Tianyu Zhang is Assistant Head of Creative Media at LMA London, UK. She has worked as a Film lecturer at London South Bank University and was awarded her PhD in Media Arts from Royal Holloway University of London in January 2022. She has work experience in China’s state-owned television and private TV production companies. Her research interests include film and TV industries, with a special interest in ethnography and mental health.

• Introduction1. Defining factors in China’s labour market2. Pre-production panning: complicated, effortful, under-developed? 3. Production and post-production: teamwork and improvisation4. Production Ethics5. Management from above6. Self-managementConclusion: Production cultures with Chinese characteristicsBibliographyAppendices

Tianyu Zhang is Assistant Head of Creative Media at LMA London, UK. She has worked as a Film lecturer at London South Bank University and was awarded her PhD in Media Arts from Royal Holloway University of London in January 2022. She has work experience in China’s state-owned television and private TV production companies. Her research interests include film and TV industries, with a special interest in ethnography and mental health.

• Introduction1. Defining factors in China’s labour market2. Pre-production panning: complicated, effortful, under-developed? 3. Production and post-production: teamwork and improvisation4. Production Ethics5. Management from above6. Self-managementConclusion: Production cultures with Chinese characteristicsBibliographyAppendices

Tianyu Zhang is Assistant Head of Creative Media at LMA London, UK. She has worked as a Film lecturer at London South Bank University and was awarded her PhD in Media Arts from Royal Holloway University of London in January 2022. She has work experience in China’s state-owned television and private TV production companies. Her research interests include film and TV industries, with a special interest in ethnography and mental health.

• Introduction1. Defining factors in China’s labour market2. Pre-production panning: complicated, effortful, under-developed? 3. Production and post-production: teamwork and improvisation4. Production Ethics5. Management from above6. Self-managementConclusion: Production cultures with Chinese characteristicsBibliographyAppendices