PRODUCTION VALUE
The European Scheduling & Budgeting Workshop
Why Production Value?
What is Production Value?
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Production Value is a 7-day residential workshop simulating the pre-preparations for 6 existing film projects and ultimately delivering professional budgets and shooting schedules.
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Working in teams of two, Junior Line Producers and Assistant-Directors from all over Europe are assigned real projects in development, brought to the workshop by Directors and Producers. The teams are coached by top-level European Line Producers and 1st Assistant-Directors, to ensure that, in the given circumstances and at the week’s end, they will have achieved the best budgets and schedules possible.
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Everybody — Juniors and Seniors alike — is assigned a project from other countries than their own. Directors and Producers play an important part of the process: they provide the main parameters of the projects, and join the workshop at the end to discuss the various concepts, options and results.
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Before the workshop starts, Juniors are expected to draft on their own a first budget or a first schedule, based on preliminary information provided by the Producers of the projects.
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The first 5 days are spent in reorienting or refining the options and entering the data for each project. Day 6 and 7 are devoted to the Directors’ and Producers’ visit, during which adjustments, presentation of results and evaluation take place.
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English is the working language. Every participant is equipped with the international industry-standard licences of EP Budgeting and EP Scheduling softwares.
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Information pertinent to working conditions for filming in each country involved in the projects is provided beforehand. Missing information is to be researched by the Juniors as part of the process.
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The seminar is completed with plenums dedicated to general topics related to Line Producing and Assistant-Directing, as well as case studies by the Seniors.
Through its project-based approach, the workshop is a unique occasion for:
- sharing experience with European colleagues
- acquiring knowledge from top-level Seniors
- enjoying brainstorming with Directors and Producers
- setting new standards for creative collaboration in the European film community
The Production Value Tutors
The Production Value Partners
Are you a Junior Assistant-Director?
Are you a Junior Line Producer?
Are you a Producer with a Project to Schedule & Budget?
→ Applying to Production Value 2011 — Open on August 1, 2010
Production Value 2009 Making-Of
Production Value 2008 Making-Of
Production Value 2007 Making-Of
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