Indie Filmmaking: Schedule & Budget Seminar for Producers, Writers, Directors, Actors, Production Designers and Everyone interested in making a film.
Budget & Scheduling Independent Films- Demystifying the Process- is a two-day intensive workshop in Los Angeles for HIGHLY-MOTIVATED FILMMAKERS.
LEARN FROM INDIE FILM LINE PRODUCER/ DGA UPM, MICHAEL TARZIAN, WHO HAS OVER 15-YEARS EXPERIENCE IN FILM PRODUCTION.
* Understand how to read and navigate a budget from the top sheet to detail page.
* Break down a film script
* Input the elements into a breakdown sheet
* Create a strip-board shooting schedule (which you will need to create an accurate budget)
* How to set up budget accounts
* Determine how much money you will need in each category
* Learn how to account for the elements and labor needed to complete your film
* How to deal with being "flipped" by the unions
* How much the guilds/unions charge
* How much insurance you’ll need
* What rates to pay crew?
* Tricks on saving money
* PRODUCERS- you will be able to explain how the investor’s money will be spent
* LINE PRODUCERS/UPM's- learn how to setup a budget and track expenses.
* DIRECTORS- this workshop will help you understand how to spend the money as creatively as possible to get your vision on screen
* WRITERS- you will understand how to write a budget friendly script that will help fast track it into production
* ACTORS- learn how to plan and budget your own film to star in.
* DEPARTMENT HEADS- this workshop will help you understand how to create a budget for your department.
...And much more!
Guest Speakers:
Greg Liegey (Visual FX Supervisor of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, I Am Legend, Watchmen) will be coming to personally advise you how to budget and plan visual effects.
Tony Snegoff (Stunt Coordinator of 24, Batman Forever, Malcolm in the Middle, Lethal Weapon 4 and many more hit shows & movies) will be coming to personally advise you how to plan for stunts.
Get your projects advanced and see return profits! All it requires is education. The time is NOW to make your movie.
Go to www.indiefilmseminars.com to book a seminar.
