Producer...

[Magnificent]

On a movie, what exactly does the Producer do?

[sal306]

buys coffee



















oh,....

and bagels too.





;)

[wilykily]

Originally posted by sal306
buys coffee

oh,....

and bagels too.

;)


Yeah that's right

he pays to have the movie made and when he doesn't like something he bitches at the director to change it or else

[Ronaldinho]

The producer is in charge of making sure the director has what he needs to get the shot. He's ultimately in charge of making sure the director doesn't screw up. He does whatever he has to do to further those two goals.

An on-set producer may spend much of the day doing almost nothing. However, when a crisis happens (and a crisis always happens) he's there to make sure it's resolved without derailing the production.

The director needs to be able to work without worrying about whatever crisis has just erupted. It's the producer's job to make sure that happens.

[Beeblebrox]

Originally posted by wilykily
he pays to have the movie made

Very rarely does the producer actually pay for the production. They are not typically the money guys. That's not specifically what a producer does.

[XvoorheesX]

How about executive producers?

[Ronaldinho]

Originally posted by XvoorheesX
How about executive producers?

Well, "Executive Producer" along with "Associate Producer" and "Assistant Producer" and, even, sometimes, "Producer" can be a buy-off credit. The star's manager gets paid by the production rather than taking 15% fromthe star, and a producer credit is part of the deal. THey're trying to step down on this kind of behavior.

Sometimes a producer is just the person who moved the script along at a key stage, attaching certain talent or whatever.

"Executive producer" however, is usually the person who either 1) gets the money or 2) gets the distribution or 3) both.

[NobodySpecial]

Wasn't this exact same question asked just a few weeks ago? Does anyone bother to use the search function of this site at all?

[przybyla]

Wasn't this exact same question asked just a few weeks ago? Does anyone bother to use the search function of this site at all?

I didn't even know there was one.

[Kastman]

Originally posted by przybyla
I didn't even know there was one.

Maybe if you used the search funstion you'd find that there is a search function...




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