Robert Baudouin

It was regular PA assignments: keeping the perimeter of the set secure to ensure pedestrians were out of harm's way (stunts), moving cars, getting lunches

Wrote and directed a short film about an elderly man coping with the death of his wife, and the toll his age has taken on his body. Production had to be planned and shot within three weeks due to time constraints. Led a crew of 15 people, all in different departments, to create a touching story.

My title was more like "AD Trainee" since I would carry out the jobs of a normal AD. I would receive the actors as they arrived on set. Make sure they had their wardrobe there and then escorted them to makeup so that they would be ready to shoot on time. After taking them to set, I would assist in whatever was needed, one time being an extras coordinator. I would make sure the actor's left the set on time. This was all while recording the times when they would arrive on set/go to makeup/start shooting/end shooting.

I was working in development and my boss at the time sent me to one of their sets to shadow/PA. It was a one-day shoot and I spent most of it observing/slating for the production.

It was an average PA job: being on set to help out with whatever, bringing supplies, being an extra at times.