Which hand would you pick?
When I was casting for this film, I was faced with a scenario. I made my decision then but I keep coming back to it. Tossing it out into the open now.
Imagine you wrote a script, lets say LOST IN TRANSLATION and you knew that Bill Murray would be SO PERFECT in the part. So you approached Bill Murray and he said, hmm, okay, fine he would do it but he doesn't have the kind of time you are looking for.
You: what do you mean Mr. Murray?
BM: Well, you need like 15 days of work from me and I understand that you've compromised already and placed all my scenes together and given me the first priority on scheduling and everything but, I can only make it for 1/4 the time and I cant work after 5p so all your night shoots, I dont know about those.
You (post recovery from devastation): Well, let me get back to you.
So you go to your AD and you work out a schedule that reduces BM's time from 15 days to 9 and it almost meets up with every single requirement BM wants. Including the night shoots, you've put black-wrap and dark cloth to create night light everywhere and everything. You look at the schedule and you pass it on to BM and after much consideration BM is IN the movie.
Woo hoo.
Except now you look at the schedule again and you know what your brain is telling you. You're cutting corners, there is that one shot you might have to let go if its approaching 5p and Bill has to leave and there is that one scene you might not get to cover to the fullest extent. And forget about re-shoots. If something fucks up, thats that.
Then you look at the alternative. You have a back-up actor who gave a pretty good audition. The plus: They are giving you a 100% of their time and a 100% of their commitment. You dont know if they have the talent that BM has, I mean, BM is BM. But they are giving you 100% time and commitment. What would you do? Which one would you sign up?
OH, PS, for this case study, disregard the fact that BM will also get your picture sold and the back-up will not. Also disregard the monumental difference in salary. Just pretend that both BM and the back-up cost the same and that both BM and back-up have no market potential coz the film is intended for an audience in Mars.
What would you do???
Imagine you wrote a script, lets say LOST IN TRANSLATION and you knew that Bill Murray would be SO PERFECT in the part. So you approached Bill Murray and he said, hmm, okay, fine he would do it but he doesn't have the kind of time you are looking for.
You: what do you mean Mr. Murray?
BM: Well, you need like 15 days of work from me and I understand that you've compromised already and placed all my scenes together and given me the first priority on scheduling and everything but, I can only make it for 1/4 the time and I cant work after 5p so all your night shoots, I dont know about those.
You (post recovery from devastation): Well, let me get back to you.
So you go to your AD and you work out a schedule that reduces BM's time from 15 days to 9 and it almost meets up with every single requirement BM wants. Including the night shoots, you've put black-wrap and dark cloth to create night light everywhere and everything. You look at the schedule and you pass it on to BM and after much consideration BM is IN the movie.
Woo hoo.
Except now you look at the schedule again and you know what your brain is telling you. You're cutting corners, there is that one shot you might have to let go if its approaching 5p and Bill has to leave and there is that one scene you might not get to cover to the fullest extent. And forget about re-shoots. If something fucks up, thats that.
Then you look at the alternative. You have a back-up actor who gave a pretty good audition. The plus: They are giving you a 100% of their time and a 100% of their commitment. You dont know if they have the talent that BM has, I mean, BM is BM. But they are giving you 100% time and commitment. What would you do? Which one would you sign up?
OH, PS, for this case study, disregard the fact that BM will also get your picture sold and the back-up will not. Also disregard the monumental difference in salary. Just pretend that both BM and the back-up cost the same and that both BM and back-up have no market potential coz the film is intended for an audience in Mars.
What would you do???
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