Assistant Producer, Local Production, Japan

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Primary purpose of the job:

As an Assistant Producer of Japan Local Production, responsibility for providing this function in connection with Warner's local language film production activities in Japan

Key Responsibilities:

Overall responsibility for the development and production of selected local language feature films in Japan, including: 

Evaluating / Developing Period

• Sourcing or generating original concepts or concepts adapted from existing literary materials for development into feature motion pictures
• Preparing English creative package and development cost breakdown for submitting Development GL request to region team and home office
• Preparing Japanese creative package to submit to original rights holder, anticipated director, writer, talent agency, and potential co-investors
• Reviewing scripts (both adapted and original), treatments, novels and other literary materials and the supervision of writers composing such works for projects whenever necessary
• Revising and commenting upon concepts in development for feature motion pictures such as giving input on plot, character and dialogue issues whenever necessary
• Preparing milestone calendar to keep control of the timing to request official production GL request to region team and home office
• Coordinating with Production Company re: asking producers to submit budget breakdown, production schedule, explaining production guideline, etc.

After prod GL / Preproduction Period

• Coordinating with Production Company to reconfirm budget, production schedule, shooting locations, production guideline, film spec, postproduction studio, deliverables, etc.
• Attending preproduction meetings (both internal and external) whenever necessary
• Coordinating with internal departments (video, TV, CP, DD, etc.)  and provide necessary Project information

Production Period

• Attending shooting whenever necessary
• Keeping  track of daily progress reports, translating them to submit to region team and home office
• Coordinating set visits for WB executives, theatrical exhibitors, etc.
• Confirming postproduction schedule with Production Company including recruited audience screenings, film delivery timing, etc.

Postproduction Period

• Coordinating with Producers, research team of Group Marketing, and sales team to organize recruited audience screenings, and translating results to share with film creators
• Organizing end roll credits and billing
• Coordinating with Production company to organize answer print screening
• Coordinating with Production Company to reconfirm deliverables, and making sure all necessary deliverables are in place for final payment to Production Company

After delivery/until release of Film

• Coordinating with marketing team if there is merchandising such as novelization, comicalization, original soundtrack, etc.
• Organizing English subtitled screener including checking subtitles, with assistance from Tech Ops
• Assisting in marketing events such as press conferences, premieres, etc.

After Film release/ other routine works

• Coordinating with video team for video distribution
• Coordinating with TV team for TV broadcast
• Coordinating with overseas sales agent (or region team/Home Office) for international exploitation
• Coordinating with third parties re: distributing stills/footages for exploitation (other than promotional use after video has been released)
• Preparing agenda for weekly LP Meetings

JOB-RELATED QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

Education:                  BA/BS degree or equivalent required

Languages:            Fluent level of spoken / written English as well as in Japanese.

Work Experience:  A minimum of 2 years of production assisting experience and know-how in Japanese feature film production working ‘in-house’ for a distribution led co-production/financier.

Licenses or Certificates

                               N/A

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