Budgeting and Scheduling (London)
Demystifying how to effectively budget and schedule a feature film.
Sat 13th Nov 2010 and Sun 14th Nov 2010 | 10:30 – 16:30
London
- Budgeting and Scheduling (London)
Stock Available: 12
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the course the participant will be able to schedule and budget a project for both raising film finance and to efficiently manage the shoot.
Who Should Attend
Anyone who is thinking of producing a feature film, production managers, production co-ordinators, assistant directors and filmmakers.
Workshop Overview
Budgeting and Scheduling is a crucial part of the filmmaking process, both for raising the money and for managing your shoot. This course is designed to guide you through the process, so that you get it right and you don’t run out of money and time.
- Key scheduling and budgeting techniques
- Fundamental questions to ask yourself/client before budgeting & scheduling the feature film
- What to consider when budgeting and scheduling
- How long will it take and how much it will cost?
- How to make it work on the budget you have!
- How much money do you really need?
- Cash vs. Deferred budgets
- What format to use – the Film vs. HD debate
- Post-production and delivery
- How to use your schedule to then budget your film
- Budgeting & scheduling terminology explained
- Introduction to the various scheduling reports, e.g. day out of days, one-line schedule and shooting schedules
- Important things to consider when breaking down a script (using breakdown sheets) in preparation for scheduling
- How to save a shoot which is going wrong
- Introduction to the various budgeting reports, e.g. topsheet, fringes and globals
- Key things to consider when budgeting a feature film such as: Equity/non-equity rates, wage rates, BECTU, holiday pay, national insurance, minimum wages/volunteers, VAT, contingency, insurance, completion bonds and financing costs
This is an interactive course where the participants will apply the scheduling knowledge they have learnt by scheduling a short film in groups, followed by an evaluation and discussion of the different approaches each group has taken to schedule the short film.
A CD-Rom will be given to each student with handouts, sample schedules and budgets, shot list etc.
Tutors Biography
Rebecca Knapp is a BAFTA nominated and award-winning film and television producer, who has lecturing in film and television production for the past seven years.
What people are saying
“A very instructive, informative and illuminating course. Delivered by a first-rate tutor and excellent value for money. Will recommend it.”
“This course was fabulous; I really enjoyed it and got a lot from it. Well worth the money”
“Extremely informative and detailed course. Even with some of the experience I have it was exactly what I needed, you can never know too much. Fantastic tutor, looking forward to doing another of Rebecca’s courses soon.”
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Pitching & Packaging – link to this course
Budgeting and Scheduling – £235
Dates: Sat 13th Nov 2010 and Sun 14th Nov 2010 | 10:30 – 16:30
Location: London
Stock Available: 12
Bursaries
All UK applicants may be eligible to apply for a Skillset bursary for all Vision courses.
Please go to http://www.skillset.org/funding/ for more information.
All Scottish applicants may be eligible to apply for a Skillset bursary for all Vision courses.
Please go to http://www.skillset.org/uk/scotland/trainingfund/ for more information.
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