Piggy backing on the previous post, I want to say that when you are first starting out and you have no money, it's very hard to not hire your friends or people you only semi trust to show up for a 6am call time. It's also hard not to be a :Jack of all trades, master of none". Those things are a necessary evil I'm afraid and when you finally rise out of the ashes and step into paying projects, you are battle-tested and better for it.
Let's talk about you. Yes, you, the reader. What is your passion? And don't say 'filmmaker', be more specific than that. Are you someone who loves the thrill of sound traveling into a boom mic, down a boom pole, through a cable and into a mixer? Do you love dissecting the sound in your mind, breaking it into bands, instantly evaluating if it's good or bad then problem solving ways to tweak and make it great? Loves sound so much that you find yourself going outside and picking apart each individual bird that sits in the bush or bug that passes by. The crinkle of leaves under a footstep or the breeze ripping through the trees. How does the noise floor differ in one location as opposed to another? Sit quietly and listen to the sounds that are invisible. The high frequency hum of a computer monitor, the low drone of a ceiling fan. A person with this much awareness of sound has a passion for sound. They live and breath sound. This person is out there, somewhere. Find them. Look them up on Facebook immediately. Make friends with them. Hold on to them and do not let them go because you're job for the next several months is to convince them to work with you. Apply this logic to every single crew position on set, in pre and post production. There's a right person for the job in all cases. When interviewing crew, ask them what they like doing. If they respond with "I like sound, love to edit and I'm pretty good with a camera"… be careful. When you dip into someone's passion, you'll find their best work.
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