When to Lie in an Interview
I interviewed recently to be the assistant to an EP on a network TV show. My interview philosophy has changed over the last few years. […]
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Foreign Experience
Max writes:
I work as an office PA in Malta, which has a small but steadily growing film industry largely based on foreign films shooting here […]
Who You Gonna Call?
Scott writes:
I really enjoy your blog, it’s entertaining and informative. I do have one question to which I could not find the answer after going […]
Unemployment
David wrote in about a subject everyone in the industry can relate to. He was making small talk with a clerk at an oil change […]
Postings for Writers’ Assistants
Kathleen writes:
I am about to graduate in this lovely economic recession with hopes of landing a job in an already competitive industry. I have literally […]
Who Hires Someone With No Experience?
Megan, who wrote in last week, has an interesting follow-up:
You were right, I don’t have much experience. So far just one 3-day shoot for a […]
Replaceable
I heard the following story second hand, but I believe it, because the director in question is a real bitch.
(For my feminist readers, please don’t […]
Networking
After working in low budget film for a number of years, I started running into people I’d worked with before. At a certain point, […]
The Case of the Missing Post
Sorry I didn’t post anything yesterday. I was working on set.
I was at the stage for sixteen hours, but when I got home, I couldn’t […]
What’s in a Name?
For tax reasons that I don’t really understand, studios generally create limited liability corporations for each individual film and TV show they make.
Often, these LLCs […]