The Anonymous Production Assistant

Apple on set

Here’s a short digression from the normal PA stuff: Despite the disillusionment I still somehow find some good in my blackened heart to help friends out on their shoots (as long as they’re not, you know, on the beach) or foof around in filmmaking myself. Knowing firsthand the intensity, scale, and inevitable costs of production […]

Do Not Read Wannabetvwriter

I haven’t engaged in a flame war in a little while, so, in an effort to boost my stats, I decided to start one. I suggest you do not read wannabetvwriter’s blog.  She is a script coordinator that I don’t believe you’ll find to be either funny or insightful.  Certainly not this recent post, where she […]

Links, Links, and More Links

I received a very lovely email today, from Heather of Howcast.com: Your blog makes me laugh, and reminds me why I ran far from set work…It’s not easy! Although, the “There’s Always Someone Below You” post made me happy….it’s *not* easy, but it has its rewards for sure. Anyway, I figure as a PA, you […]

New Year’s Links

Like many Americans, I’m busy looking for a job.  I’m just more used to it than most. So, instead of writing a real post, here’s some links! Cracked has the most inspirational, patriotic piece of writing I’ve read in a long, long time. Ken Levine complains about Standards & Practices, as well he should.  He […]

Links in the Chain

WordPress has some neat features (much more so than Blogger or, God help us, Myspace, both of which I’ve used).  My favorite, besides the chart showing me how many readers I have, is the “referrers” tool.  I’m not sure how this is different than “incoming links;” if someone knows, please explain it to me. Anyway, […]

Adventures of Link

Another anonymous film blogger has linked to last Friday’s post, for which I’m very grateful, since, like Ben “Yahtzee” Crowshaw, my self esteem directly correlates with the number of readers I have on any given day.  (This was particularly sad in the early days of the blog, when I averaged around eight readers daily, two […]

On an Unrelated Note…

I’ve just been looking at my incoming links (I like to see what people are searching for when they find my site), and two questions sprang to mind. Who’s been searching for “0000001000000110000001000000110000001000000100000010000001,” and, upon doing so, why did they decide The Anonymous Production Assistant Blog must be the site they’re looking for? By the […]