Lets see, this is a bit of a copout, I know, I should feel bad but I just can't bring myself to, so HA! But this is a post I had started yet had not finished so, am doing so now. Perhaps I should have left that information out and just seemed like a go getter, but, well I'm not. I'm more like a sit here and watch em get away, that coupled with my girl's good cooking is making any gym membership a waste of money.
But on we go!
I figured I would touch on some general terminology for peeps, cause when I came out to Cali I was a bit of a moron when it came to terms. Granted you don't do much as a PA, but when you don't know what people are talking about you just sound like a very sad PA, of the run home and cry into your pillow variety. So let us begin.
Haitus Week:
Most shows will go as I said before where the writers write a later episode, and crew films the actors during the week and so on. Now a Hiatus week is where the actors and writers "rest up" and "regain their mojo" and so forth. For us we take Hiatus every three weeks. During Hiatus week we get shorter hours in the office, the writers are either relaxed or gone, and the set and actors are MIA. Most likely on some whirlwind adventure or something, who knows with those silly tikes. But apparently the hiatus week is where the crazy TV world becomes a real 9-5. I havn't seen this in action yet, but we shall see. ** Now I have seen in it action and I have this to say, Pa Sha! The hours are about the same, the Writers, poor souls, still come in and write thier faces off, we the grunts continue our monotany, and the actors get to go play in a field somewhere cause they don't have to work.
Call Sheet:
It's a list of everyone's nicknames. Everyone on the show gets a nickname and goes by it cause frankly there are too many Bill's and Bob's. It is essential when beginning any job to ask around until someone can give you a complete call sheet so you know everyone's "real name".
But not really.
I'm hoping somone had to read this and stopped about halfway through, and will now go around asking for a list of everyone's nicknames. *insert evil laugh here* yea, it's one of those days so far.
No, a call sheet is actually where and when everyone needs to be for the day. Call times, shoot times and so forth. Ta-da!
Block and Shoot Schedule:
Contrary to popular belief, not where you shoot at blocks. This list says where and when all shooting takes place. You would use it to know what is going down at any given point in time for filming.
Production Report:
This comes after the fact. It sort of summarized what went on and at what times. Kind of like a call sheet's bastard child after the fact sort of thing.
Contract:
A contract is a contract is a contract. There are a lot of them though. If you can, read them, but if you like staying sane, don't. But know who gets which kind cause that is important info.
Distro List:
A list of who gets what copies of what. There will be a LOT of copying as a PA, and by a LOT I mean a.... oh, damn, how do I increase the font here. LOT. No, not quite big enough. Well, imagine you had like 2 monitors stacked one on top of the other. Now image the word LOT on them. Now that you have that useless image, simply imagine all the paperwork you've ever done times about eight. But needless to say knowing who gets what is important. And if you screw up, you die.
But that is good for terms for now. Couple pieces of advice, know what things are, and never have to ask, but if you do have to ask, don't ask twice, cause people's opinions of you will decrease exponentially, and seeing as they start out thinking very little of you, they will soon be using you to hold thier coffee as a table, for that is how intelligent they shall think you be!
Time for the fin!Lets see, this is a bit of a copout, I know, I should feel bad but I just can't bring myself to, so HA! But this is a post I had started yet had not finished so, am doing so now. Perhaps I should have left that information out and just seemed like a go getter, but, well I'm not. I'm more like a sit here and watch em get away, that coupled with my girl's good cooking is making any gym membership a waste of money.
But on we go!
I figured I would touch on some general terminology for peeps, cause when I came out to Cali I was a bit of a moron when it came to terms. Granted you don't do much as a PA, but when you don't know what people are talking about you just sound like a very sad PA, of the run home and cry into your pillow variety. So let us begin.
Haitus Week:
Most shows will go as I said before where the writers write a later episode, and crew films the actors during the week and so on. Now a Hiatus week is where the actors and writers "rest up" and "regain their mojo" and so forth. For us we take Hiatus every three weeks. During Hiatus week we get shorter hours in the office, the writers are either relaxed or gone, and the set and actors are MIA. Most likely on some whirlwind adventure or something, who knows with those silly tikes. But apparently the hiatus week is where the crazy TV world becomes a real 9-5. I havn't seen this in action yet, but we shall see. ** Now I have seen in it action and I have this to say, Pa Sha! The hours are about the same, the Writers, poor souls, still come in and write thier faces off, we the grunts continue our monotany, and the actors get to go play in a field somewhere cause they don't have to work.
Call Sheet:
It's a list of everyone's nicknames. Everyone on the show gets a nickname and goes by it cause frankly there are too many Bill's and Bob's. It is essential when beginning any job to ask around until someone can give you a complete call sheet so you know everyone's "real name".
But not really.
I'm hoping somone had to read this and stopped about halfway through, and will now go around asking for a list of everyone's nicknames. *insert evil laugh here* yea, it's one of those days so far.
No, a call sheet is actually where and when everyone needs to be for the day. Call times, shoot times and so forth. Ta-da!
Block and Shoot Schedule:
Contrary to popular belief, not where you shoot at blocks. This list says where and when all shooting takes place. You would use it to know what is going down at any given point in time for filming.
Production Report:
This comes after the fact. It sort of summarized what went on and at what times. Kind of like a call sheet's bastard child after the fact sort of thing.
Contract:
A contract is a contract is a contract. There are a lot of them though. If you can, read them, but if you like staying sane, don't. But know who gets which kind cause that is important info.
Distro List:
A list of who gets what copies of what. There will be a LOT of copying as a PA, and by a LOT I mean a.... oh, damn, how do I increase the font here. LOT. No, not quite big enough. Well, imagine you had like 2 monitors stacked one on top of the other. Now image the word LOT on them. Now that you have that useless image, simply imagine all the paperwork you've ever done times about eight. But needless to say knowing who gets what is important. And if you screw up, you die.
But that is good for terms for now. Couple pieces of advice, know what things are, and never have to ask, but if you do have to ask, don't ask twice, cause people's opinions of you will decrease exponentially, and seeing as they start out thinking very little of you, they will soon be using you to hold thier coffee as a table, for that is how intelligent they shall think you be!
Time for the fin!
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