The Anonymous Production Assistant

Why Does the Schedule Count Pages Per Day?

Anyone who’s read a screenwriting book knows that one page of screenplay is equal to one minute of screen time. Anyone who’s spent anytime on set knows this isn’t true.{{1}} So why do the schedules and callsheet refer to “pages per day”? Shouldn’t we be counting the minutes we’ve shot? Well, to start with, no […]

What a Script Supervisor Does

Shannon writes in about becoming a script supervisor: I love the work you do, just LOVE. Right now I’m a proud PA but like all PAs I want to grow. I work in the office which I quite enjoy but my heart is in scripts. What is the path to go from where I am […]

90% of success

Script Goddess had a fun post last week about filling as an AD on a commercial. This passage in particular caught my attention: Day 3 Exterior House. My first time directing trucks and production vehicles. As I was arriving at the location My key P.A. called in and said he’d be late. How late I […]

Links! (So I Don’t Have to Write a Real Post!)

Things are picking up around work, so, in lieu of a real post here are a few fun links: Script Goddess has a great post about the little moments on set. Did you know there was a terrorist attack in New York? In 1920? I heard about it from a Slate podcast. While searching for […]

A Map of Hollywood

The Industry, not the town. I actually feel a little left out, since it refers to set PAs, but not us lowly office PAs.  Everyone forgets about us.  🙁 (Hat tip: Script Goddess.)