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Career Details :: Producers

Description

Plan and coordinate various aspects of radio, television, stage, or motion picture production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing, directing and editing, and arranging financing.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

• Coordinates various aspects of production, such as audio and camera work, music, timing, writing, and staging.
• Composes and edits script or outlines story for screenwriter to write script.
• Establishes management policies, production schedules, and operating budgets for production.
• Times scene and calculates program timing.
• Distributes rehearsal call sheets and copies of script, arranges for rehearsal quarters, and contacts cast members to verify readiness for rehearsal.
• Represents network or company in negotiations with independent producers.
• Selects scenes from taped program to be used for promotional purposes.
• Reads manuscript and selects play for stage performance.
• Obtains and distributes costumes, props, music, and studio equipment to complete production.
• Produces shows for special occasions, such as holiday or testimonial.
• Selects and hires cast and staff members and arbitrates personnel disputes.
• Directs activities of one or more departments of motion-picture studio and prepares rehearsal call sheets and reports of activities and operating costs.
• Reviews film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.
• Conducts meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained.

Related Careers

• Directors, Stage, Motion Pictures, Television, and Radio
  
• Park Naturalists
  
• Program Directors
  
• Talent Directors
  
• Technical Directors/Managers
  

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Originality
• Oral Comprehension

General Work Activities

• Communicating With Other Workers
• Coordinating Work & Activities of Others
• Scheduling Work and Activities
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Important Skills

• Coordination
  
• Reading Comprehension
  
• Speaking
  
• Management of Personnel Resources
  
• Writing
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Coordinate or Lead Others
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done

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Children's Theatre	[ add ]
Cinema-Television	[ add ]
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