Discussion board week 4 by

Principal photography

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:14:51 UTC

Producer's Guild of America (PGA)

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:16:06 UTC

Binding credit arbitration

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:16:23 UTC

Producer's Mark

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:16:36 UTC

Tenacity

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:21:18 UTC

No movie until there's money

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:43:47 UTC

Europe = independent films

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:45:45 UTC

America = Studio films

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:45:56 UTC

"four hours to set up a shot" - Graham King

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 20:49:19 UTC

"you can make a really good movie and it doesn't have to cost that much" - Jim Burke

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:04:01 UTC

"Producers are akin to a lifeguard or fireman" - Jim Burke

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:21:33 UTC

"What moves you is something you relate to" - Mike De Luca

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:23:32 UTC

Longevity

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:24:05 UTC

patron-of-the-arts

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:30:10 UTC

PNL = Profit and Loss statement

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:31:33 UTC

Building a relationship with the director as a producer helps things go smoother

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:35:47 UTC

Different producers may make different contributions and receive different credits.

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:42:38 UTC

60 rejections

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 21:47:48 UTC

Film distribution

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-17 22:02:23 UTC

Learning from my peers

eagonzalez722 — 2025-09-19 01:56:30 UTC

Braden provided a clip of The Departed winning Best Picture, which stood out to me when Graham mentioned that he forgot to thank Brad Pitt and Brad Grey at the 79th Oscars. Great contribution!