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Hid(ing) media professionals: constructing and contesting the 1st AD

Hid(ing) media professionals: constructing and contesting the 1st AD
Hid(ing) media professionals: constructing and contesting the 1st AD
This article addresses the hidden professions of television production through examining the role of the First Assistant Director (1st AD). Drawing on ‘industry talk,’ this article examines the ways in which the role of the 1st AD is understood as central to the film and television production process but regarded as overlooked or lacking in status and visibility. Examining how 1st ADs position themselves and are positioned as both invisible and visible is an opportunity to examine competing understandings of production hierarchies and how 1st ADs can challenge their status as hidden professionals
2213-0969
Ashton, Daniel
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Ashton, Daniel
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Ashton, Daniel (2013) Hid(ing) media professionals: constructing and contesting the 1st AD. View: Journal of European Television History and Culture, 2 (4).

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This article addresses the hidden professions of television production through examining the role of the First Assistant Director (1st AD). Drawing on ‘industry talk,’ this article examines the ways in which the role of the 1st AD is understood as central to the film and television production process but regarded as overlooked or lacking in status and visibility. Examining how 1st ADs position themselves and are positioned as both invisible and visible is an opportunity to examine competing understandings of production hierarchies and how 1st ADs can challenge their status as hidden professionals

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Published date: 2013
Organisations: Winchester School of Art

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Local EPrints ID: 382760
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/382760
ISSN: 2213-0969
PURE UUID: 1ba5220e-399a-4664-bd7b-921ba5313db6
ORCID for Daniel Ashton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-1783

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Date deposited: 12 Oct 2015 09:01
Last modified: 12 Dec 2021 04:08

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