Fuck-Up #45
“Everyone Should Do What Needs to Be Done”
The importance of delegating responsibilities
“Delegating means letting others become the experts and hence the best.”4
—Timothy Firnstahl
The Fuck-Up…
Many people who are new to film shoots are surprised by how specifically tasks are assigned to certain people and how often those people will not allow someone who is not in their department to help them out. This can be especially confusing and frustrating when the entire set is waiting for someone from the art department to make her way over to move a chair an inch to the right. However, there is method to the madness.
How to Do It Right…
The rules are that only the art department can touch the props, only the electric department can ...
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