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Stuart
Patrick McDonaldDebut: #14 Short Film, Big Crew (w/ Artoun Nazareth)1 appearance
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"The 'Second Second' assistant director who performed dialysis for the cast."

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1:50 (48s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The Crew of Sunlight Roll Call

The crew of the Sundance short film 'Sunlight' introduces themselves, revealing a hierarchy of low-level production roles including a career PA and a 'second second' assistant director.

"My name is Frederick Jensen and I've been an assistant director for at least this production."

"I am Carrie Johnson and I am a career PA. I love to do it, there is nothing better."

"My name is Don and I was the script sup. I, you know, took care of the script stuff."

With:Fredrick JensonJangoCarrie JohnsonDon
#Film Production#Sundance#Crew Hierarchy
2:39 (1m 41s)
VISUAL_GAG

The Frappuccino Crisis and Arctic Misery

Don recounts a traumatic day on set when his Frappuccino was missing, leading to a reveal that the crew was forced to work naked in Antarctica to build 'family' while the actors got parkas.

"It was the second day of shooting and I didn't have my frap. And I just lost it for a second there."

"We all had to get into our unmentionables and it was freezing and we were completely miserable."

"They would give the actors the parkas after they would shoot. We had to stay clothesless."

With:DonFredrick Jenson
#Craft Services#On-Set Trauma#Method Directing
4:20 (2m 51s)
VISUAL_GAG

The Death of Director Duddy Farshone

The crew pays respects to their late director who fell into the ice on day four. Carrie reveals she had to pull his dead body out of the water because of her decades of experience as a 70-year-old PA.

"RIP a legend, man. Day four fell into the Arctic."

"I pulled Duddy's body out of that ice. Do you think some 18-year-old who just got the job because of nepotism could do that?"

"I could pull a dead body out of the ice because I've seen stuff."

With:Fredrick JensonCarrie Johnson
#Workplace Safety#Nepotism#Arctic Filming
8:20 (1m 15s)
ESCALATION

Jango's Duct Tape Miracle and Failure

Jango discusses her lifelong obsession with duct tape, including taping an iceberg back together, but breaks down over her inability to tape the director to the ice to prevent his death.

"The way you gaff taped that iceberg back together, I mean, why we have global warming? Just send you in there."

"Some stuff doesn't tape. Sometimes you can't tape things back together and you have to know that you aren't God."

"I've not been able to tape a director to a cube of ice and then he fell."

With:JangoDon
#Gaffer#Production Design#Equipment Failure
18:45 (1m 10s)
CALLBACK

The Script Supervisor's Secret Duty

Don reveals that the most important part of being a script supervisor is keeping the physical paper scripts dry, as wet ink leads to illegible lines and professional embarrassment.

"A big part of what we do is making sure the scripts stay dry."

"If a script gets wet I can't read it, I can't tell what's going on in a scene."

"I'm sorry my script is wet. I'm so sorry."

With:DonFredrick Jenson
#Continuity#Script Supervisor#Paperwork
21:27 (2m 1s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The Crew of Sunlight: A Sundance Panel of Underappreciated Laborers

The cast of the short film 'Sunlight' is unavailable, so the panel features the crew: an AD, a gaffer, a career PA, a second-second, and a script supervisor, all sharing their traumatic production stories.

"My name is Frederick Jensen and I've been an assistant director for at least this production and the director's last short film."

"Hey, I'm Carrie Johnson and I am a career PA. I love to do it, there is nothing better."

"Donny boy! Donny with the Frappuccinos!"

With:Fredrick JensonJangoCarrie JohnsonDon
#Film Production#Sundance#Crew Life
29:11 (4m 39s)
TABLE_BREAK

Crew to Crew Truths: Acting is Easy and Dialysis is Hard

The crew vents their frustrations about actors, claiming memorizing lines is easy compared to taping icebergs together or performing emergency dialysis on Shaka.

"I don't think it's that hard to act. That's my crew to crew truth."

"If you need dialysis, bring a nurse. It's hard to learn on the fly."

"I duct tape my cheeks to my ears, folks. Same duct tape I killed that man with."

With:JangoCarrie JohnsonFredrick Jenson
#Labor Relations#Medical Malpractice#Gaffer Tape
39:30 (25s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Jango's Duct Tape Miracle

Jango reveals her secret gaffer skill: using massive amounts of duct tape to hold a breaking sheet of ice together during an Antarctic shoot.

"As a gaffer, you guys don't know all the shit I do with the duct tape."

"We get news the sheet of ice that we're on is breaking apart. And all I remember is you, Jango, yelling, I'm on it!"

With:Jango
#Gaffer#Production Secrets#Indie Film
41:50 (6s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

Stuart the Second-Second

Stuart introduces himself as the Second-Second Assistant Director, expressing his admiration for working under Fredrick.

"I am a second-second and I just had a really wonderful time working under Frederick."

With:Fredrick Jenson
#Assistant Director#Hierarchy#Set Life

Episode Appearances (1)

Featured Episode2021-09-09
#14 Short Film, Big Crew (w/ Artoun Nazareth)Episode Breakdown