Producer & Director Talk with Ryan Northcott

Producer & Director Talk with Ryan Northcott

Panoramic Media was founded by Ryan Northcott, award-winning producer and director born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. With over eight years experience in the production industry, Ryan has amassed dozens of screen credits, hundreds of hours of produced content, and a few awards and recognitions along the way.

So in 2020, Panoramic was born – a full service production agency based here in Alberta. As Ryan continues to produce high quality commercial, documentary and narrative content under this new brand, his long-term vision is to produce stories with heart and unique perspectives while helping put Alberta on the map for high-end film and digital content creation.

Description

Producers, directors, choreographers and professionals in related occupations oversee and control the technical and artistic aspects of film, television, video game, radio, dance and theatre productions. They are employed by film production companies, radio and television stations, video game companies, broadcast departments, advertising companies, sound recording studios, record production companies and dance companies. They may also be self-employed.

Job Forecast

In order to determine the expected outlook of an occupation, the magnitude of the difference between the projected total numbers of new job seekers and job openings over the whole projection period (2019-2028) is analyzed in conjunction with an assessment of labour market conditions in recent years. The intention is to determine if recent labour market conditions (surplus, balance or shortage) are expected to persist or change over the period 2019-2028. For instance, if the analysis of key labour market indicators suggests that the number of job seekers was insufficient to fill the job openings (a shortage of workers) in an occupational group in recent years, the projections are used to assess if this situation will continue over the projection period or if the occupation will move towards balanced conditions.

Over the 2016-2018 period, employment in this occupational group grew strongly. The unemployment rate increased slightly to reach 4.1% in 2018, below the national average of 5.8%. However, the unemployment rate for this occupation has been historically below the average of all occupations, mainly because about 60% of the workers are self-employed. The increase in the number of unemployed workers, coupled with a low and stable number of job openings, led to a surge in the number of available workers to fill those vacancies. The mixed signals of key labour market indicators suggests that the number of job seekers was sufficient to fill the job openings in this occupational group.

For Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations & Conductors, composers and arrangers, over the period 2019-2028, new job openings (arising from expansion demand and replacement demand) are expected to total 11,300 , while 11,500 new job seekers (arising from school leavers, immigration and mobility) are expected to be available to fill them.

Employment Requirements

A university degree or college diploma in the performing arts, broadcasting, journalism, business administration, theatre production or film studies and Experience in a technical or production occupation in motion pictures, broadcasting or theatre are usually required.

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