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u/lockmon · 6 pointsr/Filmmakers

For one, read this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Camera-Assistant-Complete-Professional/dp/0240800427

also, remember that one of the best things you can do is pay attention and listen in on conversations. You will be able to be on top of your game if you are already flipping a lens before you are even asked. Also, when you see a director and a DP talking about a shot in a specific spot...you can bet that that is probably where the next shot is going to be from. Things like that are as important as being able to visualize 8 feet.

u/battleroyale86 · 3 pointsr/IntroToFilmmaking

Really what you REALLY need is experience. Equipment is rented by the production, so your primary tool and area of expertise as a 1st AC is rarely going to actually be in your hands unless you're on the job! Start off as a camera intern, you don't need anything for that execpt for enthusiasm, hands to hold and feet to run. Fuck dry erase markers, that's not what ACing is about! :-p

(though in honest answer to your question the essentials are: 1 soft tape measure, 1 hard tape measure, at least three colors of 1 inch gaffers tape, ink pen, dry erase pen, lens cleaner, multiple colors of sharpie with doubles because people keep stealing them, dust can, lens brush, tweezers, mini-screw kit for those tiny camera screws, gloves that let your hands move but are made of a non conductive protector like leather, velcro tape, and a mini clipboard for camera log if logs are being done. And a belt holster to hold it all in, available at army surplus stores if you don't want to get an expensive la-di-da Setwear one.)

You can use this book to start out and then graduate to the bible

u/swoofswoofles · 1 pointr/Filmmakers

Where do you live?

If you want to do it, just try and get a job working as a PA on student films or something shooting in your area. You don't need experience, you don't need a degree, and the hardest part will be getting that first job.

I've seen too many of my friends in the business crippled by student loans that were unnecessary and actually counterproductive to their success. The people the did the best in the industry now actually dropped out of school 2 or 3 years in because they saw school was getting in the way of the work they were getting.

I hope you like reading, because while you're trying to get a job you should read these books.

Five C's of Cinematography
(http://www.amazon.com/The-Five-Cs-Cinematography-Techniques/dp/187950541X)

Set Lighting Technicians Handbook
http://www.amazon.com/Set-Lighting-Technicians-Handbook-Distribution/dp/0240810759

Camera Assistants Handbook
http://www.amazon.com/The-Camera-Assistant-Complete-Professional/dp/0240800427

Placing Shadows
http://www.amazon.com/Placing-Shadows-Lighting-Techniques-Production/dp/0240806611

Then watch these DVD's - They're expensive, look for them on eBay or used or something.
http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.com/mc_index.html

Have you made a movie before? If not, start churning them out. They don't have to be good, you just have to finish them. Believe it or not it is quantity, not quality, as the first few movies are going to be filled with the most stupid terrible mistakes you'll ever make, mistakes that will totally prevent you from telling a bearable story.

So if you combine all these...you look for a job, you start working as a PA, you read whatever you can get your hands on, especially those books listed, and you start shooting your own movies and applying what you learn from books and work to those films, you'll be in great shape.