From the course: Lighting a Video Interview

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Time vs. resources

Time vs. resources

Jim, it never seems like we have enough time or enough money to do everything we want on sets. So it's always compromise, right. >> Sure, I mean,there's an equation to all this. Time versus resources is, you know, kind of inversely proportional to each other. There's always a way to do it. But one of those has to give in service of the other. >> Yeah, and I think what Jim is alluding to there is the very practical give and take relationship. If you want to make something look incredible. You may need more resources if you're to get all the lights in the place or you might need more time. One of the conversations you and I have all the time is we're getting ready to put a production together is I'll ask, you know, did we budget correctly? And if I have any flexibility if I can steal a little bit from post production. Or migrate some dollars around or if we haven't locked everything in with the client. You know, you'll sometimes say things like I'd really like an extra grip on set here…

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