What aptitudes do you have to have to be a movie producer?
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Movie producers are the people who either finance a movie or bring all the talent together to make the movie. Study business and/or marketing.
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You had better start taping who your doing and sending it in as an audition. Of course you will have to do the director and some of his friends too.
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depends on the type of film you're making\nwhen I made a trailer for media studies, it was hard work, the amount of editing that has to be done is unbelievable
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You don't have to have any specific educational credential, but it can help open doors and it can also help you make connections. \n\nAlthough there are lots of actors out there who have high school or less, and are fabulous actors; most actors today have at least a bachelor's degree. Almost ALL actors at least have some acting classes behind them. \n\nYou should note that actors, like dancers, are almost always in training. They attend workshops, they take class, the work with private "tutors", all in a constant attempt to keep up their skills or learn new techniques. \n\nAnd again, not only does training/education help you with your craft, but it also helps you make connections - and connections can make or break your career. \n\nSome schools with fabulous, prestigious acting degree programs include:\n\nJulliard\nNew York University (Tisch School)\nUniversity of Missouri - Kansas City\nNorthwestern\nYale\n\n\nSome private institutes where you may or may not actually get a degree include: \n\nThe Actor's Studio\nThe Stella Adler Academy of Acting\nThe Sanford Meisner school in New York\nThe American Academy of Dramatic Art\nAmerican Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco)\n\n\nOne final point. Acting is a highly competitive field. When my husband is casting, and he is looking at resumes, he does note the education listed. If a role is down to two actors, he'll usually hire the one with a degree, because then he knows that the person has had certain basic training - which he expects will simplify working with that person.
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- Know the system. Each agency will have different ways of doing things. It is really easy to screw things up in production.\n\n- Need good contacts. Reaelly!! It's obvious, but sometimes it's really not the case. \n\n- Build a good rep with the suppliers. Suppliers that "trust" you will always offer better service and attention... no matter what it says on their websites.\n\n- Really try to understand the WHYS - Ask lots of questions - especially from Client Service and Creatives.You are the one who will interface with the guys who will supply/execute the wonderful ideas that the agency comes up with. \n\n- Need interpersonal/logistical skills and must be a good organizer/facilitator.   \n\n- Here is one extra - find a good mentor.
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Well, you COULD double-major, depending what university/college you're attending and if they allow that. However, it's really what you have the greater passion, talent, and love for doing.\n\nNeither industry/field of career is easy to "make it big" in. So either way, you'll be treading down the road to either making it or breaking it. \n\nAlso, there's a difference between having talent and having passion. Some people have both, some one or the other. You may have a passion for filmmaking, but the industry really cares whether or not you're good at it. By all means, I'm not trying to debase you or anything. I personally think that if you have a passion for filmmaking, go for it.\n\nAnother thing, having a degree in filmmaking doesn't necessarily guarantee anything. Most people within the film industry have degrees ranging from business to English to things even like Philosophy. As an alternate route, get a degree in theatre, but keep working on your love for filmmaking outside of your studies. Should you choose to give up filmmaking, you'd have the degree in theatre to fall back on. Hope this helps.
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well educated\nwell dressed\ngood behavior\ngood experience
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You're going to have to be a bit mroe specific. the scriptwriter creates the basic story. The director makes decisions on the look and the camera angles. The camera-man actually shoots the scenes. The producer decides o nthe budget, makes sure everyone else does their job and the film gets promoted and released. Any one of these people could be said to "create" the film
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With whatever specific talents YOU were given.  Could be through music, art/performance stories/poems, photography, speech, whatever you're naturally drawn to.  \n\nTalents aren't just skills we have.  They're our true expressive voices.
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The same way you get to be the one making the movie in the first place, know the right people.
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Be a successful actor in movies......\nOr on a hit TV show.
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Sometimes film school helps.  Otherwise, you probably need to look at entry level positions and work your way up.
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Well, in truth you either have to a) be very lucky or b) do sexual favours for a producer. Otherwise, you will never get there. There are millions of people with musical talent and most never get there. I am not saying to give up, but getting into music and achieving fame is one of the most difficult things to do.
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It's best to get some experience first.  An agent won't take you on if you're an unknown quantity.  \n\nTake some acting classes.  If you're interested in film/TV, take classes geared toward that.  Do some community theatre, volunteer to be in student films at your local college.  (Ask for a copy of the tape as payment.)  \n\nGet some nice headshots done.  It's good to have the picture printed on postcards, so when you're in a production you can use them to send out announcements to agents/casting directors.  Sometimes they come to showcases.  \n\nAudition for everything.  You'll learn something new every time, and you'll be come a familiar face.  \n\nOnce you have some credits to put on a resume and some experience under your belt, start applying to agencies.  You may get a "Sorry, we have enough of your type/age/experience now."  Don't badger them, but re-apply in six months.  \n\nKeep studying, keep working on the craft, and be a cooperative actor.  Word of mouth is a powerful factor, and if you get a reputation as difficult, it won't matter how good you are.  \n\nBreak a leg!
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I say it really depends on what kind of person you are. If you are highly motivated, have a lot of charisma and charm, have a specific talent you can pursue and develop, are willing to work hard, and have ideas and drive about a particular career, you can go out there and do that work and get the training, knowledge, and experience on the job that you need to succeed (and make money) without a diploma. \n\nObviously this doesn't apply to being a brain surgeon or supreme court justice, but it does apply to lots of jobs.\n\nA degree often serves the purpose of "proving" that you have the training and experience for certain types of jobs. You might be a great writer, speaker, and researcher right now, but a television news program will often require that you "prove" that skill through having a journalism degree, an internship, and other experience. The degree program can be the easiest, fastest way of getting all that, but there are other ways if you're motivated and smart about it.\n\nCollege can be seen as a series of games; but you know what? so's the rest of life. Decide which games you want to play because you like what you get at the end of the game. Figure out which games you can stand to play and the games you're going to be good at, then play those. College might turn out to be the better game of the various choices, it's up to you to decide.\n\nHere's one guy's very provocative (and interesting) view on this topic (he's as cynical as you are about the system):\nhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north303.html
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Most get hired through networking, but you will most likely still have to join a union. If you are interested, try to get to know someone who already works for one of the production companies, to help you get a foot in the door. \n\nYou can also get experience by working for independent films. Attend all the film festivals in your state to meet contacts. Also try public access TV channels to see if they need crew volunteers.
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I think they read and study a lot about movies and filmmaking and then, they looked for opportunities working in studios, even if i t wasn't as a director.. And I think the main point to get to be great is to be creative and to not to be afraid of doing things.. to take risks and of course.. working your a** off so you can get experience and reliability in the things you make... \n\nIn case of Steven Spielberg, he got his chance with a 20 min short while he was attending college at California, then he got a budget to make his first movie.\n\nAnd in the case of Peter Jackson was kind of the same, with the exception he didn't start in Hollywood nor making movies with his friends after his parents gave him an 8mm cam for Christmas.\n\nIn both cases they are where they are because of their pasion for filmmaking :)