Hire an Expert for Staging Your Production Set

So you are shooting a film about an inventor that is designing a time machine. Seems simple right?

But what do you know about time travel? Nothing?

More importantly, what do you know about building a time machine?

Do you know what kind of tools it takes to solder wires together? Bend steel or weld?

Far too often I see a complex project like a vintage time machine, with electronics, mechanical gears and moving parts and the set is a bunch of craft building items, glue gun, stryofoam, scissors and maybe a sewing machine.

Anyone that knows anything will know that those tools could not be used to build the time machine that was supposedly constructed here.

If you don't have the right staging and cohesion with the proper props, then your expensive shoot is trash. You are basically flushing money down the toilet.

If you have a mechanic, have tools associated with that profession.

If you have a baker, you need pots and pans and kitchen stuff no landscaping tools.

But if your team has never picked up tools outside of a video camera and light stands, how do you properly stage the scene?

What is your cost potential for adding all these new elements? How can it be cost effective and still get your message across without being cheesy?

Well, you should hire an expert. Someone that can guide you through what looks right in the scene.

Sure, movies, films and such do not always get it right but the good production do and if you want to make quality movies, you need to cross your T's and dot your I's.

That does not mean you need to pay a consultant $10,000 to design your set. You could hire someone in the business on craigslist for a small amount of money to critique your set.

Just do not assume you got it right.

Having plumbing tools in a mechanics garage is just asking for negative feedback and reviews.

Take the time to plan out your set location and design as much as you are worried about the script and shot list.

We find that videographers and directors of photography are so laser focused on staging the shot, they often overlook what they are actually filming.

Hey guys, no matter how good the lighting is, no matter how much cinematic movement you have, no matter how good the sound quality is, if the props are out of place, the scene is crap to the viewer.