Coleridge Mitchell

.Raising funding; 2.Reading, researching and assessing ideas and finished scripts; 3.commissioning writers or securing the rights to novels, plays or screenplays; 4building and developing a network of contacts; 5.Liaising and discussing projects with financial backers - projects vary from a small, corporate v 6. Hiring key staff, including a director and a crew to shoot films or videos; controlling the budget and allocating resources; 7. Pulling together all the strands of creative and practical talent involved in the project to create a team; 8.organising shooting schedules - dependent on the type of producer and availability of support staff; 9.troubleshooting; 10.supervising the progress of the project from production to post production; 11. holding regular meetings with the director to discuss characters and scenes; 12. acting as a sounding board for the director; 13.bringing the finished production in on budget