The person in charge of the business, planning, budgetary decisions, and other financial aspects of the movie production is a movie producer. They select scripts, gather capital, and hire the crew, including the movie director. The crew includes film editors, video editors, set designers, cameramen, choreographers, etc. A producer manages numerous aspects of the film production process. There are degrees available in film studies and film production to get one started. After the degree, one can gain experience through film editing, acting, and working in a movie or theatre production company. Here are the skills that every movie producer must require.
Relationship building
Institutions, studios, and investors are required to finance a film. A producer will require to bring all the filmmakers together to carry out the process of filmmaking. Also, handling distributors is an important aspect. It requires forming a strong relationship with the supporting players.
Understanding the complete filmmaking process
Producers are responsible for all the aspects of filmmaking. They must ensure that the filmmaking process is of high-quality without any compromise anywhere. So, achieve that, a producer must have a real time experience in all the production aspects.
Budgeting, marketing, and financial skills
The producer must work on a tight budget to ensure no wastage of money. Hence, they must be an expert in finance and business skills.
Crafting a story
Be it a fictional or a documentary story; the producer must be able to understand all that is required to turn it into a movie. A vision to find a theme is essential.
Negotiation skills
The producer would have to negotiate on all aspects of funding, along with the salary and vendor fees.
Leadership and management
If any creative differences crop up between the members of the cast and crew, the producer must be able to bridge the differences so not let it interrupt the filmmaking. A good producer would be able to bring all the members of the team together despite the differences.
Salary Outlook
The median annual income for a movie producer is $71,600 as of last year. However, it is estimated that there will be a 12% increase in the demand for film producers in the coming years. With the entrance of various video streaming services and the popularity of reality television, there is a huge demand for producers. Theatre has lost its charm, and the demand for theatre producers is down. Only Los Angeles and New York require producers as the theatre demand is stable in these places.