Sometimes editing can be fun and exciting work. Other times, it’s boring and tedious to the point of total misery. That’s why I’d probably say endurance is the most important trait to have in terms of being an editor. Technical ability is important I would say, but the endurance to last through both tedium and […]
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So I’ve started at Blackbelt, as a post intern- they’ve got me doing a few different things- logging footage, taking notes, etc. First thing I notice? In a small operation like this, it’s the little things that can kill you. My boss tells me to pull some files off the network server so I can […]
A few weeks ago I got a weeks worth of work as a PA doing LA auditions for The Voice. I had a friend who was working as a casting associate for the show and had traveled all over the country, spending a week in major cities around the US working auditions. LA was the […]
Home About momentlu Just another WordPress.com site August 1, 2011 // 0 Edit this entry As I mentioned earlier, another main job for the off-line shows is the guest training. So what is guest training? Okay, if you watched HSN shows before, you probably noticed that a great portion of the shows are not only […]
When you freelance as a PA, almost everyday of work is your first day. How do you deal with that stress?
Posted: 19th September 2011 by Adrienne in Random ReflectionsI think it is safe to say that just about everyone gets nervous about their first day of work. So what if you had to experience that first day of work more than once a week? If you’re a freelance PA there is a good chance you work for more than one production company in […]
One night at a dinner party, when called to make a speech, among his many thoughts O.W. Holmes shared with the guests, “…The chief work of civilization is just that it makes the means of living more complex; that it calls for great and combined intellectual efforts, instead of simple, uncoordinated ones…” And he used […]
Yes, that’s how they say you get ahead- nepotism, greased palms, divine kismet leading you to a certain hairdresser whose uncle’s parakeet sitter’s BFF is a Spielberg. This statement, when taken in the traditional sense- that is, the pessimistic sense- might lead you to think that because your inner circle seems impenetrable to persons of […]
Thumb up, roadside, waiting for the “viewless wings of Poesy”
Posted: 13th September 2011 by kayleenwilkinson1988 in Random ReflectionsKeats had his quirks. Emily Dickinson is- well- a lunatic. F Scott and Zelda should of chilled. Bukowski could have benefitted from some etiquette training. Writers may well be the voices of reason and insight, guiding us to a place of near-enlightenment in their work- but golly gee damn- what happens off the clock? 7:00 […]
I got a day of work with a production company called Ignition Films through the DP I was supposed to do my mentorship with. Since he never had the time to do the mentorship, he passed my name along to some of his DP friends and so far that has turned into one day of […]
My first paid PA position was for a production company called Thunder Road Productions on a show called Car Science. Thunder Road shares a studio with BASE Productions, and it was through people I met at BASE that I got work on Car Science. Looking to get into camera work, I set up a meeting […]