I had in interesting confrontation last Friday on the way to our last location in the van with our NEW 2nd, 2nd. We were on the 13th hour of the day, making a company move downtown from the stage on Friday night…Yeah I know…sucks. I jumped in a van to location with some other department heads, an actor, and this new 2nd 2nd. He starts pontificating about how he has to start cracking the whip on us to move this along. That its his responsibility to do so because HE had been getting calls from higher up. Now keep in mind, he had just replaced Redder, and was in his first week in the DGA. After I recovered from shock, I calmly suggested that this wasn’t the way to endear himself to the crew, and it really wasn’t his job to be cracking the whip on anybody, let alone a crew on their 13 hour of a Friday. We all know our jobs, and didn’t need motivation from somebody like him. As you can imagine it wasn’t received well. Later everybody in the van, including the driver and the actor came up to me with that look in their eyes wondering what planet this kid was from, thanking me for saying something. But it does bring the subject up about an AD’s job with regard to the crew. I have had the pleasure of working with some of the film businesses great AD’s. Chuck Myers, Joe Reedy, Mike Haeley, Chris Sergent, to name a few. These guys know when and where to speak up. Good AD’s know who is moving the show forward, where the bottle necks are, and where to interject. A crew that is on top of their game doesn’t need pushing, and really not on a Fraturday. The AD doesn’t need to stand in the corner and yell “lets move guys” the way this kid thinks. Scheduling, Information Dissemination, Anticipation and Forethought. Observation, Motivation. These are the qualities of great AD’s. Haven’t seen that in a while. We miss Redder, and wish her all the best in Atlanta.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:38:20 +0000
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