An A.D. is short for an Assistant Director. A 1st AD is the person that schedules the show and runs the movie set. They are the right hand man of the director.
In some ways, it's very similar to a marriage. When done correctly, a beautiful one. A director has a creative vision, he entrusts the 1st AD to have a gameplan every day on set to take all the logistics of the vision and schedule it so we can "make our day".
I work on mostly movies, but to do a Disney commercial was new territory. It will be my first commercial spot that will air on TV!
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