People often think media is glamorous, but those of us inside know there’s another side. What do you think the toughest part of the work that most people never realise is?

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How long it takes to set up shoots and actually record the perfect take. Or how long the editing process takes. I remember when I started as an intern I couldn’t believe how long everything took to set up.

Hahah the editing process for me actually shocked me! I think in modern media they portray it as a quick process

The constant churn. Audiences see glamour, but they do not see the exhaustion of deadlines, edits, or content that never even sees daylight. That’s the grind no one talks about.

Yes! As soon as one project is done the next one has already started…

The toughest part isn’t unseen, it’s ignored: constant instability. Pay cuts, layoffs, jobs vanishing overnight. Glamour has nothing to do with it — survival is the real hidden struggle.

I do think unfortunately a lot of industries are the same, there’s a lot of instability and struggle

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