Ja'shell Smith

Logging camera time for kids Staying with talent overnight (dinner, personal shopping, paperwork)

Field Notes Hot Sheets

Finding and clearing locations and events for the roommates Field notes

Story notes and hot sheets

Challenge tester Driving production vehicles

Field notes and hot sheets

Calling and Checking in talent Setting up audition and waiting rooms

Story notes Hot sheets

General PA duties

Buying supplies for the props and art teams

For the first half of the production, I was an Office PA. I bought office supplies and crafty and restocked as needed, set up the printers and wireless connection, retrieved rental vans, and did pick ups and shipments at UPS and FedEx. In addition I organized and cleaned the office daily. I also Found a vendor and worked with him to create our show’s contestant shirts. My role during the second half was Key/First Team PA. I took care of the host and contestants, instructed the other PAs on what was needed by production, and helped production where needed.

Printed testing materials and retrieved rental car. Drove cast member to and from evaluation, administer his psychological test, sent materials back to production and Psychologist office via FedEx and fax, returned rental car.

Releases and stills

Handled releases, runs, location scouts, driving, and crafty,

Worked with second and first team

Handle talent. Pick up and drive production vehicles.

General PA duties and worked as an extra.

Greeking and Degreeking the set, Lunch orders, Runs, Hazing

Walk parade with still photographer to find the best shots Obtain releases/still photos for attendees Upload releases to Dropbox

Stayed with all talent Kept a close eye on them to ensure that they were where they supposed to be at all times Got them through HMU and wardrobe and gave updates to the AD on how close they were to being done Made sure they had everything they needed for their scenes (daily sides, water, snacks, etc.) Took stills

Set up a Skype calls with cast members, hosts, and Doctors for their end of episode update and psychological evaluation. I also shopped for office supplies and crafty then organized the space.

Scheduled appointments Maintain daily schedules Billed insurance companies Collected co-pays Filed charts Verified patient insurances Called in prescriptions Handled office calls Organized and restocked office supplies. Informed manager when supplies needed to be reordered.

Releases Stills Driving from CT to D.C/Maryland/Virginia and back to CT in the span of five days in an Enterprise cargo van.

Talent wrangling Cold call background actors

Gathered notes for producer and editor. Ran Teleprompter

Production Stills. Assisted DP. Culinary Food Prep. General PA duties.

Took production stills.

Miked talent and assisted with filming process.

Shuttled crew to and from film location. Handled petty cash to purchase lunch for crew.

Drove a cube truck. Built a camp-site Assisted the wardrobe department. Picked up sod. General PA duties.

Transferred digital files between storage card, Mac, and external hard drive. Runs. Releases. Slating.

Took digital portraits of families with Santa Claus and "Frozen" themed set. Handled transactions in gift shop.

As Design PA: Drove EP to train station. Installed floor insulation. Painted and sanded walls. Lunch orders. Served as a stand in. General PA duties.

Found and rented a cop car. Handled petty cash for crafty and lunch orders.

Handled releases and took digital photos of patrons. Went on crafty runs. Monitored production equipment, gear, and vehicles. Loaded/unloaded production vans and trucks. Stocked/restocked snacks. Crowd control. Performed general PA duties.

Produced hot sheets and production notes.

Set up shots. Checked battery status. Made sure camera was recording when necessary.

Assisted on location scouts. Informed crew about set up. Organized paperwork for crew and releases for talent. Shopped for crafty and props using petty cash. Served as stand-in. Made runs and returns for producer.

Filmed and photographed presentations of ADNET's 9th Annual WorkSmart Summit. Coordinated between Spellnet and ADNET to ensure the filmed interviews and seminars ran on schedule. Directed business representatives to interviewing room. Organized release forms.

Recorded the steps Lidia Bastianich's took to showcase her recipes. Performed general P.A duties.

Took notes of the conversations and actions between contestants Keyshawn Johnson and Sharna Burgess during practice.

Passed out release forms. Directed contestants to designated areas. Set up equipment. Performed general P.A duties.

Supervised and trained producing department. Wrote, created, and edited cold opens, teases, readers, voice overs, and graphics. Led two weekly production meetings pertaining to shows and writing.

Wrote web articles. Utilized social media to create readers and voice overs. Interviewed Mayor O’Leary and CT Economist, Patrick Flaherty. Shot, edited, and scouted locations for a news package using an HD camera regarding Mayor Bloomberg’s Mayors Challenge.

Set up equipment. Served as an extra. Created shot ideas.

Pitched content ideas. Monitored the air time of segments Ensured the scripts and rundowns matched. Organized order of content