks so locked off in contrast to the background and the pooling of the light compared to the sharp silhouettes of the surrounding hills and landscape with classic distant lights in the background... I just thought they went for the old school sound stage look.
And there is practically zero atmospherics around the actors in the shot... no bugs, smoke, wind, haze... wow.
Not that it wasn't already a lovely scene, but it has just become infinitely more interesting!
Well, that might still be the case. This videos was theoretical after all - maybe it wasn’t shot on location.
Hoa never new so much was involved in filming each scenes...
Learning how to be a independent producer taking Daniel Breas classes.
*QUESTION:* What is a _soft hold?_ I can kind'a guess but I'd rather know for sure.
Basically asking for an availability and letting them know you could be booked for the mentioned dates. In case if that person gets another offer for overlapped days, primary hold could potentially get a courtesy call to either release or put a solid booking to secure the schedule.
@@joshpark868 Hey, thanks for the clarification. Peace
Kind of Disappointed you don't mention Script Supervisors in this video. A Script Supervisor is a Department head and a huge part of the process especially for Indy Films. I would Love to see you guys talk about that more. Especially the relationship between a Script Supervisor and a Producer As well as their relationship to the director. It's such an Important job and is not talked about enough, I would Love to see you guys cover it.
1:50 Anyone know what script breakdown software they are using?
Why did the last scene need a water truck for PSI?
Terintino did “ Resevor dogs “ in 2 empty buildings by the LA river.
That’s how to save money.
Killer script.
Third scene is evening or dusk for night with a sky replacement.
I thought the third scene shot on a stage with green screen would allow shooting as time permits and in the end could be more cost effective than turning a 1 day shoot into multiple days. This also takes away the element of bad weather on the night of the shoot
The batteries ting doh
Why the dynamic mic’s ???? In the shot?
I’ve earned nominations on Newman plant mics.
Sanken lavs.