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How does the film industry work?

What advice would you give a student trying to become a film producer/editor?? #film #technology #video-production

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Charlie’s Answer

From what I understand producers get money and are the fixers that clean up problems with people and locations. Get a good business/sales background.
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On the production side you need to know business, accounting and sales as well as HR. Good people skills and the ability to properly delegate are essential. Producers among other responsibilities produce the money. As to fixing things, they have to know who can fix and how to get them. That where the HR (human resources) comes in. HR is not about hiring the entire cast and crew, cast is up to the director and crew is up to production, the director and the department heads. HR is about knowing how to find the right people.

Producers have to know the people who can fix the problem as well as how to smooth things over until the problem is fixed. Really good producers tend to have great soft people skills along with basic business knowledge.

Editing is equally tech and artistic skills with the ability to know when to use which one over the other. That and a love of long hours alone in a dark room.

Both fields are a mix of great satisfaction and frustration.
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