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WorksheetsA Day in the Life of a PA
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 3mins
What is a PA?
Personal Assistant
Professional Assistant
Production Assistant
Production Ally
What are some of the things a PA helps with? (Select all correct answers)
Set up chairs and tables
Set up tents
Hand out water to those who ask for it
They really do not do anything
What department does the PA work with?
Assistant director only
FX department
All departments
Sound department
What are the two places a PA can work?
On set only
Locations only
Wherever they want
Both on set and locations
Who is the PA's boss?
Assistant Director
Electricians Director
Special FX Director
Sound Director
How important is getting the Assistant Director what they need?
Not the PA's job
No one really cares
It's the executive producer's job
Very important, the faster the better
What should the PA reply over the "Walkie" when the Assistant Director asks for something?
No reply needed
Copy that
Why not
They ignore the call
What is the command over the walkie if someone is in the bathroom?
10-1
10-2
10-3
You do not have to answer
What is a "Brick"?
A battery
A fully prepared set
Something used as a weight
A term for someone running slow
What is a "Cold Brick"?
A cold brew coffee drink
A fully charged battery
A dead or uncharged battery
An unprepared set
Although a PA does many jobs as needed, what is the main job of the PA?
Really does not have a main job
Keep the set clean
Only does what the assistant director tells them
Does whatever they want
When the AD calls "Lock the set" what does this mean? (select all correct answers)
Everyone needs to get on set immediately
Everyone needs to be quiet
No walking around the set
The recording is done for the day
When the AD says "Rolling" what is this command?
Special FX moving
Moving locations
Recording has stopped
Recording has started
When the AD calls "Cut", what does this command mean?
The recording has stopped
The AD does not like the scene
Remove people from the set/location
Time for lunch
When it is lunchtime, what is the PA's responsibility?
Nothing, they are done for the day
Eat after the main actors have eaten
Get in line first to eat
Make sure everyone knows it's lunchtime
When do the PAs get to eat?
They are first in line since they set lunch up
They eat after the call "last lunch"
Whenever they want to
Only when AD says they can
At the end of the day, who are the last people on the set?
Special FX
Production Assistants
Actors/Talent
No one, everyone goes home at the same time
