Get Your Goddamn Hands Off Her
I have four little sisters, and if any one of them told me that they wanted to work on a film set, I would try my best to dissuade them from entering such a filthy pit of depravity. It’s not that I don’t think they could cut it in the dog-eat-dog world of film and […]
The Green PA
There are lots of jobs in Hollywood that I would rather have than mine. But there is one job that I would never take, no matter how much money you offered me. A Green PA keeps a show green. They make suggestions to improve the environmental efficiency of a show. They keep track of airline […]
Film School Explosion
The New York Times recently wrote up a story about the current surge in Film School applicants: for example, 4,800 students applied for 300 spots at USC Graduate, up from 2,800 last year. This is astonishing, and astonishingly scary. There is no place for all these people to work. What a glut in the market. […]
Fear No More The Heat O’ The Sun
It was a hot, hot Fourth of July weekend, succeeded by a hot, hot fifth of July. The production office’s air conditioning went down yesterday. We have (barely) survived the day on copious amounts of water and popsicles. All day, I struggled to muster the motivation to write a post for today. “It’s too hot!” […]
The No-Experience Resume
Chris is experiencing a common problem: I’m about to start hunting for PA jobs in NYC after a 4 years as a reporting analyst. After a lot of thought I have decided that I would like to work in film/tv, eventually if I’m lucky and good enough as a writer or director. I have been writing […]