producing

The word produce can be defined as to bring into existence, or give rise to. With this in mind a producers job is to help bring a movie into existence by putting up the money for a film, help with the casting, coordinate activites of personel, advertising and various other aspects. To become a good producer one must be able to do all the little behind the scene things. They must be able to use the budget wisely to coordinate all things relative for a successful movie.

The top producers also seem to be very accomplished directors; like an ex-football player becoming a coach a director becoming a producer is the same basic thing. As a director it is very helpful to know every aspect of your film and the production is all the little things that can make the film a success or a flop. In this case a lot of directors also double as the producers of their movies because it helps them control everything from costumes and props to how the movie is advertised. A good example of a director/producer is Stephen Spielberg. He, like talked about in directing, knows how to control every aspect of his films and being able to find the people he wants to help with his movie is just another way he can control the production of his films.

It also takes money to become a producer. Most producers start out as something else in the film industry because it takes a certain amount of wealth to put up the money for the production of the film. For example Spielberg didn't start producing until 1978 and didn't become the main producer until 1982's E.T. This is after movies of his' like Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind had already been released and help make him millions. Since not every movie is guarenteed to make money a producer is taking risks on the movies he/she is helping produce. The Polar Express is a christmas movie that cost $170,000,000 million to make but only made only around $124 million, but it lost over $107 million dollars worldwide. This is the largest money losing movie of all time, and it's not because it had a bad scrpit, bad directing or any other aspect. It was actually a critically acclaimed film that movie goers genually enjoy. This movie had the bad luck of not finding a target audience to be able to make the money back that was spent on the movie. This is a great example of why producing can be so tricky, because it's a gamble whether you will make the film a success or not.

To reiterate to be an accomplished producer one must be a gambler not afraid of the threat of losing money. The greatest producers usually double as directors or produce and direct their own films. There are many jobs a producer must do in order to produce a successful film, and the order and completion of such jobs can help a movie gain income and hopefully not lose money.