The Anonymous Production Assistant

Scheduling Conflicts

Michael writes in: I freelance camera op at two digital production companies that each have plenty of work but also have plenty of freelancers at their disposal. Each week it’s hard to coordinate my schedules between the two, as they can ask me to come in a day before and, at many times, their schedules […]

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 […]

Video Killed the Fi-i-ilm Star

I know lots of people who can’t stand HD. I worked for an AC who would say, “I don’t care what the resolution is, it’s still video.”  Really, do you know anybody outside the business who can even tell the difference between HD and film, much less cares? More pertinently, I had professors proclaim there […]