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Author: Amber M Sherman

1st Assistant Director
June 30, 2020
  • 1stAD
  • film career

What’s a 1st Assistant Director?

June 30, 2020 By Amber M Sherman

All About the 1st Assistant Director The 1st Assistant Director has to be the biggest unsung hero there is as far as filmmaking goes. You know about the Director, the Producer, and even the

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Tagged 1st Assistant Director, 1stad, assistant director
production assistants wear
June 24, 2020
  • film production
  • Production Assistant

What Should Production Assistants Wear on Set?

June 24, 2020 By Amber M Sherman

What Should Production Assistants Wear on Set?   What Production Assistants wear on set can really make or break their day. It might be a little confusing on what to expect on set, and

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Tagged film crew, film crew gear, production assistant, production assistant gear, set PA
Production assistant Positions
June 17, 2020
  • film industry
  • film production
  • Production Assistant

All the interesting Production Assistant Positions on Set

June 17, 2020 By Amber M Sherman

All the Different Set Production Assistant Positions on a Film Set Being a Production Assistant is way more than getting coffee for folks and telling people they can’t cross the street because they’ll ruin

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Tagged PA, production assistant, set PA
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June 10, 2020
  • film industry

Why You Should Enter Short Film Challenges

June 10, 2020 By Amber M Sherman

Beyond Film School Short Film Challenge The film community is really at a stand still with the whole pandemic situation. By this Friday (June 12, 2020) I would have been out of work for

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Tagged filmmaking, short film, short film challenge
Last Day Coronavirus
March 20, 2020
  • film career
  • film industry
  • film production

Coronavirus Halts Film World, Now I’m Unemployed

March 20, 2020 By Amber M Sherman

Coronavirus Halts Film World, Now I’m Unemployed Happy Spring everyone! What a nice gift right? A nice big box of Coronavirus, COVID-19.  I work in the film world in NYC and now I have

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Tagged coronavirus, film production, unemployed
Moving up from being a PA
February 20, 2020
  • film career
  • film production
  • Production Assistant

How do I move up from Production Assistant?

February 20, 2020 By Amber M Sherman

Moving up from Production Assistant Ok, so, you became a Set Production Assistant, you’ve done a good amount of gigs, have a good understanding on how a film set works, become familiar with the

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Tagged AD, film career, Film career advice, film industry, production assistant, set PA, Set Production Assistant
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August 24, 2019
  • 1stAD
  • film career
  • film industry
  • film production
  • Freelance Life Stuff

Film Set Gone Wrong

August 24, 2019 By Amber M Sherman4 Comments

 Film Set Gone Wrong Nightmare of a Job Film set gone wrong? Well I recently had the pleasure being part of a short film, where I THOUGHT that I aligned myself with people that

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Tagged assistant director, film, filmlife, freelance film, setlife, sets gone wrong
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April 19, 2019
  • Entertainment
  • film career
  • film industry
  • Freelance Life Stuff

How to Handle Unwarranted Advice

April 19, 2019 By Amber M Sherman

How to Handle Unwarranted Advice As someone who has slowly built something from nothing, and it taking so long to even get to the small ‘something’ that is Beyond Film School I’ve come to

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Tagged advice, entertainment careers, film industry, self help, unwarranted advice, youtube, youtuber
November 11, 2018
  • 1stAD
  • film career
  • Freelance Life Stuff

Do I Need to be in the DGA?

November 11, 2018 By Amber M Sherman5 Comments

Do I Need to be in the DGA? Im writing this post mainly because I don’t even know if I should be worried about being in the DGA or not! Some of you know

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Tagged AD, assistant director, dga, Directors guild of america, film life, PA, production assistant
November 10, 2018
  • Entertainment
  • film career
  • film industry
  • film production
  • Production Assistant

What it Takes to Make it on a Film Set

November 10, 2018 By Amber M Sherman

What it Takes to “Make it” on a Film Set   Ok-Ok the title of this post is a bit too much…I know.  It should be how to be a great effin PA on

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Tagged film, film life, PA, production assistant, set PA, setlife
beyond film school good film set
September 18, 2018
  • 1stAD
  • film career
  • film industry
  • film production

Getting Over a Bad Set

September 18, 2018 By Amber M Sherman1 Comment

Getting Over a Bad Set Working in the film industry is tough. It’s not glamorous. There’s some good days, some horrible days, good sets, and some very ones, but you can get over a

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Tagged 1stad, advice, entertainment careers, film, film career, film industry, filmlife, production, setlife
February 10, 2018
  • film career
  • film industry
  • film production

It’s Okay to NOT want to be a Director.

February 10, 2018 By Amber M Sherman

It’s Okay to NOT want to be a Director. What I’ve found in my film life journey is this overwhelming questioning in where I want to go in my film career, and why don’t

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Tagged director, film career, film crew, filmmaking
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January 27, 2018
  • Entertainment
  • film career
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  • film production
  • Freelance Life Stuff

6 Ways on How to Make Your Life Easier on Set

January 27, 2018 By Amber M Sherman

You have to find ways to not lose it on set, and keep your cool. Here are the 6 things to help you do that.

Tagged film, film industy, film production, working in film
beyond film school mentees
January 16, 2018
  • 1stAD
  • film career
  • film production
  • Production Assistant

Why am I a Production Assistant?

January 16, 2018 By Amber M Sherman

Why am I a Production Assistant? I ask myself this question every damn time I step on set. But in all seriousness I think everyone that is a Production Assistant asks themselves this question,

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Tagged film, PA, production assistant, setlife
January 15, 2018
  • Entertainment

Who’s to Blame?

January 15, 2018 By Amber M Sherman

Who’s to Blame? When I looked at my google feed the last thing I thought I’d see was Aziz Ansari with a sexual assault allegation. As soon as I saw the headline I said

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Tagged aziz ansari, film, master of none, me too movement, sexual assault

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