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Locations, scouting & permits · Working

Holding area

Also called: holding

ELI5

A space where cast, background performers or crew wait before being called to set.

Used in conversation

“Let’s include the holding area in the next design review.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Holding area” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.

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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.