Movie Magic Budgeting & Scheduling

Movie Magic Scheduling (MMS) and Movie Magic Budgeting (MMB) are the industry standard scheduling and budgeting softwares used by producers, production managers and assistant directors and production accountants industry wide.  Learn these in-demand skills at NOVAC’s upcoming 2-day seminar sponsored by Entertainment Partners and with support from Film New Orleans and the City of New Orleans Office of Cultural Economy.  If you are not a current NOVAC member, register at the New NOVAC Member price which includes a year-long NOVAC basic Membership. Read below for more on both programs. Participants in the class will also receive a deep discount towards their own copy of Movie Magic Software!

 

Movie Magic Budgeting (MMB) is the industry standard software for accurate and comprehensive production budget estimation. During this course, you will learn how to input your projected production costs down to the most detailed level and come away with the strongest estimated budget possible.

WHEN: Sunday, June 15 from 10 AM – 3 PM
REGISTER TODAY:  Current NOVAC Members $100, New NOVAC Members $155 *See below to register for both classes.

MMB TOPICS INCLUDE

  • Navigation tools which allow you to move through different budget layers
  • Entering cost data from labor rates to contractual charges
  • Globals, which allow the user to quickly modify entire budgets in a single keystroke.
  • Calculating fringes, fringe cut-offs and how they affect labor totals
  • Organizing budget components
  • Grouping to budget qualified spend for tax incentives
  • Reporting
  • And more…

Learning how to craft the strongest estimated budget possible for your production is one of the keys to a successful project. This class will give you the foundation and tools needed to start estimating your production costs in the most widely used software available, Movie Magic Budgeting.

 

 

 

COMING IN JULY 

Movie Magic Scheduling (MMS) is the industry standard scheduling software used by producers, production managers and assistant directors industry wide. The once complicated and tedious process of converting a script into a working schedule has never been more efficient using MMS. During our four hour class, an Entertainment Partners instructor will demonstrate step-by-step, how to take your script from element entry to report printing.

WHEN: NOVAC will offer this class in July at TBD.
REGISTER TODAY: Current NOVAC Member $100, New NOVAC Member $155 *See below to register for both classes.

MMS TOPICS INCLUDE

  • Inputing fully-lined scripts into the breakdown sheet.
  • Setting up schedules and calendar
  • Arranging and rearranging scene strips to achieve optimal production scheduling
  • Design and modify reports
  • Report layouts including: Day out of Days and On Line Shooting Schedules
  • And more…

The lessons learned during this course will be invaluable. Not only will you have a strong command of how to navigate and use the software but you will understand how it is applicable in the ever changing world of production.

PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A COUPON CODE TOWARDS THEIR MOVIE MAGIC PURCHASE.

 

WITH SUPPORT FROM

CityofNOGREY

 

 

 

 

 

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