How Do You Go Through Production? The First Feature: AMATEUR [Episode 7]

In this episode of our step-by-step podcast on how to get your first feature made, using my Netflix Film Amateur as a case study, we dive into the production stage of filmmaking.

Click the play button on the Soundcloud player above to listen, or listen to our other deep-dive episodes of The First Feature.

In Episode 7 we cover:

• Why to schedule some of your simpler scenes on day one
• Scheduling using a simple rule of thumb: one camera setup is 20 minutes
• What's in a Call Sheet
• Lighting for 360 with the aid of small Quasar lights and Philips Hue Wi-Fi bulbs
• Directing actors: giving them history, motivations, and objectives; making physical adjustments and giving notes privately
• Doing a "series" without calling cut and just going back to one
• Maintaining crew morale and taking care of yourself 

….and more.

Thank you to the Panavision New Filmmaker Program, Sony, G-Technology, and Vision Research for their help in providing equipment on the film.

If you have questions about the making of the Netflix Original Film Amateur — or about your own feature project — you can ask me at firstfeature@nofilmschool.com or find me on twitter @ryanbkoo.

Here's the trailer for the feature Amateur. Watch it now on Netflix!