ENDA Episode 127→ The time when ENDA was booted out for his own good
For days, they vanished behind closed doors, surfacing only at lunch, leaving me to deal with other assignments, blissfully unaware of their digital duel.
Early in my first post-house gig, I was settling into the rhythm of commercial deadlines alongside our lone Post-Supervisor. We shared a cramped comp bay, trading tips over monitors. Everything felt under control until it wasn’t.
After hours locked in front of the edit suite, the director and my supervisor still couldn’t crack the editing for an important commercial. Finally, the director looked up and said to everyone in the room (the producer included): “Please, get out. We need time alone to figure this out.” Calm words, clear subtext: this edit demanded absolute focus.
The GIF below perfectly captures how ENDA felt: politely ushered out, standing in the hallway while all the real problem-solving went on behind closed doors.
For days, they vanished behind closed doors, surfacing only at lunch, leaving me to deal with other assignments, blissfully unaware of their digital duel. When at last they emerged, the spot was locked, loaded, and primed for comp.
Later, I learned their seclusion wasn’t about ego, it was about giving themselves the space to solve a problem that threatened to derail the entire project and also to shield the rest of us from the stressful atmosphere that was happening as a result.
Lesson learned: Sometimes, the best way to conquer a creative deadlock is to clear the room, literally, and let focused minds work in peace.
The journey continues…
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