Friday 23 October 2015


When the Producer shouts to the runners and asks one of them to come over and help

When you walk into the kitchen after the cleaner's been in and it's suspiciously neat and tidy

When the artist announces in front of the client that they kept all the tags in the clothes so that you can return them


When you arrive on set and realise you don't have answers to basic questions like 'Where will hair & makeup be' and 'where are the toilets'

When the Producers talk about how hard transmission used to be


When the client picks up on something you were trying to keep quiet


When a new job gets the go-ahead and we need to decide who's going to produce it


When we got our new hoodies

When the models look longingly at everyone else eating chocolate on set

When someone asks if you want to go to the pub after work.


When the client asks about a specific line in the script


When you enter hour three of the pre-production meeting
When the client gets wind that sending an Adstream order is little more than pressing a few buttons

When you're so close to going home after the shoot but the DIT tells you it's going to be another half hour...

Every Space City staff member after one week of joining the company

When the Producer is praised for bringing the job in on target but they know how fucked up things really are








When you're in the bed the night before the shoot, and you suddenly think you made a mistake on the call sheet



When Mat gives you 200 Neilson clocks to view and submit to Clearcast

When a job from the 'DEADS' comes back to life



When the BSIA client wants to postpone the shoot another two weeks.