Hiring for 11 minute la short film - a job post by Tai Brown

About the job

***This will be submitted under the SAG-AFTRA Short Project Agreement.
***All CDC Guidelines will be in place including vaccination and negative Covid-19 test results.
***Upon completion, the short film will be submitted to festivals.
***Filming dates are TBA with anticipated dates being December 17th - December 19th.
***This is a passion project that is dear to the director/star/writer and will be solely funded.
***This is 100% women of color skeleton crew.
***Full Deferred payments will be completed before 90 days.
***For more information on the creator, Tai Brown, please refer to her IMDB page at imdb.me/taibrown.

Producer - Collaborator who is familiar with Black women lead stories, enthusiastic about telling them. The producer will be working tightly along with the director/star/writer in allocating funds for this small budget project. The producer will be the main source of communication for call-sheet scheduling as well as distribution to cast and crew. This role requires previous on set experience and will be in charge of managing the time on set throughout the 3 day filming schedule. Full rate is $300 deferred.

Cinematographer - Collaborator who is familiar with lighting medium and dark skinned Black women. Must be able ‘to think quickly on feet’ to capture shots that may not have vocal direction when creator of the film is also acting in the scene. Cinematographer with experience in comedy is a plus! Personal cameras for this position are preferred but not necessary or required. Full rate is $500 deferred.

Lighting - Collaborator who is familiar with lighting medium and dark skinned Black women. Lighting must be able to angle desired shot to the best of their ability. Role will be a part of pre-production to discuss call-sheet scheduling for best lighting effects. Lighting is required to arrive early on set throughout the 3 day filming and share input to ensure best adequate timing to shoot. Advanced lighting knowledge is required for this position. Full rate is $175 deferred.

Sound/Audio - Collaborator with expertise in boom operation is required. Sound is expected to maximize all efforts to keep background noise away at the location. There is only 1 location and it is at a 1 bedroom apartment. Sound will keep notes of shots with the best audio results. Full rate $150 deferred.

Thank you dearly,
Tai Brown