Participants will be taught the time-saving facilities of EP Movie Magic Budgeting, the industry's most widely used budgeting software. This will enable them to compile their budget in the most effective way and allow them to quickly and confidently modify their work when required. The training sessions will utilise and provide considerable background information to put the practical use of the software clearly into perspective. Participants will be allocated a computer each, which will have EP Movie Magic Budgeting downloaded and ready to use. Areas covered during this training include:

• Overview of EP Movie Magic Budgeting
• Introduction to Budgeting
• Setting-up your Budget format
• Exercise in Globals and Fringes
• Budgeting Principles and Practices

Participants will be taught the time-saving facilities of EP Movie Magic Scheduling, the industry's most widely used scheduling software. This will enable them to compile their schedules in the most effective way and allow them to quickly and confidently modify their work when required. The training sessions will utilise and provide considerable background information to put the practical use of the software clearly into perspective. Participants will be allocated a computer each, which will have EP Movie Magic Scheduling downloaded and ready to use. Areas covered during this training include:

• Overview of EP Movie Magic Scheduling
• Introduction to Scheduling
• Marking-up a Script
• Inputting Information
• Scheduling Procedures
• Reporting

As part of an initiative to deliver targeted training interventions for production personnel and crew, Screen Training Ireland is scheduling a number of production-related evening seminars in 2014 that will enable crew to come together and discuss industry developments and issues, and hear from top production talent on a host of practical and creative issues including legal and contractual issues, HR and career development, core production skills, and masterclasses with international HODs.

This second Production Club evening will explore cost reporting – the interactive session will discuss the key cost reporting elements including:

• Introduction to cost reporting
• Approaches to adapting the elements to meet the unique requirements of individual films
• A detailed examination of a real example cost report
• Q & A