Flat Rate
Jillian writes: I recently went on an interview for a production assistant position. I had been responding to an ad that had very little useful information on it, besides the shoot dates. During the interview, I asked what the production was and the rate. They told me they could not reveal any information about the […]
The Tyranny of Chronology
I agree that a film should have a beginning, a middle and an end but not necessarily in that order. Yes, I just quoted a French New Wave director. Excuse me a second while I punch myself in the face. I’ve been seeing a lot of resumes lately for my cover letter and resume rewriting […]
Interview Advice
Since I’m looking for a new job right now, a former boss gave me some advice about interviewing: “Don’t want the job too badly.” People don’t like to see desperation. They want to see calm and confident. Someone who’s desperate for a job will say anything to get it; it’s impossible to judge if they’ll actually […]
December 2 Job List
Yes, another UTA Joblist. I was kidding, Carol.
Anonymous Job Postings
Sorry I’ve been lax in posting lately. It’s been due mostly to the demands of production (and the fear of getting caught blogging about the demands of production). Hollywood Juicer has a great post about the back nine. I had something I wanted to comment on it, but I’ve forgotten in the intervening week since I read […]
Try Harder
On my way to interview for my first job in Hollywood (as a PA, natch), I got a flat tire. I was just cruising along Ventura Blvd., listening to KROQ, thinking about how I finally had a chance to put my film schooling to good use, when BAM! Flat. You can imagine my consternation. I […]
New Job Postings
There are some new job opportunities on the TAPA Job Postings page. If you’re a coordinator, AD, or department head who’d like to post a job notice, just email me, anonymousproductionassistant at gmail dot com.
Why Are You Terrible at Everything?
In response to yesterday’s announcement of a new UTA Joblist, Deran asked: I don’t see anything in this post besides the title…am I doing something wrong? Yes. You are doing many things wrong, most of which are beyond the scope of this blog. The link to the UTA Joblist is at the top of the […]
No iPhone, No Job
David writes: I’m fresh out of college, I’ve worked a few unpaid PA gigs here and there, but today I almost got a five day gig at Day Rate! The problem came when I was asked if I had a smart phone. I said I have a older cell phone, I have a GPS, and I have an […]
Job Postings on TAPA
I just received an interesting email from reader Ashley– Not sure if you do this sort of thing, but can I make a request to post a job on your site? I’m a personal assistant to a lit. film agent at a major agency, and since he just got me a reading job there, I […]
Where References Go
Man, I have been letting the mail bag pile up. Here’s an email from October 5th: I sent in my resume [to a production company] but in hindsight should have added a much better cover letter not my generic one. I have gone and read everything I can find on them and emailed just about […]
On Set Internship
Amy commented a while back: If I were to enroll in school to be able to take internships, how would one go about getting an on set internship? I’ve watched a few credits that have “art department intern” and other credits listed but I can never find these through production company websites or other job […]