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Movie Magic Budgeting
FILM TV X 479.088
Delve into the industry standard producing software Movie Magic and explore how to effectively create real production budgets, schedules, and other organizational procedures necessary for physical production
Draft a successful budget based on different parameters for a production
Obtain a practical understanding of the budgeting and producing process
About this course:
For production managers, producers, corporate finance personnel and production accounting professionals, this course provides you with a practical understanding of the budgeting process, including how to use Movie Magic Budgeting, a budgeting software application. You prepare a movie-of-the-week budget based on information that typically would be available during pre-production, including a script, day-out-of-days, one-line schedule, shooting schedule, departmental budgets and other hypothetical parameters. This is not an introduction to production course.
Prerequisites
Students must purchase the latest version of Movie Magic Budgeting software.
Remote Instruction sessions begin July 30. Starting June 23, students may book online consultations with the instructor. Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after June 30, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
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