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Supervise the making of films

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskSend the revised script pages to the director, lead actors, and script supervisor for review by…+
Send the revised script pages to the director, lead actors, and script supervisor for review by end of day, confirming they've received them and flagging any immediate concerns.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore the next production meeting, help me identify the most critical path items that are…+
Before the next production meeting, help me identify the most critical path items that are currently off-track. Highlight anything that could push our release date, and suggest two alternative solutions for each.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentOur key investor just called, expressing concern about the film's tone after seeing the rough…+
Our key investor just called, expressing concern about the film's tone after seeing the rough cut.
Our key investor just called, expressing concern about the film's tone after seeing the rough cut, saying it's 'too dark.' The director is convinced it's perfect. I'm afraid of losing funding or forcing creative changes that will alienate the director. What's the likely impact on the project and my best next move to bridge this gap without alienating either party?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI'm constantly getting blindsided by budget overruns on small, unexpected items like prop…+
I keep getting blindsided by budget overruns on small, unexpected items.
I'm constantly getting blindsided by budget overruns on small, unexpected items like prop rentals or last-minute catering changes. It's hard to track every little thing, but these add up and make me look unprepared to the studio. What habit could I change to better anticipate and track these smaller, creeping costs before they become a problem?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Asana's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.