Dave Casella

Setting up/numbering/listing gear for location shoots. Transport/ride or fly with gear (deal with roads/airline/sky-caps). AC assisting 1 or 2 & up to 5 camera ops. Prepping/loading/setting up/striking/fixing gear. Shooting reality-time lapse-B-Roll, Trouble shoot/watch for sprinklers. Weather conditions- rain/desserts/oceans/tropics/snow. Assist producers/directors/talent. Dummy checks And other production tasks. (can work most camera given to me but haven't really dealt with the Red Dragon).

Titanic, X-Files Film/Series, Harry Potter Order of Phoenix, Fantasia 2000, 19 SAG Award shows & more; doing tons of aspects: Morning/afternoon snacks, set up for meetings/dinner, run film to lab/set/studios, pick up props/extreme props/make props/Greek props, do dailies, assist FX teams/motion control team/prop master/actors/producers/directors/ ice units/fire units, steam hoses/water tanks/cloud tank, made in-house videos, did cue cards/slate/stand-in. Game show tester, Water drops/pop-up tents/director chairs/video village set ups, grip/electric/audio/props work or assist, animal wrangle/routines. wrangle 300 extras/wrap 100 hoses/ assist in fire to props/pick up 1,000 tacos/pick up 2 tons of salt. And more.

Very good art student- K-12 (projects displayed: city hall/school gallery. Did sets/props for school plays 7-12/won talent shows), made props/such for my own films (6th grad to present), 11 years Elaborate Movie Theatre lobby displays for 7 different theaters, 1 year window display Pirate shop Disney World, 7 years as live stage show tech at Universal Florida doing countless art projects from Halloween Horror nights (Exorcist bed, Beetlejuice hat, & more) to special events/parades plus distressing projects. And many projects over 19 years in Film/TV/Reality TV/Indy Films (from miniature of sunken Titanic & a Terminator letter to greeking of props & making space ships...much for behind scenes or Indy films).