As you're beginning the process of indie filmmaking, you can answer "what makes a good web series?" a hundred different ways. But one way to ensure success is the relationship between director and cinematographer. It's this dynamic that creates the footage that eventually becomes your indie film or web series. And the dynamic you create in the behind the scenes of the filmmaking process — from your shot list, to the narrative vibe, to decisions like whether the camera is handheld or static — will determine what kind of footage you can get.

Executive Producer Benjy Shaw fills in as host today for a conversation between director Courtney Romano and cinematographer Ian McCay. They discuss what they look for in a director/cinematographer collaboration, how they approached on-set challenges, tips for leading both the camera department and the actors, and how they filmed the final episode of the series as a one take.

Today's guest was cinematographer Ian McCay. You can find out more about Ian's work here and on social.
Today's Final Word is from performance artist, writer, and professor of Contemporary Performance, AB Brown.

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Host: Courtney Romano
Executive Producer: Benjamin Shaw
Supervising Producer: Match Zimmerman
Producer: Sara States
Musical Theme: Match Zimmerman
Created by Courtney Romano
The Break Breakdown is a production of Queens Bird Films.
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We believe how we make things is just as important as what we make.
We strive to unearth the surprising and inevitable.

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