The Anonymous Production Assistant

Killing Trees

Hollywood is considered a progressive place, concerned with environmentalism, global warming, and “green” things like that. Judging by the number of hybrids in the parking lot, that’s generally true. Except when it comes to paper. I’m not much of an environmentalist myself, but even I’m shocked at how much paper we waste. We’ll use half […]

What’s in it for You?

The purpose of this blog is not to give advice. After four years of film school, and four more of real industry experience, the only thing I know for sure is that I don’t know much. (Which is not to say that youth necessarily equals bad advice; check out Amanda’s blog for a fine example.) […]

What’s My Motivation? (Or, Does the World Really Need Another Blogger?)

Yesterday, I read an essay by Paul Graham, “Good and Bad Procrastination.” Among other things, Graham summarizes Richard Hamming’s “You and Your Research” thusly: What are the most important problems in your field? Are you working on one of them? Why not? I like the third question, because it assumes an answer to the second. […]