The Anonymous Production Assistant

Don’t Use an Email That Ends in .edu

The headline says it all. I’m a little surprised it has to be said, but it’s come up a lot recently while fixing up readers’ resumes. Several people have left their .edu address on their resume. In a way, I sort of get it. When you’re 22, college has taken up almost a fifth of […]

The Tyranny of Chronology

I agree that a film should have a beginning, a middle and an end but not necessarily in that order. Yes, I just quoted a French New Wave director. Excuse me a second while I punch myself in the face. I’ve been seeing a lot of resumes lately for my cover letter and resume rewriting […]

No Experience Necessary! (Some Experience Required)

Leala writes: Ok, I keep reading “no experience” needed to PA. So why it so hard to land a PA job? I actually have some experience -film school, student projects, independent projects, game show pilot, award shows, major network webisode and even dayplayed in the production office of a network TV show. I get Production […]