Class Production

At the beginning of our classes notions will be transmitted of various types of producers, notions that will be paramount on the production of cinematographic work. Students will study the different services, as well as their differences with regard to a cinematographic work and also the definition of various types of procedures concerning the projects already implemented in a professional context, in order to create awareness of producer’s point of view.

Therefore, it is intended to provide the students with knowledge about how the film production sector works as well as the operation of the different jobs and teams in the respective fields. The difference between sponsors, co-producers and supports will also be addressed.

A practical exercise will be presented consisting in the preparation of the project presentation dossier which will address the different phases of production.

1-Notions of Production

-What is Production

-Definition and structure of Production

-Positions and Functions

-Definition of values of Production

-Production in Animation

2-Notions of Production Practices

-Elaboration of maps of Production

-Schedules of Production Animation

-Preparation of Maps of Work

-Elaboration of Breakdown

-Preparation of detailed Budget

3-Definition of the stages of production

-Development

-Pre-production

-Production

-Post-production

-Promotion

-Distribution/Display

4-Models of Financial Assembly

-Independent Production

-Co-production

-Executive Production

-Delegated Production

5-Supports and Systems of Production

-Definition of the European Production System

-Definition of the American Production System

-Supports

-Institutions

-Applications

-Subsidies

The provided methodologies point to favour the practical component of the work, and the proposed objective is that students feel able to present their structured "ideas" about what they may want to create in the future. Students will thus be able to structure a cinematographic project - presentation of a project.

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LEVY, D. & LEVY, D.B. (2009). Animation Development: From Pitch to Production. New York: Allworth Press.

LORD, P. & SIBLEY, B. (2004). Cracking Animation. London: Thames & Hudson. (cota: AV/137-BC ULHT 32701).

MILIC, L. & McCONVILLE, Y. (2006). The Animation Producer's Handbook. Maidenhead, Berkshire: Open University Press.

SIMON, M. (2003). Producing Independent 2D Character Animation. Amsterdam: Focal Press.

SHAW, S. (2004). Stop motion : craft skills for model animation. Amsterdam: Focal Press. (cota: AV/405-BC ULHT 26067).

SULLIVAN, K., et. al (2008). Ideas for the animated short : finding and building stories. Amsterdam: Focal Press. (cota: AV/593-BC ULHT 31705).

WINDER, C. e DOWLATABAD, Z. (2001). Producing Animation, Burlington: Focal Press.