The iPhone 15 is for Filmmakers, Casting Problems, and a Panamanian Adventure

What unintended shifts to the industry are coming from the current strike? Why is the iPhone 15 the perfect phone for filmmakers? What should you do when one of your lead actors quits right before production?

In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, GG Hawkins, and Jason Hellerman discuss:

• The role of a Production Assistant (PA)
• Grinning and bearing your job and feeling burnout later
• Why most organizations should unionize 
• The iPhone 15 - it’s a total gamechanger for filmmakers
• Losing a lead actor for a film less than two weeks before filming
• Shifting away from people pleasing
• Why it is so beneficial to work with casting directors early in your career
• No longer feeling bad for asking for help 
• What’s in our on set binders

Memorable Quotes

• “This is such an important structure for supporting people who don’t necessarily have the resources to advocate for themselves.” [7:13]
• “We often think about Hollywood as just film and television, but there’s so many more things shooting everywhere, all the time.” [8:13]
• “It’s still hard work and a grind, but can it be hard work and a grind where you can afford your fucking rent!” [11:05]
• “It is a wild time that a camera this good is going to be walking around in everybody’s pocket all the time.” [22:08]
• “I’m shifting away from people pleasing mode. Shifting away from party host mode, to focusing on the end product. Focusing on the story we are telling, and letting that be the only ego.” [27:20]

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