Making media workers: contesting film and television industry career pathways
Making media workers: contesting film and television industry career pathways
This article examines the position of the “runner” as an entry-level route into film and television production. Through the analysis of publicly available industry guidance materials, desirable characteristics and dispositions associated with working as a runner are identified. A recurring understanding emerges in these materials that the “rite of passage” of working as a runner is a necessary step for those seeking to break into film and TV production. In turn, tensions are revealed with perspectives from higher education students who question the value of mundane entry-level work and stress their degree experiences as a means to negotiate and challenge seemingly established career pathways
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Ashton, Daniel
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1 March 2015
Ashton, Daniel
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Ashton, Daniel
(2015)
Making media workers: contesting film and television industry career pathways.
Television and New Media, 16 (3), .
(doi:10.1177/1527476414532956).
Abstract
This article examines the position of the “runner” as an entry-level route into film and television production. Through the analysis of publicly available industry guidance materials, desirable characteristics and dispositions associated with working as a runner are identified. A recurring understanding emerges in these materials that the “rite of passage” of working as a runner is a necessary step for those seeking to break into film and TV production. In turn, tensions are revealed with perspectives from higher education students who question the value of mundane entry-level work and stress their degree experiences as a means to negotiate and challenge seemingly established career pathways
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e-pub ahead of print date: 6 May 2014
Published date: 1 March 2015
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