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Getting Attacked by an Animatronic Bear
Producer Sho Shrock shares a from a music video, where Sho oddly enough finds himself in a mechanical bear costume running down the halls of a covid hospital ward..
Filming During a Tropical Storm
Producer Nicole Jordan Webber shares a story from a music video she was producing in Hawaii, where she and her crew were hit with a tsunami warning, leading to flash floods and having to evacuate to higher ground…
Almost Getting Electrocuted
Sound mixer Kyle Jacobsen shares a story from an indie horror feature he worked on, where a flash flood almost caused the entire cast & crew to be electrocuted…
Shooting a Fight Sequence in a Rainstorm
Cinematographer Nicholas Acosta shares a story from an indi feature he shot where he and his crew had to shoot a fight sequence in the middle of a torrential rainstorm…
Getting Sued By A Client
Director Brodin Plett shares a story from a tech gaming laptop commercial he was directing, where he ended up getting sued…
A Stagecoach Accident On Set
1st AD Philip Greenbaum shares a story from an indi horror western feature film that involved working with live horses and a stagecoach, all of which went very wrong…
Car Crash in a Vintage Picture Car
Director & Producer Matt Zolly shares a story from an eDM music vidoe, where a strang car creep onto set and caused havoc…
Being Paid $50 in IHOP Gift Cards
Actor Vinny Balbo shares a story from an IHOP commercial he & his friends were working on which involved being paid $50 in gift cards to IHOP…
Being Attacked By a Zombie Like Production Designer With Dylan Mcgale
1st AD Dylan McGale shares a story from a music video he was working on which involves being confronted by a drugged out zombie-like production designer…
Breaking Into A Locked Goverment Building
Director Dale Resteghini shares a story from a music video he was directing which involved having to break into a locked government building…
Filming Five Sumo Wrestlers
Director Max Lanman shares a story from a tech commercial he was working on which involved shooting five sumo wrestlers in a tiny apartment…
Losing a Drone in the Nile River
Drone Pilot Kevin Wolf shares a story from a documentary he was working on in Africa, where he ended up pushing his drone a little too far…
Director Throwing a Camera
Cinematographer Tom Taugher shares a story from a low budget music video he was working on, where the director tried to throw the camera…
Camera Gear Seized at the Border
Cinematographer Pascal Combes shares the story of when his camera gear got seized at the border when traveling internationally for a shoot…
Producing a Difficult Music Video
Producer Danny Pollack shares a story from a music video for a big pop artist that seemed to misfire on so many levels…
Focus Pulling in 118 Degrees
1st AC / Focus Puller Austin Millinder shares a grueling story from a music video he worked on in in the middle of the desert, and recalls how quickly things fell apart as soon as the set rand out of water…
Fighting a Background Actor
Actor Zack Colston shares a story of when he was first starting out as an actor in Los Angeles working on the most bizarre commercial shoot…
Losing A Memory Card In A Forest
Director Troy Edward shares a story from a student film he was helping out on where two horrible things happened back to back...
Driving a Grip Truck With No Breaks
Gaffer Sven Van Ostrant shares a story where he just wrapped a 16hr overnight shoot, and then was tasked with driving a 40ft / 10,000lb fully loaded grip truck down a steep mountainous road, without brakes...
Wrong Lens Mount
Cinematographer Joanna Nguyen recalls shooting a short film on top of a snowy mountain, where she realizes she forgot the lens mount back in the parking lot...
Sleepless Sound Design
Sound designer Michale Keane was working on his first short film, which lead to 2 sleepless weeks of working around the clock...
Breaking A Cinema Lens
Photographer Sam Wooz was working on a commercial shoot plagued by a bit of bad luck -- 72hrs where everything went wrong...
Two Projects in 24 Hours
Director Matt Komo recalls a hectic 24hrs where he had to shoot / edit / & deliver on two projects simultaneously...
Getting Yelled At By Ridley Scott
Director Jon Hoeg was working as a PA on American Gangster where he made a simple mistake, leading to an angry confrontation with director Ridley Scott...
Shooting On Psychedelic Mushrooms
Photographer Travis Colbert was scouting for an upcoming shoot in the Hollywood Hills, but somehow finds himself on a psychedelic experience...
Ambitious Commercial Disaster
Director & 1st AD David Gutel was working on a commercial where a tyrannical director with overly ambitious ideas caused everything to crash and burn…
Stuck in the Desert
Actress Sheree Abate was a site rep for a desert music video, where the crew’s equipment truck got stuck in the sand…
Forgetting the Camera
Videographer Jamal McClerkin was filming an event, and moments before it started, realized he left his camera at home…
Nearly Getting Shot
Cinematographer Joey Nicotra was filming a world record long range rifleman, and how he somehow ended up in the crosshairs…
Live Weapon on Set
Director Jakob Owens was shooting a music video for rap artist Huey until a gun was pulled on him…
Car Commercial Gone Wrong
Cinematographer Jon Wang was on a car commercial where the process trailer got separated from the rest of the crew...
Going Blind From Broken Glass
Cinematographer Cooper Ulrich had an inexperienced director do something incredibly dangerous that resulted in him getting glass shards in his eyes…
Dealing With an Insane Actor
Producer Ian Feiner retells a series of insane stories from an indie feature, where he was tasked to wrangle an insane actor…
Accidentally Formatting a Memory Card
Cinematographer Will Rouse shares a story of when he accidentally formatted an entire day’s worth of footage from a project…