Set design

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Budgets, crew and the build day

Lesson 9 of 11 in Set design.

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A built set means at least three days of studio: build, shoot, strike. Producers new to this budget one and are surprised, and the surprise is usually the difference between profit and loss on a job.

An ink drawing of a carpenter building a timber flat, a scenic painter stirring green paint and a runner carrying timber across an empty studio.
A carpenter, a painter and a runner at work the day before the shoot.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The day before the shoot, when the set is made. Costs studio hire and crew.”

    • Recce
    • Build day
    • Build
    • Location
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The trades that build and finish a set. Booked weeks ahead.”

    • Build day
    • Clean-up
    • Splash rig
    • Carpenter and scenic
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “What covers the thing nobody predicted. Always needed.”

    • Contingency
    • Compression
    • Scale
    • Test patch

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