This is something that every professional has said to me in a lecture or a video for people trying to break into the industry. “Time Management is key!!!”
I 100% agree with this statement as being on set, I see how important it is. While being on Bell Bottom, the Bollywood feature film I was on – the timing was crucial to being on set. To help production and the talent on set, you have to remember these are huge stars with even bigger egos, and if they want something, you better get it in time, or they will be an issue.
There was an incident where a fellow production assistant had to get a smoothie to an actress for a certain time and not just that but have it stored in a fridge for exactly 30 minutes. He did get the smoothie to the actress, but it was 10 minutes later than she hoped for, and she threw a fit on set. The fellow production assistant got a dressing down from our superiors- After that, he was on set but not given as many jobs or responsibilities as the other crew members.
This made me much more alert with time, and I couldn’t stop checking it to make sure what happened to the other production assistant didn’t happen to me.
I bought this lesson for the grad film I was producing – yes, it was a much smaller scale than an entire feature film, but the same mentality had to be bought on set. We had a very tight budget and couldn’t afford to do any reshoots or coast around with time. Everything had to be tight and efficient. For example, we booked an open space from 6 am to 6 pm, and I made sure that no minute went to waste as we couldn’t get the actors back for another day. Thankfully we got all our scenes completed.
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