From the course: Creating a Short Film: 06 Working on Set

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1st AC

1st AC

From the course: Creating a Short Film: 06 Working on Set

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1st AC

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- The first AC, not to be confused with first AD, is the the first assistant cameraperson. Their primary job is to maintain correct focus, or in other words to pull focus. Because of this, the first AC is sometimes called the focus puller. Our first AC was Marco Scaringi. I met Marco when I was DP on Bry Troyer's short film I Love You Puppet Man. Marco was an absolute joy to work with and he always comes over-prepared with everything he might need for the job. I mean, look at all that stuff on his belt. I don't even know what half that stuff is for. He's amazing. Because we didn't have a frequent need for a lot of focus pulling, Marco also took care of a lot of our camera tech, changing lenses, moving the camera gear around. You know, that type of thing. Along with our incredible camera operator, Ty Huffer, they made up our entire camera department. On our production, we didn't have a second camera assistant, and that's the person that usually handles slating shots, so Marco handled…

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