What A 2nd AC Does On Set: Crew Breakdown 

Literally everyone in the comments: **we want more**

Things you missed out. End board. If 2nd AC didn't clap at the beginning, they clap at the end upside down. How to tear the actor's marker tape. Using different colours for different actors consistent throughout the production. Using a sausage marker instead of a tape marker. Calling 'mine' when changing and holding a lens. Checking inside the camera for any dust and using that pipette to blow it out. Putting marks for the camera positions, if say on a dolly with start, mid and end positions.

"When the actors arrive on set I also get their names and write them on tape, which I stick on the camera" I bet people love working with you. Those "little" details are everything at every job, not only cinema. Thank you for sharing those valuable tips with us.

this is a wonderfull series, i'm trying very hard to get on film sets aswell. the information you give in this video is invaluable

The film 2nd AC is possibly the busiest position on set. The only time they aren’t busy is while the camera is rolling. Always moving equipment, and when everyone else is waiting or taking a break, the loader is away loading magazines, and organizing equipment. It gets even worse when there is no 2nd, and the 1st AC has to cover both jobs.

MY media management professor told us a story about when he worked DIT on a set in NY. He got hungry so he left his station to go get craft. When he came back, his RAID array had a problem and needed fixing. Alot of metadata had to be re-written by hand to recover the footage so it could be readable. It turned out when he was gone, some PA went into his station without and pulled out one of the drives without asking because he needed to get the graphics. My professor was up until well after midnight trying to get the footage recovered and backed up so he could get 3 drives prepared. So he told us that the media managers are very strict / controlling for a reason. Because if some ignorant idiot messes with the DIT station, the whole day's work could be lost. The lesson of this story is to never leave your station unattended because somebody will fuck everything up. If you need to get food, have somebody get it for you.

At 9:30 I love the feeling of hearing a DP or gaffer murmur what they want and having it ready immediately and surprising them. Same goes when a grip or camera team does that when you’re a dp

Please add sound, director, producer, and any other department breakdown, This series is so good!!!

This is a great video on the job, there’s colour marking actors, eyeline marking, camera marks (especially if on film). Also, weather proofing and cleaning gear, moving and setting monitors (these days with covid in consideration), make sure image is up (unless VTR on set), laminating or printing labels for monitors, labels cast lists and lens lists (mf, and t stop), having the schedule for the 1st AC, distances for shot matching, listening to every word the DP, cam op or 1st AC says and having keen set ears being able to hear them from 30’ away, coordinating with locations needs of the camera team, coordinating with transpo items to be picked up or dropped off, doing all the camera departments timesheets. It’s a lot but it’s a rewarding job.

As someone who's yet to work in a film crew, I'm really excited for this series! You're one of my favorite content creators. Thank you for the work you put into these

Assistant Editor here, much love to my 1st and 2nd AC's!

I recently started working with a local production company. This video has challenged me to step up my game. Thank you!

I don't understand why you don't have over a million subscribers. I'm just a photographer and I love your videos!

Please cover all positions of camera department Your perspective and tips are + on basic understanding of these positions.

It's really interesting to see and learn about the interpersonal relations aspect of working on a set, I had never seen anyone talking about it before!

Being a 2nd Ac is one of the interesting job, but at the same time it could be one of the hardest job that requires 100% of attention and concentration. I have this for 3 years and participated in shooting over 100 commercials few feature films and music videos and now stepping up into the 1stAC. I can proudly says I really enjoy being 2nd Ac the only thing I was missing in my career as a 2nd Ac was the fact that I didn't have chance to work with film cameras only on digital

bro is saving every AC's life

here in Brazil the camera crew and duties are a litle bit diferent, but, as an aspiring Caemra crew member and , latelly, DOP, what you've shared is priceless. Very cool to know how a film crew behaves at bigest industry on the planet. And pleaaaaase, keep bringing more of those, I'll probably watch them quit a few times kkkkk, thanks dude!

I’m about to start production on a movie for drunk driving for a organization. I’m still in high school and this is probably the best opportunity I’m gonna get. These videos give me a ridiculous amount of help and all I wanna say is thank you, you’ve lit up my hope of becoming a cinematographer. Pun intented

In school 2nd AC has become one of my favourite roles! Creativity is fun, but also it feels so nice to know that the recording is going so smooth because I did my job as an assistant well.

Those tips are crucial. Observational awareness is huge especially on bigger sets. LEAVE YOUR EGO AT HOME OR ONLINE!

Just began receiving my camera training with IATSE in Quebec. This video really does a great job at skimming over the general responsibilities of a 2ndAC. Things are unfortunately yet obviously more complex, and though a lot of knowledge is required, it is stressed so hard that we aren’t responsible to know everything and that even people who have been working with the camera for more than 40 years, you learn every day.

you're videos are invaluable, my passion for wanting to be a DP has only grown and part of the reason is that you have made me learn so much about it and for free too. love your channel, never stop uploading bro

One channel on RU-vid which i enjoy watching. Keep doing awesome work IDC.

Yes please! More of this series would be lovely!!

Nobody: Loaders: “I’m reloading!”

Over here in France it’s all the same... except the 2nd AC doesn’t do the slate, professionally done it’s the grip, then if he’s not available it’ll be the 1st AD, then maybe the 2nd AC, but rarely

Love this video, can’t wait for the rest of the series.

Thanks to your channel I got interested more in the technical side of films, and it's just all so useful! I just hope there would've been more teachers like you in film schools. You really help us, thank you

This was really interesting hearing about the different roles the crew members hold and the tasks required

I didn't know I wanted to know this until right now - amazing stuff, can't wait to see the rest!

This is absolutely great content, not many channels talk about these industry topics in such depth. I appreciate it!

This is gold! Extremely grateful for this kind of content.

I've been 2nd ACing for a bit now and still love to watch your videos! Always some brilliant info!

Definitely continue this series. This video was very helpful!

Love this idea of the Crew Breakdown. Would not mind seeing more of this!

Amazing job on the video as always. Keep up the good work and make more videos like this if you fell. Explaining the roles on film production teams

Yes let's see more of this series! Good job!

Hey there IDC! Thanks for that video and thanks for creating a series. I'm pumped for more of those as (as you already mentioned) leaving a good impression is so important... Wonderful work!

Enjoyed this episode!! Can't wait to see more in this series!!🎥🎬

Really enjoy these type of videos. Very interesting. Would love for you to go in more depth on other roles, when you can :)

This content is worth its weight in gold to me. Excited to see the rest of the series!!

So helpful. Great videos. Love it!!!

Great video, very informative. Waiting for the next one in the series already :) Thanks for making this.

Please make more! This is great content. Your channel has honestly been very helpful in tearing away the “facade” or “mystery” of filmmaking, in a good way!

Hey you’re referring to my line of work which is very stressful and exhausting too

Thank you so much for this! There are no other videos on RU-vid on this topic!

Love your videos!!! They are always so informative and entertaining!!!

I was actually privileged to work on an indie film with a Hollywood producer at this role. My job was running the slate/or clapper, reading out the information, helping set lights in scenes, setting props in scenes, and occasionally holding the camera. It was an amazing first time experience and I hope to do it again.

Excellent breakdown of info. Yes, I would love to see more of these!

This is what I was looking for, very interesting and helpful thank you so much 🙏

Awesome content

Really fascinating thanks!

I like the small touch of the arrows on the end on the gaf tape ;)

This is such great information, thank you!! As an actor during the pandemic, it's hard to just sit there and wait, but this is a fantastic way to learn about set life without being on set (yet) :)

Keep the videos coming you brilliant man!

Keep making this series! So helpful and informative!

Can't wait to see more🙌🏽

Can't wait for future videos in this series!

Keep them coming!!!

This is easily the best 2nd AC video! Thanks!

I love this. Please make more.

Great stuff, love to see more

Thanks so much for making this video! I camera assist frequently but I'm always learning new techniques & ways to do my job better. This definitely helped!

Can't wait for the next episode!

This was a really great video. THanks a lot!

Thank you sooo much I’m learning soo much from you ❣️

I love how much footage from "living in oblivion" you used. we watched this at film school as a fun little treat at the end of a year to visualize how much can go wrong on a set ^^

wonderfull series

Ive never step a foot on a set but I sure would like to see more of this videos

Awesome video!

Great video! Keep up the good work! 🎞

great video!!!

Fantastic series!

Great video!

Thank you so much this is invaluable

So helpful. Thank you

I love these technical videos you provide. I don’t personally dream or believe i will ever be on a film set, but the same way people like to watch a painter paint or a potter spin, I have loved your attention to detail on some of the more minute and finite details about film making and ideologies of the working side of filmmaking. It’s cathartic in many ways. I love to dream up and write little fictions and ideas for novels and short stories and sometimes these ideas just feel better if they were movies/films instead of written pieces. These videos add more to my daydreams. Thank you, as always.

Thank's a lot for this amazing video and thank you for sharing your experience ! 🧡

This was incredibly rich and helpful, thank you!

I just started writing scripts and shot my first chaotic short last week. This is a huge help and inspiration, thank you so much!

This is a treasure trove of info for any film school student or aspiring filmmaker, and for the rest of us that just love cinema it's a fascinating insight into how a film set actually works. We're all used to seeing, mostly from movies about making movies, lots of crew on any set, but it's fantastic to get some insight into one of their roles and it really deepens my appreciation for cinema to see a little more of just how much effort and skill goes into making even a small movie production work.

Love this new series!

This was great. Very detailed. Thank you for making it.

Great work is always my man, really interesting :) Did you get a new mic?

Love this video! I am quite nervous about being a 2nd AC now haha! But I believe it is one of those things when you ACTUALLY are one, it won't seem as scary! Great videos as always!

Great Video.. Thanks for sharing you knowledge and experience .

This is awesome. Please make more

Definitely interested in more content like this!

Excellent and enlightening

Subscribed. Your South African accent and rich videos about film are worth a subscription.

This is a great series!!

I like this type of Crew break down, please continue

Bro you gotta make more of these types of vids. Great video with a simple but to the point explanation

I love this content!!!

love the new series

Great series! Please do more

Wonderful instructive series. Please keep making more videos about this topic !!!!

I love this channel...thanks for all the tips 'n tricks...;))

Excellent series. Thank you!