Video and motion picture producer
Description
Video and motion picture producers supervise the entire production of a movie or television programme. They select the scripts that will be turned into motion pictures or series. Video and motion picture producers find the financial means to make a movie or television series. They have the final decision on the whole project, from development and editing to distribution. During large-scale productions, video and motion picture producers can be part of a team of producers and may be responsible for some of these tasks.
Other titles
The following job titles also refer to video and motion picture producer:
video & motion picture producer
movie producer
video producer
television producer
film maker
motion picture producer
executive producer
audiovisual producer
television and motion picture producer
film producer
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree is generally required to work as video and motion picture producer. However, this requirement may differ in some countries.
ISCO skill level
ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:
- the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
- the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
- the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.
Video and motion picture producer is a Skill level 4 occupation.
Video and motion picture producer career path
Similar occupations
These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to video and motion picture producer.
producer
post-production supervisor
music producer
radio producer
book publisher
Long term prospects
These occupations require some skills and knowledge of video and motion picture producer. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of video and motion picture producer with a significant experience and/or extensive training.
Essential knowledge and skills
Essential knowledge
This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of video and motion picture producer.
Project management principles: Different elements and phases of project management.
Film production process: The various development stages of making a film, such as scriptwriting, financing, shooting, editing, and distribution.
Accounting techniques: The techniques of recording and summarising business and financial transactions and analysing, verifying, and reporting the results.
Audiovisual products: The different types of audiovisual products and their requirements, such as documentaries, low budget movies, television series, records, CDs, and others.
Copyright legislation: Legislation describing the protection of the rights of original authors over their work, and how others can use it.
Essential skills and competences
These skills are necessary for the role of video and motion picture producer.
Work with motion picture editing team: Work together with the motion picture editing team during post-production. Make sure the finished product is according to specifications and creative vision.
Manage budgets: Plan, monitor and report on the budget.
Consult with production director: Consult with the director, producer and clients throughout the production and post-production process.
Work with playwrights: Work with writers through workshops or script development schemes.
Select scripts: Select the scripts that are going to be converted into motion pictures.
Liaise with financiers: Liaise with people willing to finance the project. Negotiate deals and contracts.
Work with video and motion picture production team: Work with the cast and crew members to establish requirements and budgets.
Take artistic vision into account: Take the artistic and creative vision of the organisation into account when selecting a project.
Develop professional network: Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.
Perform project management: Manage and plan various resources, such as human resources, budget, deadline, results, and quality necessary for a specific project, and monitor the project’s progress in order to achieve a specific goal within a set time and budget.
Assess financial viability: Revise and analyse financial information and requirements of projects such as their budget appraisal, expected turnover, and risk assessment for determining the benefits and costs of the project. Assess if the agreement or project will redeem its investment, and whether the potential profit is worth the financial risk.
Implement strategic planning: Take action on the goals and procedures defined at a strategic level in order to mobilise resources and pursue the established strategies.
Perform market research: Gather, assess and represent data about target market and customers in order to facilitate strategic development and feasibility studies. Identify market trends.
Optional knowledge and skills
Optional knowledge
This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of video and motion picture producer. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Tax legislation: Tax legislation applicable to a specific area of specialisation, such as import tax, government tax, etc.
Marketing principles: The principles of managing the relationship between consumers and products or services for the purpose of increasing sales and improving advertising techniques.
Financial jurisdiction: Financial rules and procedures applicable to a certain location, whose regulatory bodies decide on its jurisdiction
Optional skills and competences
These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of video and motion picture producer. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Plan marketing strategy: Determine the objective of the marketing strategy whether it is for establishing image, implementing a pricing strategy, or raising awareness of the product. Establish approaches of marketing actions to ensure that goals are achieved efficiently and over a long term.
Implement marketing strategies: Implement strategies which aim to promote a specific product or service, using the developed marketing strategies.
Attend read-through: Attend the organised reading of the script, where the actors, director, producers, and scriptwriters read the script thoroughly.
Manage distribution channels: Oversee distribution channels with regards to the requirements of customers.
Negotiate publishing rights: Negotiate the sale of the publishing rights of books to translate them and adapt them into movies or other genres.
Calculate production costs: Calculate the costs for every production stage and department.
Edit digital moving images: Use specialised software to edit video images for use in an artistic production.
Ensure fulfilment of legal requirements: Ensure that all legal requirements are met.
Edit recorded sound: Edit audio footage using a variety of sofware, tools, and techniques such as crossfading, speed effects, and removing unwanted noises.
Prepare government funding dossiers: Prepare dossiers to request government funding.
Make film shooting schedule: Decide when the shooting will start on each location, how long it will take, and when to move to another location.
Carry out auditions: Hold auditions and assess and select candidates for roles in the productions.
Negotiate exploitation rights: Negotiate with the creator the rights to communicate a work to the public and to reproduce it.
Manage accounts: Manage the accounts and financial activities of an organisation, supervising that all the documents are correctly maintained, that all the information and calculations are correct, and that proper decisions are being made.
Search for a suitable location: Search for locations suitable for film or photo shoots.
Carry out interviews to select artistic team members: Determine the content, physical and material conditions of the interview. Describe the project parameters. Evaluate personal, artistic and technical skills according to casting requirements, and candidates’ interest in the project.
Direct distribution operations: Direct distribution and logistics operations ensuring maximum accuracy and productivity.
Edit scripts: Rewrite scripts. Change dialogue. Mark scripts with relevant information for post-production.
ISCO group and title
2654 – Film, stage and related directors and producers
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