Editing Tailspins & Tiki Gods:The Film Crew (section)

== THE BACK OFFICE ==

All of these people are relevant to the production, but are currently in Hollywood. (This doesn't include all the post-production people, but they're there, somewhere.) 

'''Executive Producer''':  Chris Sollenberger. Veteran of several films. Got this project greenlit, hired the screenwriters, etc.

'''Producer:''' Keith Parkinson
Raises funds, hires personnel, arranges for distributors. Overall quality-control man. He put this project up for Mr. Sollenberger’s approval. This is his first project, as a producer.

'''Line Producer:''' Charles Deasen. "Charlie" has the job of acting as a liason between the studio and the production manager. Responsible for managing the production budget. If things go over budget, he'll be the first to notice back home. 

'''Legal Counsel:''' Francis Wilkins. Handles contracts, licensing, immigration paperwork, and other legal minutiae.

'''Music Director''': Lucazs Chmelíček. Eastern European composer. Recently had to leave his home country for political reasons. First film. Has requested, if possible, that the sound crew return some recordings of "local rhythms" for use in the score.

'''Production Accountant:''' Harry Smilek, Sr.

'''Publicist:''' Maura Capwell

'''Screenwriters''': There’s been a whole [i]team[/i] of them. A regular bullpen. ''Tailspin'' was originally a novel, but who knows where the author of that might be?

'''Casting Director:'''  John Selway

“Johnny” reviews auditions and casts parts. He’s working an interesting angle with Tailspin: He’s managing to get character actors that would typically be well outside the picture’s budget on the promise of a relaxing tropical vacation with “just a little bit of shooting” tossed in. There's also some expectation that the field crew will find 'local talent' and put them to use as extras or bit players.

He actually got some trouble out of the way by agreeing to let a local bigwig (the mayor or governor or something) to be in the picture.