If you’re looking for runner advice for starting your first job, here’s a great article from Unstuck about ‘fitting in’ to a new office. While you might think “hey, but I’m on a film set, it’ll be different”, this is all good advice when you’re starting out. Crew who are constantly moving jobs and working with new production companies or just different teams within the same company.

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Runners often feel under pressure to seem really keen and productive. The section on “if you’re go-getting” is great advice for keeping your eagerness in check:

  • Learn before you leap
  • Be careful of office politics
  • Ask colleagues for advice
  • Go through proper channels
  • Let others have a good idea too

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Gavin Ricketts is a Producer/Director with over twenty year's experience. His courses on finding work in the creative industries has helped hundreds of Film and TV Crew win more work.