The movie producer in his memo has made certain requests which rely heavily on unsubstantiated claims being made. No doubt, a number of assumptions have been made to further his/her point of increasing the funding by 10% in order to deliver a quality product. The most basic assumption in itself is that an increase in funding is necessary to ensure a quality movie. There are many aspects to a movie which contribute to its quality like acting, storyline, etc but an assumption on the causal relationship of funding and quality is being made. It can very well be the case that inspite of increasing the funding by 10% the movie still ends up being a subpar quality product.
The producer further makes an assumption regarding the working style of the diretor on board. Since the director comes from the advertising business, it is assumed that his work style is wasteful. The statement that the advertising business is wasteful is a liberal assumption itself. But to further assume that the working style of the movie's director will also be wasteful is also far fetched. The director, while directing the movie, might change his work style to suit the demands of the movie industry. In case this assumption of the producer is proven false then the request for 10% additional funding would be entirely unnecessary. The movie might be finished with the available funding itself.
The producer also assumes that the inexperienced assistant directors and producers which have been hired to work on the project would be necessary inefficient and will resultantly cost the project more money. Firstly there is an assumption that the relative inexperience will translate to longer time required to arrange sets. Even if this assumption is proven correct there is the further assumption that the actors and unionized crew will have to wait for such arrangments to be made and therefore will have to be paid overtime. This whole argument is based on various assumptions, even one of which proven to be false will make the whole argument void. If the relative inexperience does give rise to delayed arrangements on set it is not necessary that the actors and crew have to work overtime, the arrangments can be so scheduled beforehand so that nobody has to work overtime and zero waiting time is accrued. Also, it is assumed that even if overtime has to be paid it much more than the money saved on hiring the relatively inexperience staff on board. If this assumption is proven false then again the demand for increase in funds will not have its thrust.
All in all, the move producer's demand for 10% increase is based on a number of assumptions regarding the possible problems which might be encountered once the filming begins. Most of the problems ennumerated arise out of the expected ineffciency and wasteful methods of the director or assistant director and producers. This assumptions can either prove right or wrong. But in case they prove wrong then the increase in funding is absolutely frivolous. In any case the increase in funding does not necessarily assure a quality product.
The
movie
producer
in his memo has made certain requests which rely
heavily
on unsubstantiated claims
being made
. No doubt, a number of
assumptions
have
been made
to
further
his/her point of increasing the
funding
by 10% in order to deliver a
quality
product. The most basic
assumption
in itself is that an
increase
in
funding
is necessary to ensure a
quality
movie
. There are
many
aspects to a
movie
which contribute to its
quality
like acting, storyline, etc
but
an
assumption
on the causal relationship of
funding
and
quality
is
being made
. It can
very
well be the case that
inspite
of increasing the
funding
by 10% the
movie
still
ends up being a subpar
quality
product.
The
producer
further
makes
an
assumption
regarding the working
style
of the
diretor
on board. Since the
director
comes
from the advertising business, it
is assumed
that his
work
style
is
wasteful
. The statement that the advertising business is
wasteful
is a liberal
assumption
itself.
But
to
further
assume that the working
style
of the movie's
director
will
also
be
wasteful
is
also
far fetched
. The
director
, while directing the
movie
, might
change
his
work
style
to suit the demands of the
movie
industry. In case this
assumption
of the
producer
is
proven
false then the request for 10% additional
funding
would be
entirely
unnecessary. The
movie
might
be finished
with the available
funding
itself.
The
producer
also
assumes that the inexperienced assistant
directors
and
producers
which have
been hired
to
work
on the project would be necessary inefficient and will
resultantly
cost the project more money.
Firstly
there is an
assumption
that the relative inexperience will translate to longer time required to arrange sets. Even if this
assumption
is
proven
correct there is the
further
assumption
that the actors and unionized crew will
have to
wait for such
arrangments
to
be made
and
therefore
will
have to
be paid
overtime. This whole argument
is based
on various
assumptions
, even one of which
proven
to be false will
make
the whole argument void. If the relative inexperience does give rise to delayed arrangements on set it is not necessary that the actors and crew
have to
work
overtime, the
arrangments
can be
so
scheduled beforehand
so
that nobody
has to
work
overtime and zero waiting time
is accrued
.
Also
, it
is assumed
that even if overtime
has to
be paid
it much more than the money saved on hiring the
relatively
inexperience staff on board. If this
assumption
is
proven
false then again the demand for
increase
in funds will not have its thrust.
All in all, the
move
producer's demand for 10%
increase
is based
on a number of
assumptions
regarding the possible problems which might
be encountered
once the filming
begins
. Most of the problems
ennumerated
arise out of the
expected
ineffciency
and
wasteful
methods of the
director
or assistant
director
and
producers
.
This
assumptions
can either prove right or
wrong
.
But
in case they prove
wrong
then the
increase
in
funding
is
absolutely
frivolous. In any case the
increase
in
funding
does not
necessarily
assure a
quality
product.