If you’ve never been on a set before, you might be a bit confused by the peculiar phrase “on the day.” You might hear something like this:

“On the day we’ll have the real props, but for now the stand-ins can rehearse with these generic ones.”

What’s particularly funny about the phrase “on the day” is that nearly everything happening on set seems “on the day.”  That is, nearly everything is being shot or used on this shooting day — not on some other shooting day.

But in the context of a production, the phrase “on the day” essentially means “when actually shooting.” The above quotation might translate to:

“When we actually shoot, we’ll have the real props, but for now the stand-ins can rehearse with these generic ones.”

So don’t get confused when you’re standing in and hearing the phrase “on the day.”  It doesn’t suggest something is being shot on a different day. It simply means something will be a bit different when actually shooting!

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