When things don't work out

Oh I have no doubt that it sounds harsh. But when the people you rely on continually fail to uphold their obligations to a project, you will ALWAYS get more done by cutting the cord and moving on. Even if it means hiring someone less talented, or doing it yourself (god forbid, I know everyone on this forum is SO AGAINST the idea of doing any job without years of experience and/or film school training)

Let me ask you this, who has a better idea of how your characters should dress, the costume designer, or the writer/producer/director? I have been on ALOT of indie film projects where strangely enough, all the characters were dressed in a fashion very similar to how the costume designer dressed herself. I'm not saying this is always the case, but if you are passionate about your project, and truly believe in what you're doing, you have an OBLIGATION to take things into your own hands when they start going awry.

But let me know how sitting around waiting on other people works out for you.
 
Well, you've been observing projects worked by lousy costume designers. Or by costume designers with whom the director is not communicating, very well.

Can't speak for anyone else, but for me it's not about sitting around and waiting. It's about being discriminating (and, well, lucky) in your choice of dept. heads and crew.
 
Sad Max,

I can agree with that. It's been my experience though that you are damn lucky to find even a few people who believe in you and your project and are willing to see it through to the end. And even then, you should only rely on yourself if you rely wanna get things done.
 
Well, as my father is fond of saying, If you need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
 
Writers often take the worst brunt of the b.s. in our business. Maybe because anybody can type, and paper is cheap. Few can really write, of course; and just as few can read a script and distinguish between good and bad writing.

I just hope you ensure that ALL your rights in those scripts revert to you in the event the producers don't pursue the project or they vanish. If you're writing for free, make sure that you get it in writing that ALL the rights in the script (including anything original to the producer when they asked you to start, and anything that came to you in the way of notes, thoughts and ideas) become yours and yours alone upon some trigger event like failure to pay by a certain date and failure to complete the film by a certain date.
 
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