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No Lunch Break for Office PA’s?

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When you work on set, you’re supposed to break for lunch after 6 hours of shooting. Some people break before that, if they got to

Hand Delivery

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Ivan the Intern writes in: The other day, I had to drop off some packages at Fedex to be shipped. As I was leaving, an

Why Are Movies So Expensive?

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For longer than I’ve been in the Industry, we’ve been hearing how cheap, digital cameras and readily available editing software would democratize cinema. There would

Out Times

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Marvin asks: What is the process of getting “out times” from the working trucks? One of the more important aspects of the is recording the

There Are More Accountants Than You Think

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Today’s topic is… ACCOUNTING! Seriously, though, people seem to be confused about accounting. Maybe it’s because most of the crew doesn’t see the accountants every

How to Fill Out Your Start Work

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At the beginning of every show, everyone must fill out ,1 yet a distressing number of people don’t know how to do it. I once

What the Hell Are Purchase Orders?

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A PA who shall remain nameless (for soon-to-be-obvious reasons) writes in: I’m PAing for my first big production, and my coordinator just told me that

Think About It

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Just about every time I post a new joblist, someone emails or tweets me, “Hey, TAPA, are all of these jobs for LA?” or something