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Last Modified: 10/12/2011

2. 1. Please tell us your name. To remain
anonymous, skip this and the next question and
move to the third...
Text Response
Nilesh Savkoor
Rob Meyer
Roger M. Mayer
Chris Goodwin
David Winkfield
Cynthia
Brent Hoff
zairi khalid
Eric Levy
Kenneth Parker
Carlton Evans
Mark Behm
Saskia Wilson-Brown
Eric
Gopakumar
Frazer Bradshaw

3. 1. Please tell us your name. To remain
anonymous, skip this and the next question and
move to the third...
Statistic Value
Total Responses 40

4. 2. Please give us your email address. We would
like to keep in touch with you regarding our
progress on...
Text Response
nsavkoor@gmail.com
rogelio_mayer@yahoo.com
chrsgoodwin1@gmail.com
dwinkster@gmail.com
info@disorientingstageandfilm.com
khalidzairi@ymail.com
ericmlevy@gmail.com
ken_p@parkerfilms.net
carlton@disposablefilmfest.com
Markosound@comcast.net
saskiawb@yahoo.com
eric@hitthehighbeam.com
colgopakumar@gmail.com
rob@commandproductions.com
junk@frazerbradshaw.com
wkperu@gmail.com

5. 2. Please give us your email address. We would
like to keep in touch with you regarding our
progress on...
Statistic Value
Total Responses 45

6. 3. What best describes your role in the film
industry? Please check all that apply.
# Answer Response %
1 Producer/Director 47 59%
3 Screenwriter 20 25%
4 Actor 5 6%
5 Line Producer/Production 6 8%
Assistant/Assistant
Director
7 Script Supervisor 1 1%
9 Location Manager 2 3%
10 Art Director, Production 0 0%
Designer, or Set Director
13 Costume Designer, 1 1%
Hair/Makeup Specialist
15 Directory of 10 13%
Photography/Camera
Operator/Assistant
Cameraperson
18 Sound Mixer/Boom 4 5%
Operator/Sound Assistant

7. 3. What best describes your role in the film
industry? Please check all that apply.
Other
festival programmer/producer
African Music
Stock Footage Vendor
engineering
designer/animator
previz artist
PR
Consumer
Distribution: Documentary to Public Television and Digital Platforms
Director of Productions
supporting writing, props and set dec
Production and marketing manager
Worked as Assistant Director
post production supervisor
Freelance/Recent Graduate
Post Production Operations Supervisor

8. 3. What best describes your role in the film
industry? Please check all that apply.
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 28
Total Responses 80

9. 4. How many film/video projects do you work
on per year?
Text Response
1
40
10
4
25
12
5
20
2
3
4
14
5
10
500
10

10. 4. How many film/video projects do you work
on per year?
Statistic Value
Total Responses 40

11. 5. How often do you work with the same crew
on projects?
# Answer Response %
1 Always 0 0%
2 Often 27 93%
3 Rarely 2 7%
9 Never 0 0%
Total 29 100%

12. 5. How often do you work with the same crew
on projects?
Statistic Value
Min Value 2
Max Value 3
Mean 2.07
Variance 0.07
Standard Deviation 0.26
Total Responses 29

13. 6. If you work with the same crew for each of
your projects, do you do so because they are the
best cre...
# Answer Response %
1 Best crew possible for the 9 31%
job
2 Ease of existing 20 69%
relationships
Total 29 100%

14. 6. If you work with the same crew for each of
your projects, do you do so because they are the
best cre...
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 2
Mean 1.69
Variance 0.22
Standard Deviation 0.47
Total Responses 29

15. 7. How do you typically contact the crew you
want to hire? Select the 3 you use the most:
# Answer Response %
1 Directly to crew member 28 97%
2 Use an agent 5 17%
3 Post to Craigslist 6 21%
4 Post to Facebook 8 28%
5 Post to ReelDirectory 2 7%
6 Post to LA411/NY411 2 7%
7 Other 8 28%

16. 7. How do you typically contact the crew you
want to hire? Select the 3 you use the most:
Other
Personal referrals
Mandy.com
Directly contact other director friends.
Contact union
shooting people, linked in, recommendations from colleagues
personal recommendations
Mandy.com
Via production companies that I hire.

17. 7. How do you typically contact the crew you
want to hire? Select the 3 you use the most:
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 7
Total Responses 29

18. 8. Would you characterize the amount of time
you typically spend identifying and hiring crew
for each o...
# Answer Response %
1 Just fine -- has never 15 54%
bothered me
2 Could be less -- it’s a little 11 39%
more time than I’d like
3 Too much -- I wish it were 2 7%
easier
Total 28 100%

19. 8. Would you characterize the amount of time
you typically spend identifying and hiring crew
for each o...
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 3
Mean 1.54
Variance 0.41
Standard Deviation 0.64
Total Responses 28

20. 9. Would you say the pool of below-the-line
talent you have access to is:
# Answer Response %
1 Limitless -- I have access 4 14%
to all the crew I could
potentially want to hire
within my budget
2 Decent -- I have access to 9 31%
enough potential crew
within my budget
3 Could be Better -- I have 11 38%
access to potential crew
within my budget but
could benefit from a
wider pool
4 Not good -- I’ve managed 5 17%
to get by but really need
access to a wider pool in
the future
Total 29 100%

21. 9. Would you say the pool of below-the-line
talent you have access to is:
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 4
Mean 2.59
Variance 0.89
Standard Deviation 0.95
Total Responses 29

22. 10. Please rank the following in terms of how
important they are to you in hiring a potential
member of...
# Answer 1 2 3 4 5 Responses
1 My 13 6 9 0 0 28
perception
of the
quality of
their
previous
work (i.e.
reels)
2 The 0 3 2 15 8 28
credibility
of their
previous
credits
3 The 1 4 2 9 12 28
similarity
between
previous
projects
they’ve
worked on
and my
project

23. 10. Please rank the following in terms of how
important they are to you in hiring a potential
member of...
Statistic My perception The credibility The similarity Their Their cost
of the quality of of their between reputation
their previous previous credits previous among other
work (i.e. reels) projects they’ve people who
worked on and have worked
my project with them
Min Value 1 2 1 1 1
Max Value 3 5 5 5 5
Mean 1.86 4.00 3.96 2.04 3.14
Variance 0.79 0.81 1.44 1.59 1.39
Standard 0.89 0.90 1.20 1.26 1.18
Deviation
Total Responses 28 28 28 28 28

24. 11. Have you ever offered an evaluation of a
crew member you’ve worked with online (either
through a rat...
# Answer Response %
9 Yes 6 21%
10 No 23 79%
Total 29 100%

25. 11. Have you ever offered an evaluation of a
crew member you’ve worked with online (either
through a rat...
Statistic Value
Min Value 9
Max Value 10
Mean 9.79
Variance 0.17
Standard Deviation 0.41
Total Responses 29

26. 12. How likely are you to offer an evaluation if it
were critical to crew hiring decisions?
# Answer Response %
9 Highly Likely 6 21%
10 Likely 17 59%
11 Not Likely 6 21%
Total 29 100%

27. 12. How likely are you to offer an evaluation if it
were critical to crew hiring decisions?
Statistic Value
Min Value 9
Max Value 11
Mean 10.00
Variance 0.43
Standard Deviation 0.65
Total Responses 29

28. 13. Have you ever offered a negative evaluation
of a crew member you’ve worked with online
(either throu...
# Answer Response %
9 Yes 2 7%
10 No 27 93%
Total 29 100%

29. 13. Have you ever offered a negative evaluation
of a crew member you’ve worked with online
(either throu...
Statistic Value
Min Value 9
Max Value 10
Mean 9.93
Variance 0.07
Standard Deviation 0.26
Total Responses 29

30. 14. If not, would you?
# Answer Response %
9 Yes 16 59%
10 No 11 41%
Total 27 100%

31. 14. If not, would you?
Statistic Value
Min Value 9
Max Value 10
Mean 9.41
Variance 0.25
Standard Deviation 0.50
Total Responses 27

32. 15. How often do you work with the same
producer/director on projects?
# Answer Response %
1 Always 2 13%
2 Often 11 69%
3 Rarely 2 13%
4 Never 1 6%
Total 16 100%

33. 15. How often do you work with the same
producer/director on projects?
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 4
Mean 2.13
Variance 0.52
Standard Deviation 0.72
Total Responses 16

34. 16. If you typically work with the same
producer/director, is this because they bring you
the best proje...
# Answer Response %
1 Best projects possible 2 13%
2 Ease of existing 14 88%
relationships
Total 16 100%

35. 16. If you typically work with the same
producer/director, is this because they bring you
the best proje...
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 2
Mean 1.88
Variance 0.12
Standard Deviation 0.34
Total Responses 16

36. 17. If you are a member of the crew, how do
you typically find the projects you work on?
# Answer Response %
1 Person responsible for 4 31%
hiring reaches out to me
2 My agent presents me 0 0%
with a project
3 Existing relationship with 6 46%
person hiring
4 See posting on Craigslist 1 8%
5 See posting on Facebook 0 0%
6 See posting on 0 0%
ReelDirectory
7 See Posting on 0 0%
LA411/NY411
8 Other 2 15%
Total 13 100%

37. 17. If you are a member of the crew, how do
you typically find the projects you work on?
Other
Full time
Friends

38. 17. If you are a member of the crew, how do
you typically find the projects you work on?
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 8
Mean 3.23
Variance 5.53
Standard Deviation 2.35
Total Responses 13

39. 18. Would you say the amount of time you
spend finding projects to work on is:
# Answer Response %
1 Too much -- I wish it were 1 7%
easier
2 Could be less -- it’s a little 5 36%
more time than I’d like
3 Just fine -- has never 8 57%
bothered me
Total 14 100%

40. 18. Would you say the amount of time you
spend finding projects to work on is:
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 3
Mean 2.50
Variance 0.42
Standard Deviation 0.65
Total Responses 14

41. 19. Would you say the pool of projects you have
access to is:
# Answer Response %
1 Limitless -- I have access 2 13%
to all the projects I could
realistically want to work
on
2 Decent -- I have access to 4 27%
enough potential projects
3 Could be Better -- I have 8 53%
access to potential
projects but could benefit
from a wider pool
4 Not good -- I’ve managed 1 7%
to get by but really need
access to a wider pool in
the future
Total 15 100%

42. 19. Would you say the pool of projects you have
access to is:
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 4
Mean 2.53
Variance 0.70
Standard Deviation 0.83
Total Responses 15

43. 20. Please select the following services that you
usually pay for on a production. When you pay
for thes...
# Answer Response %
1 Project management 9 56%
tools (e.g. software to
track budgets)
2 Timesheet tracking tools 4 25%
3 Legal services 11 69%
4 Accounting services 9 56%
5 Scheduling/timeline 8 50%
software or an
administrative assistant
6 Social networking tools 4 25%
7 Email and/or group 6 38%
management software

44. 20. Please select the following services that you
usually pay for on a production. When you pay
for thes...
Project Timesheet Legal Accounting Scheduling/ti Social Email and/or
management tracking services services meline networking group
tools (e.g. tools software or tools management
software to an software
track administrativ
budgets) e assistant
500 1000 500 250
1000 100 1000 1000
500 10000
2 percent 1 percent 2 percent 3 percent 3 percent 3 percent 1 percent
250 250 75
0 0 1500 0 18,000 0 1,200
we do most $5000 $1000 -
of it but we $2000
have also
spent $5000 -
$15000
1000
3-6K 3-6K $60 per blast

45. 20. Please select the following services that you
usually pay for on a production. When you pay
for thes...
Statistic Value
Min Value 1
Max Value 7
Total Responses 16

46. 21. If a website that helped you find crew based
on recommendations from a trusted network
also offered...
# Answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 Response
s
20 Ability to 5 1 2 4 5 10 27
pay
cast/crew
via web-
based
payment
system
21 Ability to 2 7 4 2 11 1 27
use
custom,
web-
based
budget
software
with
payments
to
cast/crew
automati
cally
tracked in

47. 21. If a website that helped you find crew based
on recommendations from a trusted network
also offered...
Statistic Ability to pay Ability to use Ability to Ability to Ability to Ability to
cast/crew via custom, access legal communicat manage my search for
web-based web-based documents, e with production/p and be
payment budget share with cast/crew (or ost- introduced
system software cast/crew segments of production to potential
with and collect cast/crew) timeline with crew outside
payments to electronic through custom, of my
cast/crew signatures group text web-based immediate
automaticall messaging project social
y tracked in application management network
budget tool
Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1
Max Value 6 6 6 6 6 6
Mean 4.22 3.59 3.52 3.15 3.48 3.04
Variance 3.64 2.33 2.57 2.59 1.49 4.65
Standard 1.91 1.53 1.60 1.61 1.22 2.16
Deviation
Total 27 27 27 27 27 27
Responses

48. 22. If a website that helped you find film/video
projects based on what people in your trusted
social ne...
# Answer 1 2 Responses
4 Ability to see who's 3 10 13
looked at my profile
5 Ability to search for 10 3 13
potential projects
outside my
immediate social
network
Total 13 13 -

49. 22. If a website that helped you find film/video
projects based on what people in your trusted
social ne...
Statistic Ability to see who's looked at my Ability to search for potential
profile projects outside my immediate
social network
Min Value 1 1
Max Value 2 2
Mean 1.77 1.23
Variance 0.19 0.19
Standard Deviation 0.44 0.44
Total Responses 13 13