Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Diagrams and tables
- Abbreviations
- Part A Opiate of the people: the television industry
- Part B Massage parlour: development and funding of a project
- Part C Riding the tiger: management of the production
- Chapter 12 Commencement of pre-production
- Chapter 13 Documentation and office systems
- Chapter 14 Crew, equipment and facilities
- Chapter 15 Casting, rehearsal and performance
- Chapter 16 Locations
- Chapter 17 Travel arrangements
- Chapter 18 Drafting the production budget
- Chapter 19 Scheduling the shoot
- Chapter 20 Preparing studio and outside broadcast productions
- Chapter 21 Management of the shoot
- Chapter 22 Management of the production budget
- Chapter 23 Post-production through to delivery
- Part D A nod to the gatekeepers: the environment of television
- Index
- References
Chapter 21 - Management of the shoot
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Diagrams and tables
- Abbreviations
- Part A Opiate of the people: the television industry
- Part B Massage parlour: development and funding of a project
- Part C Riding the tiger: management of the production
- Chapter 12 Commencement of pre-production
- Chapter 13 Documentation and office systems
- Chapter 14 Crew, equipment and facilities
- Chapter 15 Casting, rehearsal and performance
- Chapter 16 Locations
- Chapter 17 Travel arrangements
- Chapter 18 Drafting the production budget
- Chapter 19 Scheduling the shoot
- Chapter 20 Preparing studio and outside broadcast productions
- Chapter 21 Management of the shoot
- Chapter 22 Management of the production budget
- Chapter 23 Post-production through to delivery
- Part D A nod to the gatekeepers: the environment of television
- Index
- References
Summary
The production phase, or the shoot, is for many of the production personnel the time of most intense activity during the whole production process. Ironically, it's a time when, in many ways, the producer can take a step back and keep an overseeing eye on things rather than concentrating on the detail. Because it is a time of intense activity, it is also a time of intense spending, so budget is a major management concern. This will be examined in Chapter 22. The production phase itself is the culmination of the preparation that has preceded it, and is in the hands of all the specialists and their support crews who have been hired to carry it out. The producer's main role here is to make sure that the train of production stays on the tracks during this phase.
Monitor progress, deal with the problems
Oversight with limited hands-on
It might seem anomalous that the producer is least closely engaged with the stage of production that many regard as the most crucial stage of the process, but in fact the more hands-on they have to be at this stage the more it probably reflects flaws in pre-production. The purpose of the preparation for the shoot is to hire the people who are believed to be best able to provide for the needs of the production.
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- The Business of TV Production , pp. 325 - 330Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007