The Gap Between Parody and Reality is Narrowing…
Through the comments section of one anonymous industry blog (which you totally should not read), I discovered another anonymous industry blog, Important Hollywood Agent. Is this a joke? Is he for real? It’s impossible to tell. Here’s a sample: It was a beautiful night last Spring, I was on my way to a film premiere […]
Do Not Disturb
Starting a flame war with wannabetvwriter got me thinking about script coordinators. (Turns out, she’s not a script coordinator, but a writer’s assistant. Oh, well. Just another reason to not read her blog.) While everyone’s job requires a certain amount of concentration, there are certain people who you definitely shouldn’t interrupt– the loader, the script […]
Six AM? Really?
Today’s post was going to be about something totally different, until I read this post from the Tightrope Walker blog this weekend. I should start by saying I enjoy this blog from Doris Egan, although I don’t watch any of the shows she writes for. She’s interesting, informative, and funny. In fact, Saturday’s post was […]
Do Not Read Wannabetvwriter
I haven’t engaged in a flame war in a little while, so, in an effort to boost my stats, I decided to start one. I suggest you do not read wannabetvwriter’s blog. She is a script coordinator that I don’t believe you’ll find to be either funny or insightful. Certainly not this recent post, where she […]
Wisdom of the Aged
Whenever I write a woe-is-me post, like Wednesday’s, I get some very thoughtful comments from higher up-types. I recommend you read them. It’s good to be reminded that I don’t know everything. I also received some good advice from our construction coordinator this morning. I was performing a ridiculous task– won’t say what; it’s so […]
Perfection
Following yesterday’s post, I had a few more thoughts on mistakes. I used to be a personal assistant to a producer. He asked me if I ever wanted to be a director, and I said I did. He told me I could never do that job until I could do this job perfectly. This statement […]
Mistakes Will be Made
Yesterday, Shawn commented on a grammatical mistake I made (now corrected): “Kids my age so comfortable and lazy that we can’t even muster the energy to leave the house, much less protest.” Or even do a simple grammar check. It’s true, I made a mistake, and it’s true that I often mock others for similar […]
Soldiers, Farmers, and Poets
A recent post on the Freakonomics website feature the following quote: “I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematicks and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study […]
Holding Back
Many people seem to be under the misapprehension that we in the office like to hold on to things. Several times a day, I get calls asking if a prelim callsheet has been published, or if a package has arrived, or if the latest draft of the script is out. You know what? No. If […]
House Guests
Ken Levine recently wrote a post about Eliza Dushku not swimming in his pool. A location scout from Dollhouse wanted to shoot at his place, but Levine turned them down. His initial reaction is pretty much the standard for anyone working in the business. If you’ve ever shot on location, you know you don’t want […]
Something’s Wrong
Every once in a while, when I’m delivering stuff to set, the crew starts rolling before I get off the stage, and I’m stuck until the end of the take (or takes). Yesterday was one of those times. With nothing to better to do, I watched the monitor. After the fourth or fifth “Going again!”, […]
Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed
Even when the crew has a night call, someone has to open up the office during business hours. And, as usual, by “someone,” I mean me. The morning shift on a late call offers very little to do. After turning on the coffee and setting out the bagels (both vitally important to the running of […]