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Producers and Directors

ID

work_arts_media/producers_and_directors

Type

TASK

Children

30

Child Nodes (30)

ATOMIC

Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.

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Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.

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Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.

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Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.

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Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.

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Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed.

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Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.

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Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.

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Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.

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Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts.

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Identify and approve equipment and elements required for productions, such as scenery, lights, props, costumes, choreography, and music.

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Establish pace of programs and sequences of scenes according to time requirements and cast and set accessibility.

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Conduct meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained.

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Compile scripts, program notes, and other material related to productions.

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Resolve personnel problems that arise during the production process by acting as liaisons between dissenting parties when necessary.

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Coordinate the activities of writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process.

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Obtain rights to scripts or to such items as existing video footage.

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Write and submit proposals to bid on contracts for projects.

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Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.

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Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences.

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Write and edit news stories from information collected by reporters and other sources.

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Choose settings and locations for films and determine how scenes will be shot in these settings.

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Review film daily to check on work in progress and to plan for future filming.

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Negotiate with parties, including independent producers and the distributors and broadcasters who will be handling completed productions.

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Perform administrative duties, such as preparing operational reports, distributing rehearsal call sheets and script copies, and arranging for rehearsal quarters.

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Develop marketing plans for finished products, collaborating with sales associates to supervise product distribution.

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Arrange financing for productions.

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Hire principal cast members and crew members, such as art directors, cinematographers, and costume designers.

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Hold auditions for parts or negotiate contracts with actors determined suitable for specific roles.

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Select plays, scripts, books, news content, or ideas to be produced.