Runner & Set PA Services

Here is how this works in practice. Our runner and set-PA roster forms the entry-level day-to-day operations layer that anchors Irish productions. The senior runners progressed through the IADT Dún Laoghaire (the top Irish film and animation school) BA-and-MA pathways. The Pulse College Dublin practical-workshop tracks, Filmbase Ireland industry-induction programs, Trinity College Dublin Film Studies. Plus UCD, DCU, Maynooth University, NUI Galway, Queen's University Belfast, and Ulster University training routes.

Here is the short of it. Set-day experience covers Vikings six seasons at Ashford Studios Wicklow, Game of Thrones across Titanic Studios Belfast and Paint Hall (the multi-thousand-extra Battle of Winterfell and Battle of the Bastards crowd-management precedent). Foundation across Troy Studios Limerick on Apple TV+. Penny Dreadful and The Tudors at Ardmore Studios Bray. Plus Banshees of Inisherin Achill Island and Inishmore unit, Belfast 2021, Normal People HBO, The Wonder, and the An Cailín Ciúin Gaeltacht units. The Cartoon Saloon Kilkenny animation-pipeline production-assistant track delivered Oscar-nominated four-time-winners The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, and Wolfwalkers.

Here is the breakdown. Set-PA-and-runner workflow covers cast-and-crew lock-up (the perimeter running around camera A and camera B set positions, walkie-talkie discipline on Motorola DP4400e UHF radio Channel 1 production-and-Channel-2-art-and-Channel-3-camera split. Hand-radio etiquette. Hi-Viz vest compliance on outdoor units). Basecamp-to-set walkie-talkie comms, transport-and-pickup runs (driver-licensed PAs operating Ford Transit and Mercedes Sprinter unit vans), craft-service replenishment, side-and-call-sheet distribution, plus the script-supervisor-and-editor proxy-delivery hand-off. SIPTU union coverage on the working roster, with day-rate-and-weekly-rate per the Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) industry-collective-agreement. Bilingual EN / Irish (Gaeilge) capacity for Gaeltacht productions (the An Cailín Ciúin precedent).

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Section 481 32% tax credit qualifies set-PA spend through Irish-resident hires plus the 40% regional uplift on named-area shoots. EUR Eurozone with GBP NI dual-currency, plus CTA-borderless cross-border UK movement and full Atlantic-maritime-climate weather-discipline (rain-cover, wet-stand wardrobe running).