In Rebekah’s words
“I always use SetHero — at this point, it’s not even a decision!”
Rebekah Hynes
Second Assistant Director
How 2nd AD Rebekah
keeps a shoot on track.
Rebekah Hynes shares how she handles call sheets, last-minute changes, and crew confirmations as a second assistant director.
How 2nd AD Rebekah
keeps a shoot on track.
Rebekah Hynes shares how she handles call sheets, last-minute changes, and crew confirmations as a second assistant director.
01
About the customer
- Role
- Freelance 2nd AD
- Based in
- Orlando, FL
- Productions
- Feature Films & Series
Rebekah Hynes is a second assistant director based in Orlando, Florida. She loves organizing and leading teams, giving people the information they need to keep a production on track.
Her work includes Birthright Outlaw, Bringing Back Christmas, Blue Ridge: The Series, and County Line: No Fear. On each set, clear call sheets help her keep cast, crew, and the first AD up to date.
02
The Challenge
Another second AD introduced Rebekah to SetHero on one of her first projects. She later tried other tools on colleagues’ recommendations, but found them harder to use and less productive.
Her work also continued after the cameras stopped. Checking that everyone had their call time could mean contacting people individually at the end of an already long day.
“I have tried getting used to some other tools at the recommendation of others (Casper, Yamdu, etc), but I have always found them to be clunkier and not nearly as intuitive or productive.”
03
The Solution
SetHero lets Rebekah see who has viewed and confirmed their call time, so she can check responses without contacting everyone directly. When the schedule changes, she can shift all the times together instead of updating each one.
That makes it easier to get a revised preliminary call sheet to her first AD, even when a change comes in late in the day.
“I can have an updated prelim to my 1st AD only minutes after being asked for one, and that makes me feel like a rockstar.”
04
The Impact
Rebekah can turn around changes quickly and keep track of confirmations in one place. She spends less time following up at the end of the day, while cast and crew get call sheets that are easy to read.
“Everyone loves receiving text messages with their call times!” she says. “I have also gotten so many compliments on how aesthetically pleasing it is! All of the information is laid out beautifully and in such a clean, easy-to-read way.”
Question:
What’s the secret to maintaining a good set?
Answer
“A good production really starts with putting in the effort to do pre-production properly.
Time and effort spent in pre-production really pays off once production starts.
During production, I would say you maintain a really good and enjoyable set by having a team of people who each take ownership of their responsibilities and trust others to do theirs. When each person stays in their lane to do their job excellently and then communicates well with the rest of the team, the whole production is like an intricate machine that runs so smoothly!”
— Rebekah
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