what exactly does a 1st AD do?

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Hello everyone :)

I am here again to get my many millions of questions answered by all you wonderful people..but lucky for all parties invovled I am just asking one question at a time.

Anyway, what exactly does an Assistant Director do? I mean, responsibilities, who they deal with, ect. Is it true they really have nothing to do with "directing" per sa. Any past AD's that wouldn't mind talking to me about their job, experience, ect I would be so grateful :D and of course to everyone who always helps me out.
 
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I am currently in discussions with an independent filmmaker for a job as a 'first' for his film. We worked together on the set of an another indie.

The job will involve 'crowd control' ie. dealing with extras, and other things which I do not know about yet, but might very well involve scheduling and the like, as mentioned by others in this thread.

I wonder...?

- what scheduling software I would use to do my job? What recommendations would the current or past 1sts make concerning software? Is such useful for a small indie production?

- what amount of pay is given to a 1st on a small indie production? a major production?

- any online resources that you'd care to recommend? eg. 1st AD forums, portals, communities?

Thanks very much,

ATP
 
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