A television or film producer oversees all aspects of a project from development through completion. Key skills required include strong communication, presentation, and time management abilities as well as leadership. Main producer duties are raising funding, developing projects, hiring staff, managing budgets, and supervising production. Producers work in television, film, and video and ensure projects are delivered on schedule and on budget. Starting salaries range from £18,000-£25,000 but can increase to £40,000-£55,000 with experience.

1. Skills Required
 Confidence in your ability
 Strong communication and
people skills
 Presentation and pitching
skills
 Strong time and resource
management skills
 Creative ability
 The ability to cope under
pressure
 A strong head for figures
leadership skills.
Main Duties
 Raise funding
 Read, research and assess ideas and finished scripts
 Commission writers or secure the rights to novels, plays
or screenplays
 Build and develop a network of contacts
 Liaise and discuss projects with financialbackers
 Use computer software packages for screenwriting,
budgeting and scheduling
 Hire key staff,including a director and a crew to shoot
programmes, films or videos
 Control the budget and allocate resources
 Pull together all the strands of creative and practical
talent involved in the project to create a team
 Maintain contemporary technical skills
 Organise shooting schedules - dependent on the type of
producer role and availability of support staff
 Troubleshoot
 Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, codes of
practice and health and safety laws
 Supervise the progress of the project from production
to post production
 Bold regular meetings with the director to discuss
characters and scenes
 Act as a sounding board for the director
 Bring the finished production in on budget. Unit 8
Television/Film Producer
Producers play an integral role in the
television; film and video industries as they
oversee each project from conception to
completion.
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Jobs
Tom Cruise is an American actor and
producer. Cruise began acting at a young
age and was casted on Taps in 1981, when
he was 19 years old.
After building up a
respectable name in
Hollywood Cruise
began to produce
films such as the
Mission Impossible
series, Vanilla Sky
and many other.
Cruise now runs his own production
company Cruise/Wagner Productions.

2. Starting salaries for assistant producers may
range from around £18,000 to £25,000.
With experience, salaries can reach £40,000
to £55,000.
Departmental heads can earn £60,000 to
£80,000, plus benefits.
Areas For Employment
A producer can specialise in the followingareas:
Television– Someproducers takemoreof an executiverole, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the
television networks, but upon acceptancethey focus on business matters, such as budgetsand contracts. Other
producersaremoreinvolved with the day-to-day workings, participatingin activities suchas screenwriting, set
design, casting, and directing.
Film – Producers work closely withdirectors and other production staff on a shoot. Increasingly, they'll also need to
have directing skills to take charge of all project operations. Potential employersareindependentproduction
companies, production and facilities houses and digital and Internet channels such as YouTube.
Work involves regular unsocial hours at
weekends and in the evenings. Long hours
and time spent in meetings or on location
is the norm.
Career breaks may create difficulties
because of the competitive nature of the
industry and the need to network and
keep up to date with industry changes.
Salary Working Hours
Although this area of work is open to all
graduates, the following subjects at degree
or HND level may increase your chances:
Broadcasting, communication and
media studies, Information technology,
multimedia, photography, film or
television.
Qualifications