Class Management and Research for Audiovisual Production

The aim of this practical workshop is to enable students to adopt a strategic and creative vision when preparing and carrying out projects through collaborative work on specific cases. 
Students begin by analyzing projects from the perspective of creative production in order to find the best way to exploit the specific potential of each project. The analysis also involves understanding the various roles in the production sector, from producer to assistant, as well as the various more practical or administrative roles in project management. In the course, students are involved in all stages of production, from pre-production, with project analysis, planning, budgeting and team formation and management, to shooting and post-production.

Module 1 - Production organization and management: from concept to production / Marta Vaz Sousa

1 - Conception and idealization - the points of view of production

2 - The audiovisual production process. The team: functions, roles and skills

3 - Evaluating and presenting an idea: key aspects of pitching

4 - Project management: schedule and activities

5 - PM: planning and budgeting. Cost bases. Financing

Module 2 - Executive production / Andreia Nunes

1 - Script reading with those responsible for each department

2 - PM: Needs and making the most of resources in a work plan

3 - GP: Budget analysis and funding sources

4 - GP: Analysis of project specifics, decors and casting

5 - GP: Analysis of project specifics, decors and casting

6 - Technical reperage / Production logistics

7 - Shooting supervision

Module 3 - From deproduction to distribution / Marta Vaz Sousa

1 - GP - analysis of productions. Post-production

2 - GP - preparing final pitching and distribution

Mentoring of the work to be carried out by the students during the pre-production, shooting and editing of a short series. 
Assessment: result of the work carried out, according to the following criteria: 
- pre-production documents and class presentations (50%) 
- performance of the role during production (20%) 
- result of the finished film (20%) 
- final self-assessment report to be submitted individually (10%).

• Cury, Ivan (2011) Directing and Producing for Television: A Format Approach. Oxford: Fourth Edition, Focal Press.
• Millerson, Gerald e Owens, Jim (2012). Television Production. Oxford. Focal Press.  
• Zettl, Herbert (2012). Television Production Handbook. Boston:  Wadsworth Series in Broadcast and Production.