http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager.jpg Top Secret Television Production Manager reveals all in her weekly blog... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:14:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Freelancing is a great deal…when you’re getting regular work. For starters you tend to get paid extremely well, you make A LOT of contacts in the industry and you have a lot of freedom to pick and choose the jobs you want to do.  But there is a ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2010/02/02/part-one-freelancing/ To coincide with my production hiatus I decided to give myself a blogging hiatus too. But the network have said our show MUST be delivered before the end of the year so I’m back to onlining the pilot, scheduling delivery and waiting with bated breath to see whether ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/11/27/post-reality-and-advertising/   I’ve just got back from a documentary storytelling class that I’m taking at a local community media company and I’m sure you’re wondering what that has to do with production management, particularly in television. After all doesn’t a production manager just fiddle with schedules and budgets? Well yes this ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/11/05/who%e2%80%99d-be-a-television-director/   I’ve recently started working on the post production of a couple of pilots for The History Channel. I was brought in as I often am, as a pinch hitter to see the shows through to delivery.                                                Ironically this was actually a job I interviewed for over the summer ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/11/01/post/ Last week I met an unprecedented number of producers. True I was at an event sponsored by the Producers Guild of America (of which I am a member) but really!                                                                     As I mentioned last week, I met several people who introduced themselves as producers who clearly know nothing ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/10/13/a-rose-by-any-other-name%e2%80%a6/ I’m going to write this quickly before I go to bed. I know you guys deserve better but this is an oddly busy week! I’ve just come from a super shmoozy event – the PGA (producers Guild of America) East in conjunction with the Mayor’s office held an ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/10/06/something-to-believe-it/ Hot on the heels of last week’s news of Leno stealing our jobs and the general gloomy outlook for production jobs, comes a ray of sunshine on the horizon in the form of the fall schedule. Packed full of entertaining, well made shows the networks have stepped back from ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/10/01/reasons-to-be-cheerful-%e2%80%93-part-3/ The other day I asked, what’s all the brouhaha about Leno? And one of you kind people out there was kind enough to answer.   It seems that because NBC have replaced 5 hours usually reserved for scripted shows with a cheaper format, all the people who would have ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/09/21/a-better-tomorrow/ Can someone please explain to me the brouhaha about Jay Leno moving from 11.30 to 10pm. I understand this is a change but is programming so centered around ratings that a change in protocol incites editorial after editorial (this one included)? In response to the recession and challenges of ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/09/15/good-advice-is-rare/ Yes I know, I missed posting my mid week rant last week but with good reason. I, The Production Manager, was working. Yes I know, working. I almost can’t believe it myself. So I finally have some valuable information to impart. The project, as the best of them do, started ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theproductionmanager/2009/09/09/modern-technology/