The Anonymous Production Assistant

Hustle

Ahoy TAPA readers! My name is Kate Lupo and I want to talk to you today about a very important word here in Hollywood. Hustle. That’s right: pure, sparkling, brilliant HUSTLE. I got off the phone today with the head of HR at one of the top management companies in the industry and we discussed […]

You’re Not On the List… Sorry

I see, through your blog, that it is typically the AD or 2nd AD who hires set PA’s. My question is how do I get the contact info for the AD or 2nd AD (for a particular production), and what is the appropriate amount of time, prior to production, to first contact them? I live […]

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 […]

Can’t Find a Job

I’ve called up everyone I know, even the ones I hate and swore I’d never work with again. I’m cruising all the usual websites, even my old alma mater’s job board (which never has anything good, despite being the oldest film school in the world). I finally resorted to a tactic I absolutely loathe. I […]