ABSTRACT
It is very easy, at the ‘wrap’ or end–of–production party, to think that all the work is over. The artists are leaving, their minds on their next role, or lack of one; the crews are busy thinking and talking about their next job. The sets are dismantled and the costumes and props returned to the hire companies. The close–knit unit, so like a family in its internal working, is splitting up and there is a general air of relief at a job completed and the thought of returning to civilisation, tinged with sadness at the ephemeral nature of the business.
