Film and Television Contracts (London)
How to successfully contract your film and television project from development to distribution
Sat 11th September 2010 and Sun 12th September 2010 | 10:30 – 16:30
London
- Film and Television Contracts (London)
Stock Available: 10
Workshop Objectives
By the end of the course the participant will have a coherent overview of all the relevant contracts they will need for a film and television project, with the key deal points to be negotiated.
Who Should Attend
Producers, Writers, Directors, Production Managers, Line Producers, Production Executives, Development Executives, Agents and anybody who wants to ensure that they get their deals effectively negotiated and contractually covered.
Workshop Overview
The course will take you through all the agreements that you will need during the course of making a film/television production – from Optioning to Development to Production to Sales and Distribution. Agreements to be covered include:
- Optioning scripts
- Writers Agreements
- Development Finance
- Production Finance
- Crew
- Cast
- Location
- Extras Release
- Interviewees
- Presenter
- Clearance
- Sales
- Distribution
The fundamental aspects of each agreement will be clearly explained, as well as the important negotiation points that you need to be aware of.
Key negotiation skills and tactics will be outlined.
Sample contracts provided on a CD-Rom for future use.
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
“Very informative – I would attend another course. Thank you very much.”
“A fantastic course. Great Teacher, very very high quality. Great content, very commercial and practical – excellent.”
“Friendly and approachable trainer. A good range of film knowledge. Flexible training style, and good responding to questioning from the floor.”
Suggested other courses
International Co-production – link to this course
Producing Base – link to this course
Setting Up and Running a Production Company – link to this course
Budgeting and Scheduling – link to this course
Line Producing & Production Mangement Base - link to this course
Pitching & Packaging – link to this course
Film and Television Contracts – £235
Dates: Sat 11th September 2010 and Sun 12th September 2010 | 10:30 – 16:30
Location: London
Stock Available: 10
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.

