The Core Team

Each individual on the core team plays a significant role in getting a production up and running. On a feature production with a larger budget, a typical example of this process is as

follows: the project has become solidified in terms of script and the overall art direction concept. It is ‘greenlit’ to proceed further into the pre-production stage. Next a director, if he or she is not already attached, needs to be hired to guide its visual development and to collaborate on the story with the producer, buyer/ executive, and writer. The recruiter helps identify potential directors. The producer interviews all candidates and, in partnership with the buyer/executive, makes a final selection. The legal and business affairs departments negotiate the director’s deal. Once on board, human resources coordinates the director’s orientation and fills out the start-up paperwork. The production accountant processes his or her payment. The director works with the recruiters to cast and hire the most appropriate visual development and storyboard artists. If necessary to bolster the artistic team when there’s a shortage of artists, the recruiting department scouts fresh talent and the training group starts organizing classes for the new hires. The technology group is instrumental in developing the production strategy and pipeline as well as researching and developing the tools to create the look of the project. All of these steps are overseen and managed by the producer.