| Visible Production Crew/Equipment | |
| Display Text | Visible Production Crew/Equipment |
| Description | "Visible Production Crew/Equipment" is the on-set technical personnel or equipment associated with a film/ television shoot being visible in the finished program (including shadows/reflections). |
| Impact | The member experience is negatively impacted when the production process is highlighted by visible crew/equipment, disrupting the suspension of disbelief. |
| Severity Assessment Guidance | |
| FYI | A misc. person or object (including shadows/reflections), which cannot be definitively attributed to production or ruled out as such based on available contextual cues but is largely non-disruptive to the main focus of action. |
| Issue | Crew, camera, lights, stands/ flags, boom mics, cue markers/ tape, cables or any other element that can definitively be attributed to production is visible in shot or in a clearly defined shadow/reflection. |
| Blocker | N/A |
| Solutions | |
| How to Prevent |
Cue markers should be as small and inconspicuous as possible. Avoid neon or high contrast colored markers. Apply “dulling” spray on reflective surfaces to minimize crew/ equipment reflections. Shoot and conform at higher than the intended final resolution to allow for greater flexibility of repositioning/scaling. Review each shot in on-set monitors for common problem elements/locations - reflective surfaces, floors where there might be tape/cables/dolly tracks and edges of frame during pans/tilts/dolly shots, which might reveal boom mics/production flags/set elements. |
| How to Fix |
Repositioning/scaling may be able to size out the crew/equipment if it exists along the edge of frame. For reflections/shadows and crew/equipment visible further in frame, a VFX fix may be required to paint out the element. |