What would you do as a Producer?
Producers
- usually work long and irregular hours
- usually work in offices, studios and theatres, on film sets and on location and may travel locally, nationally and internationally
- need to be organised, solve problems and communicate well
Tasks
- make film, television and other productions
- coordinate production and set activities
- manage actors, film crew and contractors
- study scripts to determine project needs
- create project budgets
- work with artistic professionals
- book and coordinate contractors
- communicate with clients
- solve production problems
- source project funding
How can you become a Producer?
You need experience to become a producer and a qualification may be useful.
You need
- experience in similar work
You may need
- a relevant tertiary qualification in performing arts, communication and media or similar area
If you're in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
