Directing & Producing for Television: How the Partnership Works

Director Patrick Cady, ASC and producer Jamie Boscardin Martin (Bosch, Bosch: Legacy, Ballard) show how directors and producers plan, solve problems and keep a television series running at the highest level.

Description
In this on-demand episode from StudentFilmmakers Academy, director Patrick Cady, ASC and producer Jamie Boscardin Martin take you inside one of the most important partnerships in television. Drawing on their work together on Bosch, Bosch: Legacy and Ballard, they cover how a director preps an episode, what a producer is responsible for, and how the two work together from the shot list to the shooting day. Includes a 20-question quiz to test what you’ve learned.

What Will I Learn?

• How directors and producers divide responsibilities on a TV series
• How an episode is prepped, from script to shot list
• How block shooting and scheduling decisions are made
• How producers keep a production on track and on budget
• How to work effectively with a producer as a director