Everyone knows that films have producers, but not everyone knows exactly what a producer does. An informative video explains what an executive producer, line producer, senior producer do, who can end up with an honorary producer credit, and who gets to accept the Oscar® for Best Picture.

Concepts

producers, film, film making

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Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Find a collection of movies with different combinations of creative and financial producers
• Screen The Producers (1967) or the recent remake (2005)
• Have small groups choose one movie to analyze, including the role of its producer and the impact of the rest of the crew

Classroom Considerations

• Part of a longer Crash Course playlist on film history, production, and analysis

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Under nine minutes long, making the video versatile for multiple classroom contexts
• Pace is easy to follow and understand

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2