· Assistant Production Office Coordinator: assigned duties by the
Production Office Coordinator; frequently charged with travel and
transportation arrangements.
· Production Secretary: frequently charged with communicating infor-
mation and scheduling.
· Office Production Assistant: a resourceful gofer.
· Accounting Staff: track budgets, pay bills, and handle payroll.
This chapter is divided into three sections: Producers, Production
Office, and Physical Production Facility Management.
PRODUCERS
Job Overview
The executive producer is ultimately responsible for getting the produc-
tion made. Duties include hiring the above-the-line personnel and crew,
overseeing the budget, and making key decisions involving the production.
"There are a lot of titles that get thrown around," says executive pro-
ducer Alan Blomquist. "I've been called a co-producer, an executive pro-
ducer, and sometimes the line producer. In television, I would be called
the producer and the person who created the show would be called the
executive producer. In features, it seems to be the opposite: the person
who sells the concept to the studio and raises the money is called the pro-
ducer, and the person they hire to actually make the movie is called the
executive producer.
"In layman's parlance, I'm the general contractor," he adds. "I build
the house. The screenwriter is the architect, the producer is the developer
who raises the money, and I'm the guy that they give the money and the
architect's plans to and ask: `How much is it going to cost? How long is it
going to take? How many people do we have to hire?' I make sure they
don't buy too much lumber, and that the permits from the building
inspector are signed off before the roof goes on. I'm literally the realizer."
"Once the deal has been set for the movie," explains executive pro-
ducer Neil Machlis, "the studio hires me and I hire everybody else. Then
away we go."
JOB TITLE: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER,
FEATURE FILMS
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