 Photo Attribution - bongo vongo Via Flickr Image Cropped for Aspect Ratio. We all know that there are a lot of problems with most film schools. The foremost being that while they’re great at teaching you how to make a movie, they suck at teaching you how to make money doing it. While I’m personally working to fix that one, there’s another one that isn’t generally talked about.
Most film schools take a rather blanket approach to filmmaking. They teach everyone the skills of all positions on set, instead of focusing on being really good at one part of it. Because of this, many film schools are failing to prepare students for the real world they will compete in. 
As stated in the article What's the difference between a sales agent and a distributor, one of the most common questions I get is What does a producer’s Rep Do? Since that post teaches the major distribution players are by type, [you should read it first.] I will now thoroughly answer what a producer’s rep does.
Simply put, a Producer’s rep is a mix between a PMD and an executive producer. A Producer’s Rep takes on a lot of the business development jobs for a film. We wear a lot of hats. Most often we'll connect filmmakers with completed projects to sales agents and negotiate the best possible deal. We're skilled negotiators with a deep knowledge of the film distribution scene, and entrenched connections there. |
AuthorMy name is Ben, I'm an Entrepreneur, Producer's Rep, and Author. I'm the founder of Guerrilla Rep Media, Co-Founder/CMO of ProductionNext, and founder of Producer Foundry. Together, the organizations seek to help make filmmaking a more economically sustainable endeavor. I am dysic, I have capitalization issues, and the blogs are often unedited. opinions all my own. 
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