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What a Screenwriter Needs to Know About… Production Budgets

July 31, 2016 by Deb

Writing and money… am I serious? In the collaborative spirit of the film industry… yes. I’ve taken a moment (ok, 4 min and 45 sec) to highlight a few things that writers should know about production budgets, because… well… when you write a movie, the script is not not going to be the story’s final […]

Filed Under: Budgets, FILM, INK, Management, What a Writer Needs to Know

What’s It Good For? The P.O. (Purchase Order)

July 21, 2016 by Deb

The P.O. (purchase order) scores its own column in the cost report. Lucky, eh? In a collection of columns, the cost report summarizes what’s been spent and what is yet to be spent, so you may wonder…  since purchase ordered goods and services are not yet actually paid, why not clump those costs into the […]

Filed Under: FILM, Management, What's It Good For? Tagged With: cost reports, credit cards, managing money

Christmas Bills vs Production Bills

January 5, 2016 by Deb

Bills, bills! Who likes bills? Hang on… I know! The Production Coordinator during wrap week! Yup! Wrap week is the only time I’ve found myself near-pleading with suppliers to hurry up and send me the invoice so we can pay it before the production office closes at the end of the week. Strange business life, […]

Filed Under: FILM, Fun, Management

Ciné Surfer: Happy Public Domain Birthday To You

December 20, 2015 by Deb

The song that was – suprising to many – NOT in the public domain is now in the public domain?!? Wow. Here’s a great article from The Daily Signal that talks about the change of status: http://dailysignal.com/2015/10/01/why-the-happy-birthday-songs-copyright-has-finally-been-ruled-invalid/ Remember, though, that the rights we’re talking about here are the publishing rights (the right to use the […]

Filed Under: Ciné Surfer, FILM, Management Tagged With: Industry News, music, pm101

In the Movie, Not the Book: Hermione’s Obliviate

November 12, 2015 by Deb

So frequently we say and hear “I liked the movie, but the book better.” Here’s a case where I think the movie was different to the book – neither better than the other… just different. And it really works. Book and movie spoiler alert! In the book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows… Hermione reveals […]

Filed Under: FILM, INK, Management

The Critical Path = The Story On Screen

October 29, 2015 by Deb

You may say that business folk and creative folk are opposites, but there are concepts that both use… just with different vocabulary. In business project management, it’s important to schedule a project considering the “critical path” – the minimum steps in the most condensed order to ensure the project will be completed (on time and […]

Filed Under: FILM, Management Tagged With: scheduling

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