Economic Tools in Practice 1

Subject guarantor:

Luboš VÁLA

Name of lecturer(s):

Luboš VÁLA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students are acquainted with the use of accounting tools in executing work as executive producer focusing on the implementation of a feature film, especially distribution of feature films

Mode of study:

Introduction to film production history and film organization.

Defining activities for discussion introduced during instruction.

Introduction to student viewpoints and analysis of appropriate and inappropriate variants, outlining of reasons for inappropriate variants.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Presumed is a good basic bearing in economic concepts such as: expenses, investment, money flows, depreciation, VAT and the like.

Knowledge of basic AVD production technology, its procedures from the screenplay to the premier.

Ability to analyse a screenplay focusing on cirtical places for production and from an organization and cost point of view.

Basic overview and legal awareness of copyright, the labor code, civil code and commercial law.

Recommended optional programme components:

Žádné další nepovinné vzdělávací složky.

Course contents:

1/ Introduction - Introduction to the course, links to other course, view of history.

2/ Economic content of production: main economic functions: financing investment and economic managment

3/ Economic attributes of a project: types of projects, script and the course of its generation, historical periods, environments, seasons, casting, crew.

4/ Requirements for creating a production plan, economic risks of a plan, relationship of the plan to calculations

5/ The budget as an economic calculation, types of budgets, quality of materials.

6/ Reserves and risks in calculations

7/ Calculation negotiations, resolving conflict points, measure of risk of individual decisions.

8/ Profit in calculations

9/ Commercial significance of calculations for negotiating project price, establishing project prices, types of implementations

10/ Execution for a fixed established cost, measure if risk of this approach

11/ Execution through invoicing costs, advantages, risks and disadvantages.

12/ Conclusion, assessing the semester, student assessment.

Lecturer : Luboš Vála

Contact : 602 931 073 lubosvala@punkfilm.cz

Office hours : by appointment

Recommended or required reading:

Service contract copies, situation examples, shooting plan example. Budget examples

Professional program equipment EPS and EPB

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Assessment methods and criteria:

Full attendance at lectues is not required because the covered material may be covered in practical activities.

The ability level of a student at a higher institute of education to present their knowledge and viewpoints in issues related to the lecture material in the exam period. It is possible to expect and request open discussions over the questions posed and conflict of opinions about the issues.

Course web page:

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Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri	místnost 334 Učebna KP (Lažanský palác) VÁLA L. 16:30–18:05 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Fri	16:30–18:05	VÁLA L.	Učebna KP Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Production - Bachelor (qualification subject)