Production runner skills

Production runner skills

Overview of the role

Production runners work within the production team. During filming, key tasks might include meeting and greeting talent and contributors, purchasing items such as food for contributors and teams, putting filming notices in public areas and setting up or de-rigging the production office. A technical runner may help filming crew with equipment or assisting with the back-up of rushes. Driving is often a welcome skill but is not essential in all runner positions.

Office runners may support the team with a variety of tasks which could include carrying out research or sorting paperwork such as release forms. They need to be able to take instruction, work without supervision, be organised, and effectively prioritise when asked to do different things by different people at the same time.

Runners are typically line managed by the production manager or production coordinator and may interact with many of the production team. There are various runner roles including production, casting, welfare, talent and technical runner. There are also runner roles in TV studios or post-production facilities.


Core responsibilities

These core responsibilities are provided as a guide and are not exhaustive. The exact responsibilities in a particular job will vary depending on the scale / budget band / genre of the production.


Skills

Check out role specific skills, transferable skills, and attributes for the role of production runner (unscripted TV).

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