What to Wear to an Interview
Patrick asks a question I’ve touched on before, but I think bears some detailed answering: What should I wear to an interview for a P.A. job? Should I dress formally? My dad used to tell me I should dress one level higher than the guy I’m interviewing with. If he’s wearing shorts, I should wear […]
An Overqualified PA
Does your resume make you look more experienced than you are?
Asking the Right Questions
It’s okay to not know everything.
You Gotta Start Somewhere
No one breaks into Hollywood the same way.
When You Have Private Info on Public People
How to deal with cast lists.
Pick Ups and Drops Offs
How to deal with the prop house.
How to Run a Production Office
Watch the latest Call Sheet interview with UPM Jennifer A. Haire and UPM Gilana Lobel
The Call Sheet is Now Available as an Audio Podcast
If you’d rather listen to The Call Sheet on the run, it’ll now be available on several podcasting platforms, including directly through Substack. The first episode, with Academy Award-nominated director Tim Reckart, is already available. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Pocket Casts Google Podcasts (soon) And, of course, you can still watch all of the interviews on the […]
Director of Content Daniel Ungar is Impacting the Way Hollywood Develops Scripts
Whether you are interested in a career as a development executive, or you want to be the one pitching shows, you should listen to today’s Call Sheet, where we interview Daniel Ungar, the director of content at Impact. Impact is an accelerated writers incubator, started by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard out of Imagine Entertainment. […]
Our Discussion with Academy Award-Nominated Animation Director Timothy Reckart
In this episode, Timothy Reckart tells us what it’s like to be nominated for an Academy Award, and then not have a job the next day.
Who’s Your Competition?
A lot of people have been out of work for a long time. (If this is news to you, congratulations on waking up from your coma! There’s probably a lot of things for you to catch up on.) For the rest of you, that means you’re in a competitive job market, even as more and […]
About us
About us What the heck is this site all about? The TAPA blog was created for two reasons– first, as a place to freely discuss the life of a production assistant without fear of repercussion or reprisal. Second, as a repository for the accumulated knowledge accumulated of many PA’s and assistants, with combined decades of […]