Advanced Budgets & Schedules (with Movie Magic) - TFT00058H
- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module summary
This optional module will build on students' second-year learning about budgets and scheduling and offer highly specialist teaching in the management of time and money across the screen industries. The module will be built around training in Movie Magic software, the industry standard, for budgeting and scheduling screen projects, experience of which is a highly sought-after professional skill. The module will also explore the construction of finance packages for production, distribution, pre-sales and rights allocation, and the management of complex workflows.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
This module aims to:
Advance your knowledge of screen production scheduling and financing to near professional standards
Provide you with practical training in industry standard budgeting and scheduling software
Explore advanced financial concepts including raising production funding (commercial and public), pre-sales strategies, distribution deals, co-production. and rights acqusition
Explore the management of production workflows across complex screen content projects/
Module learning outcomes
At the end of this module students will be
Familiar with the use and application of industry standard budgeting and scheduling software - currently Movie Magic.
Able to scope out viable financial strategies for funding screen projects
Able to scope out viable scheduling and workflow strategies for complex screen projects
Familiar with key industrial funding procedures including distribution deals, pre-sales, rights acquisition and co-production.
Familiar with financial procedures across a variety of screen sectors, and funding bodies
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 80 |
| Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 20 |
Special assessment rules
None
Additional assessment information
Formative work will be embedded in seminars and workshops
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 80 |
| Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 20 |
Module feedback
Feedback on written work within four weeks as per university regulations. Verbal feedback on the presentation will be near-immediate to facilitate work on the written summative
Indicative reading
Mark Litwak Contracts for the Film and Television Industry (Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2012)
Ralph S. Singleton, Film Scheduling (Los Angeles: Eagle, 1991)
Harold Vogel, Entertainment Industry Economics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Philip Alberstat, The Insider's Guide to Film Finance (Oxford: Focal Press, 2004)
Leonel Bentley, Intellectual Property Law (Oxford: OUP, 2018)
Association for Project Management, Planning Scheduling Monitoring and Control (Kindle: 2015)