jobs in the management side of things will see you working sometimes the normal 8 hours a day, but you can end up working for much longer, especially when you have a new production scheduled. Most of the work that is done on set or on location with a TV studio is a 12 hour day and you will be working pretty much the entire time with a lunch and dinner or breakfast and lunch break. Depending on what job you have on set for any particular shooting day, you may only be called in for a half day or less, and sometimes even if you are on set for the full day, you don’t have to do that much work. Some days will see the stunt men and special effects team doing most of the work, while other days will be the make-up and wardrobe teams doing a lot of changes and working hard for the full 12 hours.
In television production you also have the opportunity to become involved