craft service
See also: Craft Service
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- (film, television) The department that provides food to workers, especially between meals.
- 1997, Debora Patz, Surviving Production: The Art of Production Management for Film and Television[1], page 35:
- Though the Craft Service Person works on set making food available to the crew and cast between meals, the Coordinator can be the one to hire this person.
- (film, television) Food and drinks made available to workers during film or television production.
- 2008, Jason Tomaric, The Power Filmmaking Kit[2], page 328:
- Usually featuring an assortment of hot and cold drinks, fresh fruit, vegetables, candy, and snacks, craft services helps keep everyone going during long production days.
- 2016, Dan Mirvish, The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking[3], pages 97–98:
- But a day or two to hang out on a pal's set, eat craft service and bask in the schadenfreude of their best friend's production nightmares? Who wouldn't want to do that?
- (film, television) The department that provides miscellaneous general services on the set.
- 2009, Paul Salamoff, On the Set: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette[4], page sn:
- On "Deadwood" there is a Craft Service guy who cleans up after the horses. [...] Now that's not the same guy who makes your sandwiches, but still it's a Craft Service person who specializes in keeping the set clean.