Doctor Who © BBC Studios Doctor High-end TV Skills Fund Producer’s handbook www.screenskills.com | @UKScreenSkills | April 2020 Producer’s Handbook Welcome to the “Producer’s Handbook” Contents Being a producer............................................................................................................................. 3 The role of producer in high-end TV ............................................................................................ 3 How productions work ..................................................................................................................... 3 Pre-production ............................................................................................................................. 3 Script ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Recruitment ............................................................................................................................. 3 Casting .................................................................................................................................... 4 Scheduling and budgeting ........................................................................................................ 4 Approval of key facilities........................................................................................................... 4 Health and safety (H&S) .......................................................................................................... 4 Clearance and compliance ....................................................................................................... 4 Child protection ........................................................................................................................ 4 Filming location approvals ........................................................................................................ 4 Publicity ................................................................................................................................... 4 Production ................................................................................................................................... 5 Set visiting ............................................................................................................................... 5 Rushes .................................................................................................................................... 5 Cast liaison .............................................................................................................................. 5 Shoot issues ............................................................................................................................ 5 Post ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Jargon you will hear .................................................................................................................... 6 Albert ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Amends (also called revisions) ................................................................................................ 6 Bible ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Breaking down a script ............................................................................................................. 6 “Breakdowns” ........................................................................................................................... 6 Bullying and harassment .......................................................................................................... 7 Callsheet .................................................................................................................................. 8 Cameras .................................................................................................................................. 9 ScreenSkills, April 2020 CAN ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Children ................................................................................................................................. 11 Compliance ............................................................................................................................ 13 Cost report meeting ............................................................................................................... 13 Crew ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Deal memo ............................................................................................................................ 14 Deliverables ........................................................................................................................... 15 Greenlight .............................................................................................................................. 15 Hero ....................................................................................................................................... 15 High-end ................................................................................................................................ 15 HoD ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Insurance ............................................................................................................................... 15 Lighting .................................................................................................................................. 16 Line producer ......................................................................................................................... 16 Movement order ..................................................................................................................... 16 Neg checks ............................................................................................................................ 17 On the day ............................................................................................................................. 17 Optioning ............................................................................................................................... 17 Page turn ............................................................................................................................... 17 Prop show and tell ................................................................................................................. 17 Production ............................................................................................................................. 17 Post ....................................................................................................................................... 17 Progress report ...................................................................................................................... 19 Recces ................................................................................................................................... 20 Risk assessment (RA) ........................................................................................................... 21 RX ......................................................................................................................................... 26 Script ..................................................................................................................................... 27 Sides...................................................................................................................................... 27 Social media .......................................................................................................................... 27 Stripboard .............................................................................................................................. 27 Three act structure ................................................................................................................. 28 Timings .................................................................................................................................. 28 Travelling the cast .................................................................................................................. 28 Tone meeting ......................................................................................................................... 28 TX .......................................................................................................................................... 28 Working day ........................................................................................................................... 28 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... 30 2 Producer’s Handbook Being a producer So you got the job, congratulations. But what do you have to do now? What are you responsible for? Do