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Online Seminars - Hands-On Instructions

Filmmaking taught by industry professionals.
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BUDGETING - BASIC INTRODUCTION – $75
This is a course for beginners. It covers WHY budgets are essential, WHAT a budget does for filmmakers and how it HELPS your production. The class outlines the structure of a basic budget and shows how to get started. Basic Budgeting is the course to take before starting your first budget. Course includes complete PDF. Two hours
No Classes are currently scheduled.
BUDGETING - PRODUCTION PRO BUDGET – $75
From basic startup to advanced uses of the film industry’s lowest-cost, most full-featured budgeting program. The program is PC only (sorry, there is no Mac version). Class members can purchase a fully-registered copy of the program for $50 – half off the retail price. Two hours. Classes available on request only.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
BUDGETING PROGRAMS: HOW TO PICK THE BEST – $75
Practical budgeting introduced through the use of over twenty current programs (including spreadsheets and paper). Advanced techniques are shown using a wide variety of programs. This is the course to take before buying your first budgeting program. Course includes complete class PDF. Two hours
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BUDGETING with AXIUM – $100
Getting the most from an orphaned budgeting program.  If you're lucky enough to own it, you'll find this version newly updated with power and flexibility tucked into a highly-functional user interface.  This class includes coverage of enhanced multi-budget (and scenario) comparisons (for greater "what-if" analysis), super-templates and the ability to import and export Movie Magic budgets. Two hours.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
BUDGETING with EP BUDGETING - Beginner to Intermediate – $100

The standard Hollywood studio budgeting program. (Based on Movie Magic, but entirely new.) Learn to work with its basic structure; learn to take control of its most advanced features; learn how to deliver "smarter" budgets. Two hours.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
BUDGETING with EP BUDGETING - Intermediate to Advanced – $100
The standard Hollywood studio budgeting program. (Based on Movie Magic, but entirely new.) Learn to work with its basic structure; learn to take control of its most advanced features; learn how to deliver "smarter" budgets. Two hours.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
BUDGETING with GORILLA BUDGETING – $75
Basic introduction to scheduling and budgeting with Gorilla, the indie favorite. This two-hour seminar is taught by Gorilla expert (and beta tester), David A. Maisel (Dancing Cat Productions) using the latest update (v4.5).  The course explores the tools and techniques users need to start working with this complex, multifaceted, indie standard.  Extensive Q&A after the session.  Two Hours
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BUDGETING with MOVIE MAGIC (to v5.7) – $100
The film industry’s standard budgeting program, from basics to advanced use. Still in wide use by filmmakers and Hollywood studios, v5.7 is the last Movie Magic update. This material was originally developed and delivered at Media Services in New York. Course includes complete PDF manual. Two hours.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
BUDGETING with SHOWBIZ BUDGETING – $100
Getting the most out of the film industry's most adaptable budgeting program. Change the look and feel instantly, from budgeting commercials to features to TV episodics. All with full implementation of actualization, vendor lists and petty cash tracking. Two hours. Classes available on request only.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
BUDGETS: HOW TO MAKE THEM – $100
Hands-on and How-to, from the script breakdown to the creation of a budget.  Where do the costs come from?  What's the Chart of Accounts?  What are Fringes and Globals and Groups?  This seminar provides extensive details on every line in a budget plus techniques to make smarter budgets for better productions.  Two Hours
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BUSINESS PLANS - MAKING THEM EFFECTIVE & KEEPIING THEM LEGAL – $150
The real substance of a business plan and how it gets there. This is a step by step guide to planning and writing an effective (and legal) business, marketing & fund-raising plan. This course won’t do the work for you, but it will show you how the work has to be done. Course includes a complete PDF of the class, business plan Table of Contents and 13MB of support materials.  Three hours.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
RIGHTING ROTTEN RÉSUMÉS – $50
Resumes can help you get work. Or make sure you lose every job. The way resumes are written, even the way they're delivered can make all the difference. Learn what producers look for. And what they hate to find.  One hour.  Classes available on request only.
No Classes are currently scheduled.
SCRIPT BREAKDOWN & SCHEDULING – $100
The process of "breaking down" the script - isolating the elements like props, sets, action, even the time of day. Elements are separated by scene, each entered into a separate page. Classes discuss techniques for manual scheduling and using a major scheduling program. Seven dangers to avoid.  Seven rules to better schedules. Complex, intensive, hands-on. Two hours.
No Classes are currently scheduled.