“If somebody says they were the director or the writer or the DOP, you know exactly what they did”, says Olivier Kaempfer, co-founder of Parkville Pictures. “Whereas when someone says they were the producer, you still don’t know what they’ve done.”
So what does the day-to-day life of a producer actually look like?
The short answer is, it depends on the project. Is it the next “Harry Potter” or a first feature by an up-and-coming director? Is it film or TV? And what’s the personal style of that particular producer?
But while no two producer jobs are the same, their ‘to-do list’ is likely to involve some combination of the following, often—if they are juggling several projects at once—within the same day.
Developing the storyAt the development stage, a producer might spend their morning talking to a literary agent to secure the film rights to a novel and their afternoon reading the first draft of a script they have commissioned. They might be talking to writers about what they would like to do next or coming up with their own ideas.
When a producer feels a project is ready, the next stage is finding the money to make it. If it’s a film project,
“If somebody says they were the director or the writer or the DOP, you know exactly what they did”, says Olivier Kaempfer, co-founder of Parkville Pictures. “Whereas when someone says they were the producer, you still don’t know what they’ve done.”
So what does the day-to-day life of a producer actually look like?
The short answer is, it depends on the project. Is it the next “Harry Potter” or a first feature by an up-and-coming director? Is it film or TV? And what’s the personal style of that particular producer?
But while no two producer jobs are the same, their ‘to-do list’ is likely to involve some combination of the following, often—if they are juggling several projects at once—within the same day.
Developing the storyAt the development stage, a producer might spend their morning talking to a literary agent to secure the film rights to a novel and their afternoon reading the first draft of a script they have commissioned. They might be talking to writers about what they would like to do next or coming up with their own ideas.
When a producer feels a project is ready, the next stage is finding the money to make it. If it’s a film project,
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