Communication skills

• Clear Communication 101 for Movie Set Life

Focusing skills

• Focus – the base skill of all the others
• Multitasking on a Filmset

Interviews

• Podcast Ep2: Dan Ming – 1st AC of Life of Pi
• Podcast Ep1: Mark Weingartner, ASC – VFX DP of Dark Knight

Leadership skills

• Giving tasks to others – Delegating in depth
• You can become the horrible boss. But do you really want to?
• Does criticizing help in changing people?
• Aren’t we Leaders?

Learning skills

• Soft skills you need for a career in film industry
• How to learn in film industry
• About the Mistakes we Make
• Talent is a myth. Anyone can be the best.
• Learning something is an emotional rollercoaster. But the map exists
• Handling Criticism on a Film Set

Life in Film Industry

• The Two-sided Work-life Balance of the Film Crew

Memory skills

• Remembering names on a film-set
• Memory or Notes on a film set? (or in the rental, workshop, etc.)

Motivation

• What motivates us?
• When you have a Bad Day on Set – Negativity Bias
• Handling Criticism on a Film Set

People-Skills

• Does criticizing help in changing people?
• Remembering names on a film-set

Prioritizing skills

• Prioritizing on a film-set

Leadership skills

• Mike Abrashoff – It’s Your Ship
  Shooting film is often compared to military operations – this is a book on effective modern leadership from a military leader
• Ron Howard on Smartless podcast
  At a point, he talks about how he’s learned to let people try things to see if they work, i.e. not just being command and control.
• Saturday Night Live crew mentioned in the book Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
  He talks about how psychological safety helped to make the culture at SNL feel safe enough to take risks and be honest with one another.