The producer

A producer in the film and TV industry is the backbone of the film process. The first job of the producer is to make sure he or she gets the ‘package’. The package includes: the team; the director, scriptwriters, the cast etc. It also includes choosing the idea for a film then choosing the right script. The next job of the producer is to then attract the investment this is where he or she goes out to get funding to make the film. To do this he or she would go to television companies, the regional film fund or ask local people to help. Or the most common way of financing is they appoint a finance team to set out and target big companies with big pots of money. Another way the producers get money is by foreign investment. This is where they go across the waters to find companies in other countries to invest in their film, this is usually done through co-production deals which mean that company then get a say. However if it costs loads of money they need to go to different companies which all get a say which then creates a problem for the producer and director as people who own the companies don’t get much say because there is so many companies dibbed in they are all equal. The package can then come in at this point of investment for the movie and tell the director where they should be going for the funding and how much it’s going to cost. This is key knowing how much your movie is going to be before setting out to find the money because if it’s a low budget movie and isn’t going to cost a lot then there would be no point in going to somewhere such as the Hollywood studios as they wouldn’t be interested. The biggest problem the producer faces when going to get the funds for the film is competing with other films, this is where they have to convince and persuade the companies that their film is going to be better than the other person who pitched their idea. If the company doesn’t select to fund their film then they will have to set out again to find money which again they are always faced with the competition. They then look at the business plan as each film is an individual business to set out a budget. The producer then breaks down the script into sections; the cast, props, locations etc. They then make an individual budget for these sections so they know what they can spend in these bits. It is then set into above the line and below the line costs. Above the line is the creative talent package, which is the script, the rights, producer and their team, the director and their team and the actors. Below the line costs are the creative costs which include the pre-production, the camera people, the photographers, etc. these are below the line costs as they are not key to bringing in the profit.

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Cinematographer= equivalent of photographer they decide the overall vision of what the film is going to look like. Sets the mood.