It has never been as easier to make a professional feature film as it is in 2016, and there are so many new ways to get your film sold and seen. In a jam-packed two-day crash course, expert producer Stephen Follows will take you through every step of the journey, from idea through to the seeing your creation on the big screen. Stephen teaches film producing at top film schools, to senior staff at
companies like Google and is an industry leader in film data and statistics. The Film Producer’s Masterclass is based on up-to-date hard data and case studies, ensuring that you’re making your film the smart way. We will cover…
• Strategy – What film to make, the state of the industry and building a personal plan.
• Script – Finding a script, securing the rights, hiring writers and development.
• Finance – The types of film financing, where to find investors and how to structure your deals.
• Pre-Production – Budgeting, scheduling, casing, crewing and planning your shoot.
• Production – Shooting your film, managing your cast and crew and avoiding/dealing with disasters.
• Post-Production – Editing, sound posts production, visual effects, music and delivery.
• Distribution – Getting your film distributed, sold and seen.
• Beyond – Making your second film, creating a slate of films and building a career as a filmmaker. And the course doesn’t stop helping you once you leave. All students will receive a huge pack with a trove of templates, production documents and examples. These are designed to deepen your understanding of feature filmmaking and give you a head start in making your next feature film. These include…
• Writers – Contracts for hiring a writer, for buying a screenplay and for adapting an existing material
• Finance – Investor agreement, financing packs, business plans and recoupment schedules.
• Budgets – Budget templates, examples from real films and details of all line items.
• Cast – Contracts for ‘big name’ cast, for the majority of your cast and for extras / background artists.
• Crew – Contracts, going rates of pay (UK rates) and hierarchy of a film crew.
• Shoot paperwork – Call sheet, movement order, schedule, scene report, day out of day, risk assessment.
• Post-Production – Music cue sheet, composer contract, music sync license and spec sheets for current post production practises.
• Sales and Distribution – Sales agent agreement, distribution agreement, deliverables list and chain of title.
