Summary
Learn from Maura Anderson, an award-winning Line Producer celebrated for her work on acclaimed films and series like the Academy Award-nominated Winter’s Bone, Would You Rather, and Suit Up. Maura is also an Emmy nominee!
Most people don’t know the scope of what a Line Producer actually does. How does one make a budget? What goes into it? How do you devise a realistic plan to shoot a movie and how do you seamlessly make it happen? Maybe you’ve managed to finish one movie, but how do you repeat that over and over? Do I really need a real budget for my $100k film? (Hint: the answer is Yes!)
Every project, whether it's a movie, a TV show or web series - or even reality TV works - off the same basic blueprint. You need a script, a schedule, a budget, and lastly someone with a plan to manage all the elements you need to shoot, from cast and crew to locations and equipment. This person is the Line Producer.
Maura Anderson is an award winning Line Producer who has worked on films and TV series such as Academy Award nominated Winter’s Bone, Would You Rather, and Suit Up. She's the former EVP of Production for Indigenous Media, a next generation digital studio focused on producing original content for digital and emerging platforms worldwide. Having filmed in many places and situations, from the Ozark Mountains to the Alaskan Tundra, and with budgets ranging from $30k to $10M, Maura discusses everything from the minuscule details to the broader strokes of making a film.
In this Stage 32 On-Demand Webinar, Maura will take an in depth look at all the steps a line producer takes from script stage to years after the film is made. Using materials from actual films, she’ll discuss how a script is turned into a schedule and a budget. You’ll learn how to build out your team and how you can create long lasting relationships. You’ll also learn the basics of setting up a film’s infrastructure. Lastly she’ll look at enacting the brilliant plan that you came up with and what that looks like in terms of prep, shooting and wrap.
Plus! You will receive:
- Examples of: schedules, budgets, wrap binders, etc. all from films Maura has worked on!
PRAISE FOR MAURA'S TEACHINGS:
"Seriously one of the best webinars on the whole site. Absolutely fantastic, informative, and easy to follow. Maura gets 5, no 20 stars from me!"
-Steph G.
What You'll Learn
- Script
- Breaking down the blueprint
- Schedule
- How to create a realistic plan
- Budget
- Creating the document that will be your Bible
- Building Your Team
- Building your crew, how and where to find them
- Vendor Relationships
- Building long lasting relationships
- Setting Up A Film’s Infrastructure
- From setting up the LLC to tax rebates
- Prep
- Good prep is the key to a smooth shoot, what does that entail?
- On Set
- What do you do once you’re shooting?
- Wrap
- Wrap binders and how to tie it all up
- Post Shoot
- The months and years after a project
- Conclusion
- What Maura has learned during her time as a LP
- Q&A with Maura
Who Should Attend
All levels of screenwriters (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn all the steps a line producer takes from script stage to years after the film is made.
All levels of directors (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn all the steps a line producer takes from script stage to years after the film is made.
Producers (advanced, intermediate and beginner) who want to learn all the steps a line producer takes from script stage to years after the film is made.
Actors who want to learn all the steps a line producer takes from script stage to years after the film is made.
Executive
Maura Anderson has worked in independent film production for almost 2 decades. After training as an actor at the School for Film and Television, she began work at New York based Gigantic Pictures (Goodbye Solo, Dare) handling everything from clearances to casting.
She left Gigantic a year later to freelance, working as a production coordinator, location manager, production manager and line producer. She has since production managed Academy Award nominated Winter’s Bone, Berlin's best first feature winner On The Ice, Max Winkler's Ceremony starring Uma Thurman and Night Catches Us in competition at Sundance.
She produced Would You Rather, which was acquired by IFC Midnight and premiered in North America and she also began work for Fox Digital as a line producer working on Wolfpack Of Reseda.
She line produced Bad Samaritans produced by Walt Becker and produced two seasons of the web series Suit Up for Fox Digital which played across the internet on Yahoo, Crackle, College humor and later on DirecTV's audience network. It was for this she won an award for producing from LA Webfest.
She began work as a producer for Wigs (www.watchwigs.com), a YouTube channel conceived by Jon Avnet (Black Swan, Fried Green Tomatoes) & Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs, HBO's In Treatment) and partnered with Fox Broadcasting.
She later worked as the EVP Production for Indigenous Media, a next generation digital studio focused on producing original content for digital and emerging platforms worldwide, as well as developing and operating multi-platform content brands. She just wrapped production on her directorial feature debut, Heartland (www.heartlandthefilm.com) which premiered at SXSW.