Pick Ups and Drops Offs
How to deal with the prop house.
The Company Car
Carl responded to Friday’s post: Fine for commuting if the PA wants, but if I were the UPM or Producer of the show, there would be a rule that a motorcycle could not be used for company runs at any time. The high incidence of motorcycle accidents, you point out, puts the company at significant […]
Hand Delivery
If someone (whether it’s an accountant or a director or one of the camera assistants) hands you something to deliver, but doesn’t expressly state either “mail” or “hand deliver,” always, always ask.
Are You Getting Mileage?
Andi writes in: I’m an Office PA working on a low budget feature film in LA. I’ve typically worked on bigger features that have their own rented production vehicles for me to drive. Must be nice. I’ve worked on massive budget television series, and always had to drive my own car. Film has a different […]
Miles and Miles
Sorry for the late post today, but I was sent on a run the moment I walked in the door. Runs are one of the main differences between set and office production assistants. Set PAs stay on set all day, everyday (or longer; they’re the first to arrive and last to leave, other than teamsters). […]
Deliveries
There’s a simple way tell who the big actors are, and who have just started their careers: ask them if they would like script revisions e-mailed to them, or delivered to their house. The ones who’ve been around forever, the ones who aren’t worried about impressing anyone, say, “Go ahead and e-mail it to me.” […]