Responsibilities of a Movie Producer

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 418.

Exercise 54. Read the article on movie producers' job and make sure you know all the highlighted words.

READING

A movie producer is the person responsible for making high-quality movie on time and within budget. That means he supervises and packages the project from conception to distribution to theaters; he communicates with the studio and manages the work of hundreds of individuals.

As you can see, movie producers do indeed have to wear many hats during movie production. Here are some of the main producer's responsibilities:

Pre-production

• To find material from a book or script.
• To get the script into good enough shape to attract a director (and

studio, if this is not a studio-initiated production).

· To secure financing for the film, if it is not being made for a studio.

• To choose the director and other members of the creative team.
• To cast the actors, working with the director.
• To determine locations and budget.
• To decide on cinematographer and special effects.
• To hire a production team including crew and producers.
• To draw up a shooting schedule.
• To create a detailed plan of action for production.

Production

• To offer creative suggestions to the director.
• To handle problems with actors or creative staff.
• To monitor production timetable and budget.
• To review video dailies, the film shot each day.

Post-production

• To discuss order and selection of scenes with the director.
• To review the final cut of the film after it is edited.
• In some cases, to polish, revise and restructure the film to create the final cut.
• To work with a distributor to secure distribution for the film. This may include showing the distributors the final cut of the film.
• To review the distributor's advertising campaign for the film.