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

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Production Assistant's Handbook - On the Next Double Down Film Show


Author, Caleb Clark
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Almost everyone in feature filmmaking starts out as a Production Assistant. It's the standard gateway to many of the best jobs on set and off. Yet there are very few, if any, resources to explain the job, the expectations or how to do it better.

The Production Assistant’s Handbook is one of those rare resources to help the budding P.A. stay out of trouble and graduate from the bottom ranks of filmmaking. On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll speak with Caleb Clark author of The Production Assistant’s Handbook. (Pssst- download the first ten pages here for free!)

What tools should a budding P.A. never be without?

What should you do if you screw up?

What should you never be seen doing on set?

What’s the secret to locking down of a public street?

How do you get your first P.A. job?

From walkie talkie etiquette to what to carry in your fanny pack, Caleb will help us break down the answer to all these questions and give best practices for Production Assistants. (Yes, fanny packs have never gone out of style for film crew!) Come listen and learn as we once again open the backdoor to film school.

The answer to all these questions, plus more filmmaking inspiration and education on the next Double Down Film Show. Real problems. Real answers. By filmmakers. For filmmakers.

The Double Down Film Show...
Filmmaking Reality Starts Here!



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This episode sponsored by :

IndieFilmBootcamp.com

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About the Show:
The Double Down Film Show is an hour long experience of "real talk" about what it takes to get your project from script to screen and establish a career in film and tv. Hosts Anthony Q. Artis of Down and Dirty DV and Pete Chatmon of Double 7 Film will deliver all of the production, technology, business, and motivational support that filmmakers need to achieve their filmmaking dreams. Check out the previous 25 episodes of season #1 on iTunes.

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Monday, December 7, 2009

It's All About Being a P.A. on the Next Double Down Film Show!



On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll be breaking down the real skinny on working as a P.A. with our special guest, 2nd A.D. Jason Altieri (Ray, The Devil's Rejects, The Box) who will be sharing some of the many tips he learned the hard way in his self-formulated “P.A. Manifesto”.

Whether you want to be a D.P., cameraman or producer, your first job on a professional set will probably be as a production assistant. Film school basics and knowing how to coil a cable may get you on the set, but it’s takes a whole lot more knowledge and understanding to rise above the dregs of grunt P.A. and onto your desired career path in the world of filmmaking.

  • What types of P.A. jobs can you get?
  • How do you break in as a P.A.?
  • What offenses will get you fired on the spot?
  • How can you ingratiate yourself to the crew?
  • What are walkie talkie best practices on set?
  • What answer should you never give?

Tune in and move up the production ladder faster with the answers to all these practical questions and more on the next Double Down Film Show. Raw answers to real filmmaking questions, every Wednesday night. Listen and learn.

The Double Down Film Show...Filmmaking Reality Starts Here!

Listen Live Every Wednesday 9pm-10pm E.S.T.

Call-in Number: (646) 929-1956

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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/DoubleDownFilmShow


*PS - If you can't tune in live, you can still stream the show or save the podcast to your iPod later at the site above.