How to find good cast and crew for indie film-making - don't choose the bad and the ugly

Film-making is all about team work.
A good team can make your project successful whereas a bad will spoil everything.

Many freshers make mistake by casting their friends and relatives who are neither photogenic nor have any acting skills.

There are amateur camera operators who doesn't even know how to light a scene.


So where indie film maker can go to find a good team?

If you are thinking social networking or FACEBOOK as an answer, you are correct but partially.


Fb has so many groups related to film-making. However they are full of three kinds of film-makers:

1 Genius but egoist

2 With pathetic IQ

3 Good enough


So out of three which one would you like to choose?

Of course - Good Enough.

These people may not be Nolan or Roger etc however they are good enough that they will create a viable product.

Now the problem is how to find these "Good Enough" people who can make your dream film a success. Because the first and second category people are so abundant that the "Good Enough's" become obscure.

Well the trick is: check if any of your potential team people have made any short film.

 From the quality of film you can see to which category a particular person falls in.


Short films which have got good comments or appeal to you means the team behind is strong and will be a boon for your project.

Find their FB id and send an invite.

Rest is easy.


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