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Our Discussion with Academy Award-Nominated Animation Director Timothy Reckart

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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.

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

What a Script Supervisor Does

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Shannon writes in about becoming a script supervisor: I love the work you do, just LOVE. Right now I’m a proud PA but like all

There’s No One Way to Make It

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C.J. tweeted at me: @TheAnonymousPA Hey do film producers require film school? Think Jerry Bruckenheimer. should I go to college? — C.J Davis (@lifeischess027) July

How To Randomize A Crowd

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Most of the time, you’re not going to deal with more than a handful of extras in any one scene. That’s because extras are people,

Managing Background Actors

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If you follow me on Twitter, you might have heard some of my frustrations with background actors on a small shoot I was helping out

How to Run a Production Meeting

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Dax asks: I’ve experienced several different production meetings. Two seem to be the most common. The first AD reads through the script in scene order

Outliers

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Pam commented on yesterday’s post: Eli Roth was a production assistant who made connections and found success as a writer/director/producer. Bill Hader was a production