Showing posts with label Production Assistant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Production Assistant. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

PA Quiz

1) What 2 pieces of paperwork should a Set PA have on them at all times?

2) On a call sheet, 'SWF' stands for...?

3) Does an actor show up on set when they are 'On Hold'?

4) As a Set PA, who do you work for?
a) Director
b) AD
c) Producer
d) Location Manager

5) Who is the Head of the Electric Department?
a) Best Boy
b) Prop Master
c) Gaffer
d) Key Grip

6) An Office PA works for....
a) UPM
b) Production Coordinator
c) Producer

7) On set, if asked to get a Shooting Schedule, where would you find it?

8) When do you fill out your "start work"?

9) When an AD announces "Rolling" over the radio, what do you do?

10) Which of the following do you NOT shout out when heard on the radio?
a) Lock it up
b) On the move
c) New deal
d) 2nd Team
e) Bring in 1st Team
f) Picture's up
g) 10-1
h) Background action

11) What do you do when the AD says "Lock it up" over the radio?

12) What info would you not find on a callsheet?
a) The props needed for the day
b) The weather forecast
c) The budget for the day
d) The AD's cell phone number

13) Who informs the CREW when we will be changing locations?

14) List 3 other names for Extras.


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ANSWERS:
1) sides, callsheets
2) Start Work Finish
3) No
4) B
5) C
6) B
7) AD Kit in Prod Trailer @ Base Camp
8) Day you start on set, before you actually begin
9) Repeat loudly
10) A,E,G
11) C
12) C
13) PAs! Job= to provide info to crew!
14) Background, Skins, Atmosphere, Cattle, Props that Eat, etc.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Entertainment: An Industry Run on Slave Labor

So I got a PA job, unfortunately it isn't paying. I am working on a Sci-Fi movie that is about to go into production. This week we are in pre-production and I'm just stepping in where ever I can help. It hasn't been too hectic yet.

I find it very interesting that so much of the film industry seems to rely on slave labor! What baffles my mind is how these people pay their bills! Not everyone is lucky enough to have mom or dad there to help them. Luckily, my parents are pretty supportive and understanding...but I don't want to leech off of them because of my pride! I am hard-working and incredibly passionate and smart. I feel that the work I do is worthy of pay. I look around at some of the people being paid and they don't seem any more capable than I am. I guess I just don't understand how this is legal and okay!

Not that I am not learning a lot, because I am. I have been having fun too, which is important. I feel like because its such a low budget project, I'm not getting paid, but I also get to do a lot of things that on a bigger production I wouldn't get to do. I was doing budget stuff today and invoices and casting. I feel like I'm doing something worthwhile, which is always nice.