Director
Creative or operational relevance to directing
Additional AD hired for a single shoot day or block — crowd scenes, special locations, or second unit. Day-booked, not part of the core crew.
The additional AD is booked for a specific need, not for the entire production: a day with three hundred extras, a street closure, a second unit shooting in parallel.
Typical Occasions
- Mass Scenes. Dividing extras into groups, each group needs guidance.
- Second Unit. The second unit shoots in parallel and requires its own set management.
- Sprawling Locations. Blockades across multiple city blocks cannot be maintained from a single position.
For budgeting purposes, this is a day rate that appears in the schedule and then disappears again. Whoever cuts it shifts the work to the permanent department — usually the 3rd AD, who would then have to be in two places at once.
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Importance in production planning and execution
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