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Because we are a low budget film company we rely solely on volunteers, donations, investors and fundraisers to finance our films. If you would like to become part of Mad Lab Films or help with a financial contribution please contact us.

A Full Feature Independent Film Company located in Michigan
Specializing in

Gothic / Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama

CREW POSITIONS

We are currently looking to fill the following crew positions for "THE NANO EFFECT". If you are interested in working on the film then please contact us. Experience is not necessary for all the positions. But you must have passion and dedication for the project. Most of our filming will be on weekends and mostly at night. If you are interested please contact us. If you are not located in the locations we are filming but are willing to travel then let us know and we will try to work with you as much as possible.



Production

Producer - initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls matters such as raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer will be involved throughout all phases of the filmmaking process from development to completion of a project.

Production Manager - The production manager will supervise the physical aspects of the production (not the creative aspects) including personnel, technology, budget, and scheduling. It is the production manager's responsibility to make sure the filming stays on schedule and within its budget. The PM also helps manage the day-to-day budget by managing operating costs, production costs, and everyday equipment rental costs if needed.

Unit Manager - The unit manager will fulfill the same role as the production manager but for secondary "unit" shooting. In some functional structures, the unit manager subsumes the role of the Transport Coordinator.

Production Coordinator - The Production Coordinator is the information nexus of the production, responsible for organizing all the logistics from finding crew, renting equipment, and booking talent. The PC will be an integral part of our film production.

First Assistant Director - The first assistant director (1st AD) will assist the production manager and director. The ultimate aim of any 1st AD is to ensure the film comes in on schedule while maintaining a working environment in which the director, principal artists (actors) and crew can be focused on their work. He or she will be in charge of overseeing the day-to-day management of the cast and crew scheduling, equipment, script, and set. A 1st AD may also be responsible for directing background action for major shots or the entirety of relatively minor shots, at the director's discretion.

Second Assistant Director - (2nd AD)
Will be the chief assistant of the 1st AD and will help
carry out those tasks delegated to the 1st AD. The 2nd AD may also direct background action and extras in addition to helping the 1st AD with scheduling, booking, etc. The 2nd
AD will be responsible for creating Call Sheets that let the crew know the schedule and important details about the shooting day.

Production Assistant (PA)
The production assistant will assist the first assistant director with set operations. They also will assist in the production office with general tasks.

Script Supervisor
Also known as the "continuity person", the script supervisor will keep track of what parts of the script have been filmed and makes notes of any deviations between what was actually filmed and what appeared in the script. He or she will make notes on every shot, also keeping track of props, blocking, and other details to ensure that continuity is maintained from shot to shot, and from scene to scene. The Script Supervisor's notes will be given to the Editor to expedite the editing process. The script supervisor will work very closely with the director on set.

Location Manager
The location manager will research, locate, secure and coordinates the filming locations. He/she will create a location breakdown, identifying the precise locations needed and works hand-in-hand with the director and the production designer

Publicist
The publicist handles the publicity of a film. He promotes the film by issuing press releases and overseeing advertisements.

Art

Production Designer
The production designer will be responsible for creating the physical, visual appearance of the film - settings, costumes, properties, character makeup, all taken as a unit. The production designer will work closely with the director and the cinematographer to achieve the 'look' of
the film.

Art Director
The art director reports to the production designer, and more directly oversees artists and craftspeople, such as the set designer and set decorator, who carry out the production
design.

Set Designer
The set designer is the draftsman, often an architect, who realizes the structures or interior spaces called for by the production designer.

Assistant art director
The first, second and third assistant art directors carry out the instructions of the art director. Their work often involves measuring locations, creating graphics and paper props,
collecting information for the production designer and drawing sets. Sometimes a set designer is also the first assistant art director; in this capacity, he or she manages the work flow and acts as the 'foreman' of the drawing office.

Storyboard Artist
The Storyboard Artist will work closely with the director to help visualize the scenes of the film project.

Sets

Set Decorator
The set decorator will be in charge of the decorating of the film set, which includes the furnishings and all the other objects that will be seen in the film. He or she will work closely with the production designer and will coordinate with the art director.

Buyer
The buyer will be the number two person in the set department below the set decorator. The buyer locates, and then purchases or rents the set dressing.

Lead Man
The lead man will be the foreman of the sets crew.

Set Dresser
The set dressers apply and remove the "dressing," i.e., furniture, drapery, carpets, everything one would find in a location, even doorknobs and wall sockets. Most of the
swing gang's work occurs before and after the shooting crew arrives but he or she would remain on set with the shooting crew.

Props Master
The property master, more commonly known as the props master, will be in charge of finding and managing all the props that appear in the film.

Props builder
The props builder, as the name implies, will build the props that are used for the film. The Props builder/s should be technicians skilled in construction, plastics casting, machining, and electronics.
 

Construction

Construction Coordinator
The construction coordinator will oversee the construction of all the sets. The coordinator will order materials, schedule the work, and supervises the construction crew of carpenters, painters and laborers.

Construction Laborer's
Carpenters, Painters and Laborers.
 

Scenic

Key Scenic
The key scenic artist will be responsible for the surface treatments of the sets. This includes special paint treatments such as aging and gilding, as well as simulating the appearance of wood, stone, brick, metal, stained glass--anything called for by the production designer.
The key scenic artist supervises the crew of painters, and is often a master craftsperson.

Hair & Makeup

Make-up Artist
Make-up artists are beauticians that apply makeup to anyone appearing on screen. They will concentrate on the area above the chest, the face, the top of the head, the fingers, hands, arms, and elbows. Their role will be to manipulate an actors on screen appearance whether it makes them look more youthful, larger, older, or in some cases monstrous.

Hairdresser
The hair stylist will responsible for maintaining and styling the hair of anyone appearing on screen. They will work in conjunction with the makeup artist.

Wardrobe

Costume Designer
The costume designer will be responsible for all the clothing and costumes worn by all the actors that appear on screen. He/She is also responsible for designing, planning, and
organizing the construction of the garments down to the fabric, colors, and sizes. The costume designer will work closely with the director to understand and interpret "character," and will counsel with the production designer to achieve an overall tone of the film.

Costume Supervisor
The Costume Supervisor will work closely with the designer. In addition to helping with the design of the costumes. He/She manages the wardrobe workspace. He/She will be responsible for supervising the construction or sourcing of garments, and finding support staff, the budget, paperwork, and department logistics.

Costume Standby
The Costume Standby will present on set at all times. It will be his/her responsibility to monitor the quality and continuity of the actors and actresses costumes before and during takes. (S) he will also assist the actors and actresses with dressing.

Art Finisher
This specialized job will include making new clothing appear dirty, faded and worn.

Camera

Camera Operator - The camera operator will use the camera at the direction of the cinematographer, director of photography, or the film director to capture the scenes on film. Generally, a cinematographer or director of photography does not operate the camera, but sometimes
these jobs may be combined.

First Assistant Camera (Focus Puller)
The first assistant camera (1st AC) is responsible for keeping the camera in focus as it is shooting.
 

Second Assistant Camera (Clapper Loader)
The second assistant camera (2nd AC) operates the clapperboard at the beginning of each take. The 2nd AC will also oversee organization of camera equipment and transport of the equipment from one shooting location to another.

Sound

Boom Operator
The boom operator will be an assistant to the production sound mixer, responsible for microphone placement and movement during filming. The boom operator will use a boom pole  that allows precise positioning of the microphone above or below the actors, just out of the camera's frame.

Grip

Key grip
The key grip is the chief grip on a set, and is the head of the set operations department. The key grip will work with the director of photography to help set up the set and to achieve the correct lighting and blocking.

Best boy (Grip)
The best boy grip will be the chief assistant to the key grip.

Dolly grip
He/she will place, levels, and moves the dolly track, and then will push and pull the dolly and camera operator and camera assistant as riders.

Electrical

Gaffer
The gaffer will be the head of the electrical department, responsible for the design and execution of the lighting plan for a production.

Best boy (Electrical)
The best boy electric will be the chief assistant to the gaffer.
 

Lighting Technician
The Lighting technician(s) will be involved with setting up and controlling lighting equipment.

Visual Effects

Visual Effects Supervisor
The visual effects supervisor will be in charge of the visual effects department. Visual effects refer to post-production alterations to the film's images.

Compositor
The compositor is the visual effects artist responsible for compositing images from different sources such as video, film, computer generated 3-D imagery, 2-D animations, matte paintings, photographs, and text.

Inferno, Flame
This artist will operate an Inferno or Flame visual effects system.

Matte Painter
This artist will  draw/paint entire sets or extend portions of an existing set.

Sound/Music

Sound Designer
The sound designer, or "supervising sound editor", will be incharge of the post-production sound of a movie.
Working with the director and editor to balance the sound to their liking.

Sound Editor
Responsible for assembling and editing all the sound effects in the soundtrack.

Re-recording Mixer
Balances all of the sounds and finalizes the films audio track.

Music Supervisor
The music supervisor, or "music director", works with composer, mixers and editors to create and integrate the film's music. The music supervisor's primary responsibility is to act as liaison between the film production and the recording industry, negotiating the use rights for all source music used in a film.

Composer
The composer is responsible for writing the musical score for a film.

Foley Artist
The foley artist is the person who creates and records many of the sound effects for a film.




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