I am about to state the obvious. No one is born knowing how a film set works or how to behave on one. This post was written by Christine W. Chen. Inevitably, everyone will have the dreaded first day. First days on set usually look like this: You walk on set. You get assigned a walkie that you have no clue what to do with. On top of trying to not look like a complete idiot, film veterans left and right sling film jargon at you and expect you to move at their pace. It is all very overwhelming. On my first day on set, I was a production assistant (PA) with very limited on-set experience and got asked for a "stinger." I had no clue what that was. Luckily, our director of photography (again, had no clue what that was either) was nice enough to answer my many questions. After a lot of trial and error and jumping from set to set, I started to get the hang of it, but it took some time. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 10 November, 2022