How to delegate like a department head — even when you’re a one-person team. In film and TV, everyone talks about delegation… until it comes to their own life. On set, delegation is essential. Off set, freelancers try to do everything themselves. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Most crew aren’t overwhelmed because the job is too much — they’re overwhelmed because they’re doing two jobs: The production job they’re paid for The invisible admin job required to run their li

Because your relationships, your home, and your wellbeing shouldn’t suffer just because you work in film & TV. There’s a running joke in the industry that crew don’t have personal lives — they have “dark days,” “turnarounds,” and the occasional Sunday where they remember what their kitchen looks like. But behind the humour is a very real truth:Production takes up so much emotional, mental, and physical energy that crew often have nothing left to give the people and responsibi

Because the real work starts long before call time — and doesn’t stop when you wrap. People outside the industry think film crew jobs are glamorous. Stunts! Big productions! Cool locations! Those of us inside the industry know the truth: Film and TV is a lifestyle — not a job.And that lifestyle consumes everything if you don’t create space elsewhere. So here’s a realistic look at a typical day for a crew member… and how My Set PA quietly slots in to keep your life running w

The support role you didn’t know existed — and now won’t understand how you lived without. If you’ve been in film or TV long enough, you’ve learned to operate in organised chaos. Suddenly you’re juggling a prep week that turned into a prep day , a director who keeps shifting meetings, transport changes, a last-minute location move, and three job applications sitting in your drafts waiting for “when you get a minute.” Spoiler: Crew never “get a minute.” And that’s exactly why

Why crew burnout isn’t about the long hours — it’s about the mental load you’re carrying outside of them. If you work in film or TV long enough, you learn to function on minimal sleep, unpredictable call sheets, constant schedule changes, and the kind of multitasking most industries would consider superhuman. You adapt. You cope. You get on with it. But the real strain for most crew doesn’t come from the job itself.It comes from everything the job pushes out of your life . A

Welcome to the ultimate behind-the-scenes support service tailored just for film & TV professionals. If you’re on set day after day, juggling 12-hour shoot calls, split shifts, and travel—it’s easy for admin, personal tasks and loose ends to fall through the cracks. That’s where My Set PA steps in. 🎬 Who we are My Set PA was founded by Alex Jordan, whose career launched in 2006 at Leavesden Studios and evolved through roles in the AD department, Locations & Production over a

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