Our two-day intensive Producer workshops are done in 3 phases to fit the
schedule of the working professional or the full time student who wish to learn about
all aspects of being a film producer from the creative aspect to the business component of producing a film.

      Producers have the hardest job in the business. They are the ringmasters of
the production and multi-tasking should be second nature to them.

      The producer’s job begins before any one else’s and ends after any one else’s. 
It involves long exhaustive, sometimes thankless hours, but is also the most rewarding because at the end of the day, when all of the production work, hiring, shooting, editing, screening, and finding a distribution home for your project is done, you know that you made it happen. It was your insight that found that great screenplay, the creative director, the talented cast, and the right crew to forge your project into the masterpiece that it is.

      At Academy of Film Arts, you will learn from numerous class lectures and hands-on workshops to refine the skills you have in you to be a producer.

Course One

Students will study:

1. 
   Finding the screenplay
   Understanding Genres and the marketplace
   Developing the full film package
   Getting a Director on Board your project
   Financing the film – Creating a prospectus, locating Investors
   Other Funding sources – pre-selling your film
   Working with the Director – Is his/her vision yours?
   Budgeting – get hands-on experience working on a film budget
   Breaking the script down into breakdown sheets
   Scheduling – creating shot lists
   Locations – scouting and cost

In course one, the two-day intensive Producer course students receive the following:

1. 
   School Badge
   Academy of Film Arts Hat
   Study/Reference Materials

The cost of Course One of the two-day Producer course is $295.00.

Course Dates:

February – 10^th & 11^th

Or

March – 10^th & 11^th

Course Two

      The job of the producer is non-stop from finding that great screenplay to getting it on the screen. The producer of a film wears many hats but a great one only carries the title of Producer. He/she is the one everyone turns to for answers when things are going wrong. The producer must know what is happening on the set at all times. He/she must make sure that all of the departments are in sync with each other and that the course of the production is always moving forward and staying
within the budget.

      At Academy of Film Arts, we immerse the student in learning by doing. Students will not only attend lectures given by our faculty who are always working on projects in the industry, they will work on the budgets, contracts, and forms that are needed to make a production happen and run smoothly.

In course two, students will study:

1. 
   Pre-production
   Budgeting – get hands-on experience working on a film budget
   Breaking down the script into breakdown sheets
   Scheduling – work on scheduling the shoot
   Daily Production reports – what they are and the importance of
   Contracts
   Casting Directors – Casting your project with principal players and extras
   Insurance
   Completion Bonds
   Hiring your crew
   Union vs. non-Union
   Guilds
   Acquiring Permits
   Props
   Wardrobe
   Production – the ins and outs of what to prepare for
   Where to film – Domestic vs. International
   Preparation – whatever can happen, will happen

In course two, the two-day intensive Producer course students receive the following:

1. 
   School Badge
   Study/Reference Materials

The cost of Course Two of the two-day Producer course is $295.00.

Course Dates:

February – 17^th & 18^th

Or

March – 17^th & 18^th

Course Three

      In the final series of our Producer courses, students will learn what happens when the camera stops rolling. The Producers job doesn’t end on cut or at the wrap party. The next phase of the producer’s job is just as important if not more so than the first two. Now all of the footage that was shot has to go through editing to get the final print audiences will see.

At Academy of Film Arts, you will study all of the nuances that take the
film from the final shot to the big screen.

In course three, students will study:

1. 
   Post Production
   Working with the U.P.M. and Production accountant
   Working with the Director and Film Editor
   Working with Sound and Music
   Artwork for your film
   Distribution
   How to find a distributor that’s right for you
   Domestic distribution
   International distribution
   Marketing
   Film Festivals

Upon completion of Course Three of the 2-day intensive Producer course, students receive the following:

1. 
   School Badge
   Academy of Film Arts T- Shirt
   Study/Reference Materials
   Academy of Film Arts Course Completion Certificate
   One-Year subscription to MovieMaker Magazine

The cost of Course Three of the two-day Producer course is $295.00.

Course Dates:

February – 24^th & 25^th

Or

March – 24^th & 25^th

Producer One-Week Course

The Producer One-Week course is similar to the Producer weekend series except it is taught over a five (5) day period, Monday - Friday. This is an intensive immersion course where students will work a minimum of eight (8) hours per day as they study the fine art of producing a film.

The cost of the One-Week Producer course is $850.00

Students of the One-Week Producer course will upon completion of course receive:

1. 
   School Badge
   Academy of Film Arts T- Shirt
   Study/Reference Materials
   Academy of Film Arts Course Completion Certificate
   One-Year subscription to MovieMaker Magazine
   
   
   

Producer class schedules:

Class Dates:

January – 15^th & 19^th

Or

February – 19^th & 23^rd

Or

March – 12^th & 16^rd