A good source of information is your local film office. Wherever you live, you probably have a film office around and they are a great help and always ready to answer your questions, so never hesitate. I’ve actually found this article while looking for another subject, but since this is a very useful subject to know about, I’ve decided to post this link anyway, even if I posted one yesterday as well. Don’t worry, I’ll be writing some more articles this week, only trying to get back in shape after …

I’ve talked about it before and will talk about it again. The reason being that it’s something that so many people will have to do to start in the industry and something that people really need to fully understand. While browsing only to find resources to help you out..

A while ago I wrote an article titled “How to be a PA?“. Since this being a PA is what you will probably doing once you’re out of film school, I’ve found a good article to give you a bit of knowledge on what it’s all about. Article from About.com
Job Description:
The production assistant, or PA position, is the entry level position on a film or television set. The production assistant does just about anything and everything, from getting coffee, to making script copies to shuttling crew or equipment around town …

Working in the film industry, also means that you’ll have to work for free, but here’s and article that tells you a bit more about what you need to know about it.

Even through this blog is named “Finding Work After Film School,” I’ve actually found my first job, on a professional set, while I was in Film School. It happened during the two last months, while nothing was going on. I spent most of the last two months mainly working on school graduates sets as a Production Sound Mixer. Sometime in December 08, I got a call from Will Meadows, sound instructor at VFS, about a production needing a boom operator.