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Inclusive Sets Start With the CrewI've been a Line Producer and UPM long enough to know that "inclusive set" doesn't come from a memo. It doesn't come from a policy in the crew deal packet, either. It comes from the way people treat each other at 5:45am when the truck is late and everyone's cold. That means it comes from you. New crew often assume inclusion is somebody else's job. HR's job. The producer's job. Department head's job. But by the time a problem reaches me, it's usually been visible on the floor for days. The people who set the temperature of a set are the people standing on it all day, and a lot of those people are PAs. Here's what that actually looks like in practice. Learn names and say them correctly. Ask once, get it right, use it. Nothing signals "you belong here" faster than being called by your actual name instead of "hey, you." Share information. Call times, location moves, where the bathroom is, which AD to ask about lunch. Information hoarding is one of the oldest ways to keep people on the outside of a crew. Be the person who passes it along. Watch who's being left out. Who's not in the van. Who's eating alone. Who got skipped in the walkie handout. You don't have to make a speech. Just walk over. Don't laugh at the joke. You know the one. You don't have to file a report or start a fight. Silence is a complete sentence, and on a small set it's loud. Ask instead of assuming. About pronouns, about access needs, about whether someone can carry that. Asking is cheap. Guessing is expensive. There's a practical argument here too, and I'll make it because it's my job. Crews that feel safe communicate better. People flag problems earlier. Mistakes get caught before they cost a company move. A set where a second-week PA is comfortable saying "I think we're missing a case" is a set that stays on schedule. Inclusion isn't separate from good producing. It is good producing. You're entry level. You don't control casting, hiring, or the budget. You do control how the person next to you experiences the day. That's not a small thing. That's the whole culture, built one crew member at a time. Start there. Questions? Career goals? A win you want to share? We want to hear it all — reach out anytime. All the Best, Liv Today's New JobsBoard's at 162 live roles this morning, 7 of them new since yesterday — and new means barely touched, so get in before the pile builds. Recommended Job of the DayCreative Assistant is our pick today. It's a major global streaming studio, supporting two senior creative executives on a scripted slate: heavy diary and call rolling, travel and expenses, submission logs and databases, with some creative evaluation thrown in. They want around two years as an assistant in a scripted department somewhere — agency, studio or prodco. It's a desk people climb out of into exec jobs, which is exactly why it won't sit around. If you've got coverage you've written, say so plainly in your application rather than burying it. Send it today; readers at this level start shortlisting from the applications already in front of them.
Assistant sits in the media operations team of a global TV and film company, New York based, permanent, $55,000 to $60,000 with a day a week at home. Cataloguing, researching and shipping physical media, keeping tape library records straight. Suits anyone methodical who's handled library tape and common file formats. Applications get read as they land, so don't sit on it. Also on the board — 162 live roles, 7 new today
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Upcoming Virtual Workshops Thu 5 Nov, 7:00pm EDTMFJF Monthly Career Clinic Free for members
Starting a career in the film industry is a lonely business, but just imagine each month if you could speak with an experienced filmmaker and get answers to all your questions and concerns. Better still you can share your worries and listen to others, compare notes and learn all the tricks and tips to getting ahead in the Film Industry. Well, now you can via the MFJF Monthly Career Advice Clinic! Come along each month to get your questions answered and learn from our amazing community. The clinic takes the form of a virtual 60-minute workshop hosted by experienced filmmaker Christina Northrup. Christina will present each month and take live Q&A from anyone who wants to talk, if you want to just listen that is absolutely fine. The overall aim of these monthly workshops is to help you establish your film career! Starting a film career can be very lonely, constantly thinking you are on the outside looking in, desperate for somebody to recognise you have what it takes. And the truth is you are not alone, everyone feels the same. Sharing our concerns, listening to others and having an experienced filmmaker pass on her guidance is one very large step in the right… Book your placeThu 3 Dec, 7:00pm EDTMFJF Monthly Career Clinic Free for members
Starting a career in the film industry is a lonely business, but just imagine each month if you could speak with an experienced filmmaker and get answers to all your questions and concerns. Better still you can share your worries and listen to others, compare notes and learn all the tricks and tips to getting ahead in the Film Industry. Well, now you can via the MFJF Monthly Career Advice Clinic! Come along each month to get your questions answered and learn from our amazing community. The clinic takes the form of a virtual 60-minute workshop hosted by experienced filmmaker Christina Northrup. Christina will present each month and take live Q&A from anyone who wants to talk, if you want to just listen that is absolutely fine. The overall aim of these monthly workshops is to help you establish your film career! Starting a film career can be very lonely, constantly thinking you are on the outside looking in, desperate for somebody to recognise you have what it takes. And the truth is you are not alone, everyone feels the same. Sharing our concerns, listening to others and having an experienced filmmaker pass on her guidance is one very large step in the right… Book your place |
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