What does a producer do?

Question

Whether be it the producer of a movie, cartoon, video game or TV show, what is the person's job or purpose?

Answer 1

Make most of the money- if you follow Phil Spector's career!

Answer 2

Usually the Producer is the person who controls the money and because of that actually controls everything else. If making a movie was like building a house then the Producer would be the general contractor.

The job title producer can be confusing, sometimes when making a movie a star actor gets hired on as a producer. The actor may or may not have any real say in the production but gets an extra paycheck and film credit. Sort of like a performance bonus or an extra carrot to offer in negotiations if some impasse should arise.

For example, midway through filming the ending has to be rewritten. The new ending is great but asks actor X has to do something that isn't in their contract. Actor X feels it's dangerous, demeaning or could harm their career and won't do it unless they get more money or control. Actor X gets hired on as a producer.

Answer 3

In charge of all of the organizational details of a production from concept through to budget, hiring/firing, scheduling, etc.

Here are the different types of producers as listed in Wikipedia:

Producer credits

Different types of producers in the industry today include (in order of seniority):

* Executive producer (in charge of production, or show runner)
* Co-executive producer (second in seniority to executive producer)
* Supervising producer (supervises other producers, and who must have worked on the show for at least two seasons)[1]
* Coordinating producer (coordinates two or more producers)
* Producer (see Writer as "Producer" below)
* Co-producer (works with other producers)
* Consulting producer (assists writers, sometimes specializing in a particular subject)
* Associate producer (runs day-to-day operations)
* Segment producer (handles one segment of a program)
* Line producer (handles a practical aspect, rather than creative content)
* Production assistant

Answer 4

they handle the budget and say what's too much and what they can do with what money they have.

Answer 5

produce stuff!!! :)