television

The Job Everyone Wants

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The hardest job to get on any TV series is probably not what you think.

The One Line Day Player

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Okay, today’s episode is a little outside my usual PA mandate, but it keeps coming up on the show I’m on, and I want to

An Unusual Route to Becoming a Writers’ Assistant

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Reader Andrew writes in: There’s a small independent film company looking to break into TV. I know the producer, and she’s offered me a writer’s

When to Lie in an Interview

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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.

Flat Rate

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Jillian writes: I recently went on an interview for a production assistant position. I had been responding to an ad that had very little useful

Meisner

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If you hang around base camp long enough, you’ll start to hear actors talking about the Meisner technique. It seems to have replaced Method acting

Revisions, Or: When Five Figures Isn’t Enough To Do It Right the First Time

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Paul writes: When the hell are the pages going to come?!! A very valid question. The answer is, as always, they’ll get here when they

How to Approach Another Show on the Lot

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Ms. Key (a pseudonym, I assume), writes: I intern on a major studio lot, which has been an awesome experience so far. I plan to do

Script Coordinator: A Way Out of The PA Doldrums

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I have no intention of being a PA forever. As I’ve said before, I’d ultimately like to write and direct. Every path out of PA-hood

When I grow up I wanna be…

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When you first start working in the film industry you realize that it is, well, big. I mean crazy small REALLY big. It employs a lot

Let It Never Be Said That I Can’t Change My Mind