Sometimes I think being a producer is similar to being Sammy Glick from What Makes Sammy Run?, only in reverse.
Instead of clawing our way upward at any cost, we’re often trying to hold the line on the way down, rearranging budgets and timelines so the work does not disappear.
We always want to say ‘yes’. It’s part of every producer’s DNA. Making it work makes our clients happy, but most of all, it makes us happy. Especially now, with shrinking budgets, accelerated schedules, expanded deliverables and rising expectations, the pressure to ‘make it work’ has never been greater.
Full article on Shots.
“There’s a difference between being adaptable and being self-erasing.”
