Ron Dexter is a Cameraman since 1962

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HERE ARE A DOZEN UNIVERSAL RULES FOR ANY SET

• Show up a bit early for the call.
• Be polite. Use please and thanks.
• Let people do their job.
• Be humble.
• Ask questions about assignments if in doubt.
• Watch what’s going on in YOUR department.
• Make your superior look good.
• Don’t embarrass anyone.
• Don’t be a “hero”.
• Listen very carefully before you leap.
• Learn and use people’s names.

     ALWAYS OUT OF LINE FOR CREWS

• Sexual jokes and talk around the ladies.
• Political, religious, or racial jokes and slurs.
• Evidence of booze and drug abuse.
• Negative criticism of anything or anybody within the hearing of clients, producers, visitors, cast, and locals. Keep your opinions to yourself.
• Bad mouthing other production companies, equipment houses, and crews.
• Loud talk on the set.
• Replacing yourself on a job without warning the production company.