FPC – 115 The production file part 1

Lesson Plan Objectives (this will be broken up in two parts; part 1 (FPC 115) + part 2 (FPC 116)

Compiling a production file – what paperwork is important and why do we need this?
All administrative duties involved in planning a production – from start to finish
**as an assessment, students will be asked to put together a production file for a small shoot that will include all relevant documentation

Course Overview

Students will receive an overview of the various components and processes involved in the coordination of film productions (including commercials). The course aims to introduce students to the production processes involved as well as the role the production department in each of these processes including the ability to identify and understand all key crew roles on set and the various departments on set, set protocols and etiquette, a more in-depth introduction to the production department and reporting lines, an introduction to basic scheduling and budgeting, handling of monies and being able to conduct a petty cash reconciliation, introduction to booking procedures for locations, studios, gear and equipment as well as production insurances, crew and cast contracts, cast coordination, location scouting and agreements, facilitation of technical recces and gear check protocols.

Lesson Overview

As a production coordinator you will be required to do a lot of the administrative duties of the production, from start to finish. As part of this, it is important to keep track of all the paperwork involved and to “file” this accordingly. This can be done online as well by storing or importing important information and documents needed for the shoot in one place so that this can be located easily by all relevant production personnel.