PRE-PRODUCTION; JERRY BRUCKHEIMER

Jerry Bruckheimer is a very famous film and TV producer. He is nicknames 'Mr Blockbuster' because of his immense success in producing extremely famous and finically successful blockbuster movies. Overall his films have earned over 13 billion pounds, as he helped to launch the careers of many famous actors and directors. In terms of TV, he is best known for producing all of the different CSI series that are still currently airing. Furthermore, in terms of TV he is known for producing many different film franchises, such as the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Bad Boys and National Treasure.

He worked and had a long term partnership with the Disney production company. This is where films such as all of the Pirates of the Caribbeans, National Treasure and The Prince of Persia were created. These films helped to prove Bruckheimer's worth as one of the most lucrative film producers ever. he was also known to collaborate with Michael Bay many times, a director who is also known for his big blockbuster movies. In addition to this, in more recent times Bruckheimer has moved away from the Disney production company's to work with others such as Paramount and Screen Gems. After watching an interview of his, he explained that he wanted to try different genres and different scripts. He wanted to step away from the traditional franchises he was doing with Disney and create something new and different. His first being horror film Deliver Us from Evil with Screen Gems in 2014, which equally was a success bringing in near 90 million dollars. In terms of his future works he is producing a Bad Boys revival, as well as some new Sci-Fi films with Paramount.

3 Tips from Bruckheimer's work -
1) Place an immense importance on forming contacts within the industry. He started out making films with his director friend Don Simpson. Simpson was known as 'Mr Inside' because of the contacts he had in the entertainment industry, whereas Bruckheimer was known as 'Mr Outside' because of his filmmaking experience. The amalgamation of the twos skills and experience is what made them such a successful pair.
2) Keep asking - no matter how many no's you receive this is an industry that you have to keep going and going with until you get what you want, Bruckheimer originally worked in advertising before giving up and pursing a career in TV.
3) As a producer - only do what you're good at, and find other people to do the stuff that you're not. Bruckheimer once said he was interested in acting, however because he knew he wasn't very good at it, he moved onto producing because that was where his skills lie best.

Notes from Interviews with Bruckheimer
-The biggest challenge in producing any film, is creating the characters and making sure you know the themes that are going to flow throughout and has meaning, because they are the most important
-Give your cast creative freedom to expand further than the role you create, it builds rapport between you as a producer with your cast
-Being a producer is a lot about SELLING, you have to sell yourself to the cast and crew to get them to come onboard, as well as selling to a studio

Bruckheimer is the most successful producer that I have researched, I think the most important thing I can take away from his work, is that he produces things he likes. The way in which he chooses what films he will create, is based on his opinion and whether he likes it or not. I can see this in my work already, as when I am producing a scene I may not like it because the location will not feel right, or the characters do not flow together. Bruckheimer notes that you have much more interest and passion in a creating a film if you really like it, in turn this will help massively to make the film a success.