Oct 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th - Scheduling & Budgeting - EP/Movie Magic

Time: Thursday eves in October (7th, 14th, 21st, 28th) 6-9pm

Venue: Edinburgh Skillset Screen & Media Academy 2A Merchiston Ave Edinburgh EH10 4NU

Fees:  £300 (£240 conc)

 

To book a place on the course please complete the booking form below and email to info [at] screenacademyscotland [dot] ac [dot] uk

 

Working on a contemporary short drama written by Ian Rankin, you will learn how to break down a script, make your own scheduling board, use EP/Movie Magic and how to budget. Ideal for new producers, production managers, production coordinators, production assistants and A.Ds. Course tutor is Production Manager Susie Brown.

 

Susie Brown has worked in production in the production of film and television industry since 1983.

In 1985 she was invited to work with film director, screenwriter, playwright and poet, John McGrath at Freeway Films, where she undertook project management, development and commissioning for clients including BBC, Channel Four and PolyGram. Although becoming freelance in 1992, Susie continued to work with John until his death in 2002. Major screen credits, during this time included The Dressmaker, (Joan Plowright and Billie Whitelaw) Carrington, (Jonathan Pryce and Emma Thompson) Ma Vie En Rose, Aberdeen (Stellan Skaarsgard, Lena Headey, Ian Hart)

Susie has managed budgets ranging frombetween £5k to £2 million covering drama, factual, documentary and shorts genres, working for Channel 4, BBC and Working Title. She also worked for many years for Scottish Screen assessing drama projects for funding.

In 2000 Susie joined Ideal World Productions in Glasgow where she production managed the first seven series (60+ programmes) of the hugely successful property buying show Location, Location, Location, and its spin-off series, Relocation, Relocation. Latterly Head of Production, Susie also managed several documentary and entertainment projects during this time. 

Throughout her career she has trained production staff through the successful NETS courses, and has held many training courses on budgeting and scheduling for Scottish Screen, Skillset and Edinburgh Napier University.

She is currently working on development for various projects, as well as guest lecturing in Production at the Screen Academy Edinburgh Napier University.