How to actually plan a production — how big a crew you need, what gear the project calls for, what it costs and how to budget it, by project type and scale. Not sure what you need? Get a remote production consult with Faran.
One person or a team of eight? Documentary crew size is driven by your approach and your access, not your budget. Here is how to size it.
Crew sizing for music videos, tier by tier, so you hire exactly the team your treatment and budget can support, no more and no less.
One camera or six? The right count depends on the stage, the deliverable, and whether you are cutting live, here is how to decide.
A working method for building a production budget from the breakdown up, with the line items that matter and the leaks that sink shoots.
Live has no second take. Here is how to plan the crew, the switch, the audio, and the network so nothing goes dark on showday.
Everything that has to be decided before the camera rolls, from the one-line concept to the call sheet, so the shoot day runs on rails instead of luck.
Shooting solo saves money and buys access, but every project has a tipping point where a crew earns its keep. Here is how to find yours.
A plain-English map of every department and job on a set, so you can tell the roles you must hire from the ones you can skip.
The four common crew tiers, what each one can actually produce, and how output and budget scale as you add people.
A commercial is a small film with a deadline and a brand on the line. Here is the crew, gear, and budget each tier really requires.
From a one-person talking-head to a multi-location brand film, here is the gear and crew that actually shows up on the call sheet, by scale.
A department-by-department equipment checklist for a music video, scaled from a one-person budget rig to a full pro package.
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