The Anonymous Production Assistant

Is It Okay to Call a Stranger?

Beth writes in about calling a complete stranger: I’ve recently moved to LA and while I have been networking I don’t want to wait around for that to be the only way to get a job lead. I found the phone number of the AD on a tv show called [redacted]. I found it using […]

Cold Calling, and Music Videos

Reader Yoshi writes: One major thing you’ve omitted is getting work on commercials and music videos.  I got all these leads off various sources, but I’m not sure what the protocol is when cold calling them, since you’re not calling a p.o..  Who do I ask for and what do I say? I wish I […]