Top 10 Tips For Producing A Movie - John Paul Rice

In this Film Courage video interview, movie producer John Paul Rice shares his top 10 tips for producing a movie.

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[jjkhawaiian]

I would love to work on a project with this person. He really has good intentions and puts his heart into his work and looks for others who treat their craft or art the same way. Inspiring! Leading by example. Excellent!

[luckyboypictures]

I love what Paul says, "It's thinking your plan very clearly... Start from the end and work your way back ... know where you are going to end up " In any project or industry, look at the end result(s) first and eventually you will get there.

[mikemaresh]

Great advice. “Think It through and then follow through”

[ThisWillMakeYourDay]

I love these videos, how awesome! “Start with the end” so simple but so true. I’m an Architecture student and sometimes in my work we’re discouraged to start with the end in favour of experimentation and iteration. It’s refreshing to remind myself to use discernment and decide when it’s appropriate to start at the end.

[timmusician]

If you have a creative vision and write it & are putting together a team to support your directing then you want to be able to be satisfied with the outcome of the art piece. You can be open to some suggestions as long as they serve your artistic vision. But you don’t want other people taking over your project otherwise why are you there.

That’s why you have to do the work to know every aspect of your own piece before you even put a team together. Think through as many details as you can & if you’re the type of person who ruminates you’ll probably just be thinking through it 24/7 anyways.

[redtapefriends]

not me crying at the last little monologue moment

[drjitters]

Fine finish from a compassionate human

[DavidLLambertmobile]

Big rule for film media producers: big or small; keep the talent 🎭 HAPPY. A shoot or set will go much more smooth if actors are well fed, relaxed, safe, secure ready to work in a stress free environment. Dont get actors mad 😠 or treat them like dirt. The quality of the film, content will show.

[MidgardEntertainment]

What he really means is that this is at a very independent film level. But still follow labor laws like lunch & breaks etc. He mentioned no "big entertainment lawyers" and/or Union regulations. Of course you have to be very observant to who you work with and the crew you hire at this very independent level.

[gnarthdarkanen]

I know it's occasionally difficult to see when I'm growing notoriety in every Great Wall of Text... BUT I think "Don't Rush" is possibly the wisest and hardest of these to keep solidly in mind.
It's easy when it's the hobby for the sake of the hobby... BUT when there's a contest and a prize that comes up and you can't help thinking, "Oooo... I could qualify for that... Serendipity!" OR when you're "closing in on the end" of the filming and the season comes around for a Film Festival, or an Annual Awards something-or-other... "Serendipity!" starts banging at the back of your head... THEN it's damn difficult to face those demons down, to shut them up, and just KEEP ON KEEPING ON... It's hard not to push for "just five more minutes" of edit... filler... clipping and splicing... JUST ONE MORE PER DAY...
BUT I check out a LOT of these smaller group projects, animators, storytellers... AND especially around "contest times" you can see it... RUSHED content looks RUSHED. Maybe it's the ubiquity of "forgetting some little thing" like he said in the vid'... I don't know, because it's often different from one film, animation, or short loop, or video... whatever to the next. BUT practically speaking with out fail... I can spot it. I can see it in the responses (where those are public threads) and I can see it in the work presented that earned those feedbacks...
Sure, "Everyone's a critic"... It's a valid sentiment. I think it stands... AND along with that, there's a lot of just "grief" that gets threaded under presentations as well... NOT all of it deserved... BUT when I read through a feed full of repetitive complaints... AND THEN I go back and re-watch... AND see that thing they're ALL talking about, I can usually sum it up in that horrible word... RUSHED...

SO... yeah, like he said... "IF the Distributor is giving you deadlines, you gotta meet 'em... BUT if you're thinking about just rushing up to make it into a festival or some chance for an award... You gotta balance that push for the rewards..."
AND it NEVER GETS EASY... The more you do get out the door, and the more recognition you can grow for it... well... The more "It just seems like you've been doing this TOO LONG not to have an 'X' Award by now..." is a phrase that echoes in your mind even when NOBODY is saying it. ;o)

[varunnaik]

Thanks you for doing this, this channel really helping me

[Felix-zr]

more great tips that I hope to use next year!

[c.k.mallick]

Awesome, can't believe more people didn't give it a 👍🏼 he's kept the purity often lost in the⭐️ world. Profound take on being a producer. Takes it all HIGHER✨✨✨💥💥💥 bravo

[luckyboypictures]

And visualize what the movie will look like, even before one shot is filmed.

[timmusician]

So, it’s just like owning a car. You want to make sure you have money budgeted to fix unexpected repairs.

It’s just like budgeting for your life.

[TheVeganButcher]

He looks like Garfield's owner Jon

[antdx]

Why cut him off on another good story?? What is this? Pay per minute?

[vwxpnlt]

Another INFP? Seems more like a heart person than a business-person. Great to know producers have such a passion for the art!

[qubaliclife]

It is so difficult to make a good movie nowadays.

[logicpolice]

He said a lot of words without actually saying anythingw