The Anonymous Production Assistant

Bringing Your Significant Other on Location

Ashton wants to know if it’s okay to bring her significant other on location— I have a 3 day gig coming up next week – the shoot is taking place 3 hours outside my city so I’m getting put up for the duration. My husband works from home and thought it would be fun to […]

Per Diem

Brian writes in: Love your blog…it’s so helpful and I really appreciate the info! A little about me: I am a new-ish PA with a few local, unpaid shoots under my belt. I recently got hired as a paid PA, and I am super excited about it! They are covering travel and hotel for sure, […]

Location Shooting

Unless you work on a multicam show, you’ll probably spend some time shooting on location. If you work in the office, this means printing maps (provided by the location department) and attaching them to each call sheet. For a set PA, the job is more-or-less the same, except everyone will be asking where the honey […]