IFP’s publication, Filmmaker Magazine, published an interesting article about the role of the operator on independent productions, through the eyes of the DP. This article was noted by an SOC Active Member as informative. The article gives insight into the education and value of an operator.
“And that’s when he started yelling into the phone. No, no, no!” My agent laughed a little bit as he retold the story. The union rep was on the other end of the line, and he wasn’t very happy. “Apparently I was the third person to call him about it,” he said. It was three days before principal photography was slated to begin on my current project, and IA600 had made it painfully clear that there was no way they were letting me touch the camera.” Read more
