Warner Brothers... and their sister Dot

Yesterday was THE interview!!!

Thats right folks, yesterday was my interview with Warner Brothers Studios to be an Office PA on their show "Without A Trace".

Now granted i had never heard of the show, and had no idea how they got my resume to begin with, but when the Warner Brothers call, you answer ;-)

So i got to the studio early, got my pass and walked in. It was like walking into the middle of HEAVEN!! TV shows being filmed all over!! movies GALORE. it was wonderful!

So i showed up to my interview on time, ready for a good time. After being invited into my interviewer's office she quickly started telling me all about the job. And i'm not sure if this is normal but she began telling me every single horrible thing that this job is about. Getting their REALLY early in the morning, making coffee all the time, photocopying a ton of stuff, you rarely get to leave the office, 12 hour days, 5 days a week, your schedule is not set in stone so you have to give up most of your social life... and then she asks.. so why would you want this job?

HAHA.. good question!

So the interview was good, the interviewer was distracted the whole time.. some sort of issue with a Coffee break starting too late and needed to be rescheduled.. anyway the interview ended and i walked out with a VERY mixed responce.

Even though it is a GREAT opportunity... i mean i know people who have been out here for two years and have never had this good of an opportunity, it really REALLY is not what i want to do. I dont want to make coffee and photocopies... i dont want to spend 60 hours a week sitting in an office. That just doesnt sound fun to me.

Ok, for those at home lets recap the Production Assistant role. There are two kinds of PA's. Office PA's (who do what ive been describing) and On SET PA's who get to do all the fun stuff.. like help the camera men, watch the director, bascially be in the middle of SHOOTING, instead of just pushing a pencil... OFFICE SPACE FLASHBACK!! I want to be ON SET.

So walking out of the interview i feel it went well but this is NOT what i want to do. After talking with some people about it it sounds like it is a really great IN to the BIZ. Take the job they said, and after a few months start looking for other openings to transfer over into. "Ya gotta pay your dues in this business"

Makes sense... so i believe if they offer me the job i'll definitly take it. It is part way through the season, and the season ends in April, so it could just be a few months, and BAM its on a resume... so hey.. why not right?

Worst part about this whole thing... i had never seen the show! haha.. so tonight i happened to catch an episode of it on TV... wow.. LAME!! haha.. oh well gotta do what ya gotta do..

And as for "and their sister DOT" three gold stars to the first person who gets that reference...