H68.2007.901   Studio   2 Credits

This course introduces professional production management that provides the student with the information and practice of managing the making of a feature film or long form television show.  Film and television production has many more requirements than simply securing a camera, stock, and actors and this course will explore those management elements.  We will examine the structure of the crew and the collaborative responsibilities of crew members, the legal issues of permits, insurance, rights, clearances and permissions; Screen Actor guild and similar global agencies requirements, the management of the production including scheduling, budgeting, transportation, and the production’s responsibilities to cast and crew.  Students will learn to use industry standard software EP scheduling and Budgeting.  Each student will be required to prepare a production book for his or her shoot by the end of the class that will include a final marked script, script breakdown pages, shooting schedule, budget, cast, crew and location lists.