Harsh
Stephen Gallagher took issue with my post yesterday: “For those of you who don’t know, a stand-in is quite possibly the most perfect manifestation of how lazy actors are.” Seems kinda harsh both on the actors, who usually seem to use the chunk of time between blocking and shooting to get their lines, and stand-ins, […]
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 […]
We Don’t Need No Education
Commenting on yesterday’s post, Tom asked: Correct me if I am wrong but… Nobody cares if you have a college degree in the industry anyway. You are not wrong. Being a filmmaker, from the biggest producer to the lowliest PA, is not like being a doctor or engineer. If we screw up, nobody dies. You’ll just […]
I Love Movies, Too
Sorry for the lack of postage, today. I had a networking thing this weekend, and I spent most of my free time crafting follow up messages. I did manage to listen to this week’s Doug Loves Movies. For those of you unfamiliar with Doug Benson, he does a (mostly) weekly podcast where he invites comedians […]
Patience
Conventional wisdom that tells us a guy should wait three days before calling a girl when she gives you her number. “That’s great dating advice, Anonymous,” you say, “but what does that have to do with being a production assistant?” I’m glad you asked. I was at a networking event last night. Just drinks at a […]
And That’s All I Have to Say About That
Last week, I told you about my friend and her favoritest director in the whole wide world. Brandon’s comment caught my attention: Finish the story! How’d she handle that extremely, uh, awkward situation? With all seriousness, I’d love to hear how she handled this/what the fallout was/how her post supervisor and/or coordinator handled it afterward. […]
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 […]
Get It Made
As I’ve said in the past, I like to help out on my friend’s short films. Some of them don’t work out so well, but some of them are great. On the latter side is a short my buddy Curt produced, Asleep with the Angels. They entered it in Open Film’s Get It Made contest. […]
I Gotta Take This
A friend of mine came up with a great trick, for when her husband calls, but she doesn’t want to offend one of the self-important (yet neurotically insecure) Industry types she deals with every day. When she programmed her husband’s number into her cell phone, she set the name to “Steven Spielberg.” No matter who […]
FoA
See you tonight. You know what I mean.
Streetlights
I won’t waste time rehashing my feelings on PA Bootcamp [sic]. That’s what the search bar is for. Here’s the short version: What’s the point? Yesterday, though, Robert called my attention to Streetlights, “a nonprofit job training, job placement and mentoring program which provides opportunities for employment in the entertainment industry for economically or socially […]
Everyone Has a Boss
Regular readers may have noticed that I don’t like being told what to do. It’s a combination of youthful hubris and laziness-disguised-as-hubris. (“I know a better way to do this! I’ll not do it!”) Someday, I’ll be a showrunner, and everyone will have to do things my way. Directors will bow to the writer! The […]