Should I Text or Call?
Henriette writes in: Thanks again for explaining how POs work, you saved my green PA ass! I’m writing because a couple of months ago I had an interview with the Designer and the Art Director for a show, which went great, but the show never actually started. The Art Director called me and gave my […]
I Gotta Take This
A friend of mine came up with a great trick, for when her husband calls, but she doesn’t want to offend one of the self-important (yet neurotically insecure) Industry types she deals with every day. When she programmed her husband’s number into her cell phone, she set the name to “Steven Spielberg.” No matter who […]
Learning the Hard Way
Well, maybe not the hardest way, but still, I learned. I got myself a fancy new phone last week, and the first thing I did was figure out how to turn my phone on vibrate. This is a very important feature on any phone, when you work on a film set. In fact, if you’re […]
Perspective
Yesterday’s post produced some interesting comments. Capn Cookie said that, while Bale’s outburst was uncalled for, the DP was still kind of a dick. Which called to mind an incident that happened on set only a few weeks ago. As you probably know, it’s standard procedure to turn your cell phone to vibrate when on […]