Learn how to become a Film Producer in two days. We will teach you all the key facts you need to all NOW is the time to make your feature film.
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.
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It’s rare for filmmakers to get a candid look at the books of someone else’s film but that’s exactly what you’ll get to read below.
If you want to know how to make your own feature film then join my course in Dublin on 7th & 8th Nov. www.filmproducersmasterclass.com
Full costs & income of a £1 million indie feature film
Grab a cup of tea – this is a long one. It’s rare for filmmakers to get a candid look at the books of someone else’s film but, thanks to the generosity of Marcus Markou, that’s exactly what you’ll get to read below. Papadopoulos & Sons is an independent feature film that tells the tale of an …
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To prep for my producing course in Dublin on 7th & 8th Nov I looked at what "low-budget" and "micro-budget" films cost.
What’s the average budget of a low or micro-budget film?
06 Sep 2015 Sticky Post By stephenfollows Permalink 6th September 2015 stephenfollows What’s the average budget of a low or micro-budget film? Sticky Post By stephenfollows On 6th September 2015 I am bringing my sell-out Producers’ Masterclass to Dublin on the 7th and 8th November 2015! It’s the ult…
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I am bringing my sell-out Producers’ Masterclass to Dublin on the 7th and 8th November. It’s the ultimate two-day crash course in how to make and sell your low budget feature film. www.filmproducersmasterclass.com/
To find out just how valuable producers are, here is some research I performed into Hollywood producers.
How many movie producers does a film need?
I looked at the producer credits on the highest grossing 100 films of each of the past 20 years, giving me a pool of 2,000 films to study. In summary
What are the highest grossing low-budget films?
In November I’m teaching a course in Dublin about low and micro budget feature films. In order to prepare, I looked in detail at all the data I could find on UK low-budget films (i.e budgeted under £1 million).
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