Flexiblity at work: lessons from a PA
Like many people working towards their big break in television and/or film, I do multiple jobs. Among them, a decent amount of my work is as a production assistant, or PA for short. Anyone with a passing familiarity with that job title probably associates it with coffee runs and other such gofer activities, which are definitely a part of it. But it also encompasses a broad range of functions that help keep a film shoot in working order. You're on the bottom rung of the ladder