The Anonymous Production Assistant

Why No One Gives a Shit About Your Student Film

On last Friday’s blog post, I wrote: Directing a student film doesn’t really count for anything. As long as it’s clearly labeled as a student film section [on your resume], you can include your directing and producing credits. Just understand it’s not going to help you get anything better than a PA gig. Over on […]

Last Week to Vote

Okay, one more time.  Please vote for my friend’s short, Asleep with the Angels, on OpenFilm.com.  82 of you have clicked on the link, but the leader has 643 votes!  I get more readers than that on an average day. Asleep is in 20th place, which is clearly not right. It’s a damn good movie. It’s […]

Bleg (Again)

In the past week, 29 of you clicked the link to my friend’s movie on OpenFilm.com.  That’s right, I’m counting. I get 700 readers a day.  Less than 5% of you voted! That’s not enough!  The top vote-getter is well into the hundreds.  And it’s a terrible movie. (I assume.) I know we can do better […]

Placement

I was helping a friend with a short film over the weekend. I was the camera assistant, or “AC.” Don’t ask me why the letters get inverted in the acronym. It’s been a while since I’ve ACed, and to tell the truth, I forgot how much influence a camera assistant can have. I knew an […]