Just Ask

By Greg Pak

Just because you have no money doesn't mean you can't get good folks to help you make your movie, particularly if you're just shooting over a single weekend.

When I was planning to shoot an extremely low budget digital short film this spring, I figured I'd do it all with a crew of three. But my astute and incredible producer saw that the script really required a few more key folks, including a wardrobe supervisor, a makeup person, a production designer, and an assistant director. She made some calls and a half dozen amazingly talented folks with whom we'd worked on other projects signed on to work for free that weekend. It turned out to be the smoothest shoot and perhaps the best crew I've had.