Personal Statement: A Career As A Production Assistant

Majoring in film production will allow me to learn everything there is to know about the different positions and aspects of a film production. In my experience, most film production majors dream of becoming the next big director or cinematographer. For me, my dream career is to become a production designer and maybe even a producer along the line.
What I love most about production design, is that you help bring the story to life. It is not just actors standing around reciting lines from a script, as the production designer, you help bring the location and atmosphere of the script onto the screen. You help bring the viewers into that world that the actors are in.
If and when I do become a production designer, my main career goal is to know …show more content…
I also hope to be apart of the Dean’s list and maybe an honors society.
I was given a great opportunity to volunteer as a production assistant for a student film. My background is in theatre production, so I was excited for the opportunity to work with a great group of students who have the same passion as me. As a production assistant, I worked with the assistant director when we did lockups and wrap times for all the departments. I made sure that the actors and crew members had everything they needed before they all started to shoot. It was a great experience and I will never forget my first time works as a production assistant.
Another work experience I have is working as the production designer for a PSA titled “Alzheimer’s” and a short clip titled “Sebastian Bravo’s School of Acting”. This experience allowed me to follow my passion for production design and learning how it works in TV. As the production designer, I had to do a rough sketch of where I wanted the set pieces to go according to the floor grid, and then get props and set pieces together for the production. I also helped with editing the script for both