Your role in the project
You should
choose early which side of the camera you want to be on, then dance
with the one that brung ya for the duration. No matter how bad things
get, resist the temptation to take over the other side and thus avoid a
mutiny before you even finish shooting--incomplete projects do not sell.
If
you choose to be in front of the camera, you can work until you give
your best performance, but you cede a massive amount of creative control
to the person holding the camera. How much do you trust the person
behind the camera to know if you are ready to move on to the next shot?
If you give a great performance, but all the shots are out of focus . .
. all there is in $4k film making is what the camera records.
If
you choose to be behind the camera, even if you can shoot great angles you
only have available what shows up in front of your camera. Can you create a two
minute scene that plays? Try it. You can never
shoot too much--hard drive space is cheap. If you are going to direct
and shoot--which is very likely at this level--do you shoot interesting
shots?
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