PRODUCTION TEAMS & KIT

PRODUCTION TEAMS

Producers and Production Managers will be allocated to a job by the Executive Producer.

It is the responsibility of the Producer or Production Manager working on the job to select, option and confirm their Production Assistants. Please take time to carefully select your team, making sure they are relevant to the client/project and detailed on the approved estimate.

All teams must be approved by your Executive Producer before confirming.

Please update the Creative Blood Freelance Optioning Chart with all options.

Please ensure that all PA’s are fully briefed ahead of the shoot, giving each PA a specific role whilst on set.

OFFICE RUNNERS

Our Office Manager books all office runners, and will communicate name/contact details with the Producer as soon as they are confirmed.

Office Runners are used in the office to prep production kits, label/fill water bottles, as well as help with any last minute requests the day before the shoot.

Following the shoot the runner will unpack all production kit, update the office of any items running low/missing/broken, and take any laundry to the dry cleaners.

Please ensure you’ve allowed for 2 days @ £150-£200 per day in your estimate.

CREATIVE BLOOD PRODUCTION KIT

At Creative Blood we take great pride in our appearance, and this filters through to the granular details of our production kits. So much love and care has gone into assembling our production kits, and ensuring that we have everything to hand that our clients/teams could need whilst on set with us.

When ordering production kit for your shoot, please check that you have covered the following areas:

  • Client area (tables/chairs/black table cloths/candles/flowers/power/wi-fi)

  • Catering (tables/black table cloths/power/recycling bins)

  • Craft (tables/black table cloths/flowers/candles/craft kit/power)

  • Area to eat (tables/chairs/black table cloths/flowers)

  • Styling (mirrors/steamer/rails/hangers/power/iron/ironing board)

  • Seamstress (table/chair/black table cloth/power/light)

  • Hair & Make up (tables/chairs/black table cloths/candles/flowers/magazines/mirrors/lights/music/power)

  • Production area (table/chairs/black table cloths/power)

  • Digital (table/chairs/black table cloths/power/wi-fi)

All Creative Blood production kits can be ordered online. Please detail any specific requirements that you have, and any budget restrictions. Once you have submitted your form you’ll receive an email confirming your order, and confirmation of the costs of your kit.

All non Creative Blood kit can be ordered from our approved list of suppliers detailed in the Black Book, please ask your Exec Producer for the relevant details. Please don’t pass any discounts from our suppliers onto the client unless previously agreed by your Executive Producer.

Please ensure you have adequate Creative Blood Signage printed/laminated for your shoot.

Ideally all production kit should arrive on set 5pm the day before the shoot. If this is not possible, then please arrange for it to be delivered to your lighting/EQ hire company who will bring it to set with their equipment.

Creative Blood production kit should not leave the office before 7am, or after 7pm Mon-Fri, or at any time over the weekend. Please make any arrangements need to be made for the kit to be stored securely overnight and delivered back to the office the following day.

CREATIVE BLOOD GIFT BAGS

Any client or team member travelling from abroad, or shooting abroad, should be welcomed with a Creative Blood Gift Bag in their hotel room.

The contents of the gift bag will vary per client/team member, and will be dependent on budget/what gifts they may have received from us before.

The gift bags can be ordered online. Please detail any specific requests or budget limitations when ordering, and update the gift bag log.

CREATIVE BLOOD WATER BOTTLES

All shoots must have Creative Blood water bottles on set. Where possible, all bottles should be individually labelled, and filled with filtered water. Water bottles can be ordered with your production kit here. For all advertising jobs please allow for £2.69 per bottle in your estimate.

For editorial shoots Creative Blood recycles used bottles, for which there is no charge.

It is the responsibility of the runner who is prepping your shoot to label all bottles, and fill them for you.

We are working to be plastic and waste free by the end of 2020. Please support us with this.

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