PRODUCTION VALUE
The European Scheduling & Budgeting Workshop
Why Production Value?
What is Production Value?
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Are you a Junior Assistant-Director?
Are you a Junior Line Producer?
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In the European film industry, Production Managers have had a longstanding influence on the quality of films, since it is they who manage the financial means provided by the Producers. Since there is no standard way to produce films in Europe, nor any standard costs, the Production Manager’s ability to handle a more-than often tight budget and to meet nevertheless the creative requirements often makes a big difference for the Director and all his Heads of Departments.
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In recent years, the position of Line Producer has grown in importance, not only due to increasing budgets and complex post-production schedules but mainly to the fact that the actual management of financial resources has become another job than raising them.
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If most Line Producers have been Production Managers for years, not all Production Managers will succeed in performing as Line Producers, due to the special skills necessary associate to this demanding position.
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Production Value aims at helping experienced Production Managers to make the step towards line producing, developing a creative approach to the challenge of spending the budget allocated to them to the film’s full advantage.
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If you are a Production Manager or a young Line Producer and you have chosen this path for your career, then Production Value is the place for you to make a significant step forward in the understanding of your position. You will be tutored by respected Senior Line Producers and will meet fellow colleagues from all over Europe.
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As Junior Line Producer, you will be assigned a real film project to budget according to certain parameters. You will team up with a Junior Assistant Director in charge of scheduling the film. At each step of the process, you will be tutored by your Senior Line Producer.
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You are expected to draw up a first draft of the budget after New Year’s Eve, based on the first schedule by the Junior 1st AD assigned to the same project. You must allow at least 3-5 days to work on the project before actually starting the workshop. You will be equipped with the latest version of EP Budgeting software.
Your main benefits of taking part to Production Value are:
- Positioning yourself in the creative process
- Methodology leading to comprehensive budgeting
- Improvement of skills related to budgeting
- Enhanced interaction ability at co-production level
- Awareness of human resources management
- Networking with European fellow colleagues
- Mastery of international software programs
The typical profiles of the Junior Line Producers we are looking for are:
- Professional Production Managers who have held this position of on feature films or TV movies at least twice, mostly on national productions.
- Professional Young Line Producers who have held this position at least once.
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At Production Value, we aim to challenge the tasks and duties of the Line Producers, so that they can significantly improve the quality of European films. Apply now if you share our vision!
Are you a Producer with a Project to Schedule & Budget?
→ Applying to Production Value 2011 — Open on August 1, 2010
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