Production

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  • 33 lesson series
  • Certificate of completion
  • 10 hours, 12 minutes of video

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The lessons

  • Managing the Production Office

    Learn how to scout, negotiate, prepare, and manage a production office when shooting on location.
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  • Managing the Budget

    Once you receive money from an investor or client, lean how to manage the money throughout the project to ensure completion.
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  • Common Expenses

    Learn how to manage common budget expenses, including meal penalties, mileage, petty cash, kit fees, and per diem.
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  • Insurance

    Learn how to insure your production against liabilities and costs incurred from accidents, the types of insurance you’ll need, where you can buy production insurance, the costs of insuring a production, cast insurance, film and video tape insurance, equipment insurance, and E&O insurance. 
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  • Hiring the Crew

    Learn how to hire an experienced crew, work with above the line vs, below the line, union vs. non-union crew members, manage pay or play deals, work with independent contractors and employees, address personal conflicts on set, and ultimately assemble the most talented professionals for your project.
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  • Hiring People

    Learn the process of hiring people, differences between employees and independent contractors, above vs below-the line, union, vs, non-union hires, and how to fire people.
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  • Paying People

    Learn how to manage payment to cast and crew, employees vs contractors, loan outs, and payroll.
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  • How to Use a Crew Deal Memo

    Lean how to use a Crew Deal Memo.
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  • Working with Vendors

    Learn to find qualified vendors in your shooting area, manage relationships with vendors, the financial workflow from purchase orders to invoices, and tips to making sure you get the resources you need on set.
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  • Unions and Guilds

    Learn how the unions function, the benefits for members, the key unions: IATSE, DGA, SAG, and WGA, the differences in hiring union and non-union crew, how productions flip, and how to shoot in a “Right-to-Work” state.
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  • Working with SAG/AFTRA

    Learn how SAG functions, the ramifications of the SAG-AFTRA merger, how signatories work, how the Taft-Hartley act admits new members into SAG-AFTRA, and the benefits and drawbacks of Financial Core.  Be prepared when working with SAG-AFTRA actors on your production.
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  • Beginning Pre-Production

    Once the script is complete, learn the overview of the process of prepping the project to go to camera.
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  • Breaking Down the Script

    Learn to properly break down the script,  line the script, techniques for breaking down each scene, how to use scene breakdown forms, and how assistant directors and line producers should manage the breakdowns from other departments on the project. 
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  • Scheduling the Production

    Learn to determine the number of shooting days needed to shoot your film, how to determine the shooting order, manage day and night shoots, account for turnaround time, and the benefits of shooting consecutive shooting days.
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  • Scheduling the Day

    Learn how to schedule company moves, meal breaks, learn the productivity arc of a shooting crew, how to work with the director’ shot list, skills for managing a shoot running over schedule, how to generate a one-line schedule, and how to create call sheets.
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  • How to Create a Call Sheet

    Learn how to create and distribute a call sheet.
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  • How to Use a Daily Production Report

    Learn how to use the Daily Production Report
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  • Budgeting

    Learn to create an accurate budget, tricks to reducing the budget if you’re running over, how to plan for contingencies, how to manage crew expectations, and how to go into production knowing you’ll have the money to finish.
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  • Location Scouting

    Learn how to scout locations and work with local resources to find the best possible environment for your movie
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  • Working with Location Owners

     Learn how to work with location owners, negotiate location agreements and deal with problems.
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  • How to Use a Location Agreement

    Learn how to use a location agreement when shooting on location.
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  • How to Use a Location Release

    Learn how to use a Location Release form when shooting on location.
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  • Film Permits

    Learn when you need a filming permit and how to obtain one
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  • Location Tech Scouting

    Learn how to properly scout a location, what to look for and how to prep it for your shoot.
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  • Crew Structures

    Learn the various types of crews and the positions usually hired for small, medium, and large productions.
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  • The Line Producer

    Learn the duties and responsibiltiies of the line producer, both on and off the set.
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  • The Unit Production Manager

    Learn the duties and responsibilities of the Unit Production Manager, both on and off the screen.
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  • Production Coordinator

    Learn the duties and responsibilities of the Production Coordinator both on and off the set.
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  • Production Assistants

    Learn the duties, responsibilities, and expectations of production assistants on set.
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  • A Day On Set

    Learn what happens on a typical shooting day on a movie set.
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  • Proper Set Etiquette and Behavior

    Learn the unspoken rules of how to behave on a movie set.
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  • Working with Difficult Personalities

    Hollywood verteran Casey Slade has worked with everyone from A-list celebrities to new filmmakers, and shares some keen insight on how to deal with egos in the film industry.
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  • Walkie Talkie Etiquette

    Learn how to properly use walkie talkies on set.
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