Screen Business Essentials: Navigating Growth – Following our highly successful 2-day Screen Business Essentials course in October, Screen Business Essentials: Navigating Growth, held in conjunction with the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), is back to provide a practical, real-world guide to provide early to mid-career producers with a deep dive into option and co-development agreement deal terms plus finance plans and recoupment waterfalls for feature film and long-form scripted TV.
Legal and finance decisions made at the very beginning of a project will impact the life of the project for many years—even decades—to come. Knowing your rights and being well-informed and strategic is essential to ensuring maximum returns on both a creative and financial level.
Key course takeaways include:
- Explore key deal terms and considerations when optioning a project.
 - Analyse the structure of a co-development agreement.
 - Develop strategies for protecting your investment and partnering for success.
 - Learn the strategy behind creating a finance plan for a $5M feature film and a 6 x 1hr TV series.
 - Identify current buyers in the marketplace and what sort of deals they are doing.
 - Understand the expectations of equity investors and what they will receive in return.
 - Master the complexities of recoupment waterfalls.
 - Learn how to make informed decisions when it comes to navigating superannuation and your own financial security.
 
DATE & VENUE DETAILS
Date: Thursday, 14 Nov 2024
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm AEDT
Venue: Online
Discounted SPA Members price: $250  |  Early Bird Non-Members price: $405 
 
*SPA members should email brad.taylor@screenproducers.org.au info to receive a discount code*  
*Early Bird Non-Member pricing ends 11:59pm AEDT, Friday, 25 Oct 2024*
*Enrolment cut off for Screen Business Essentials: Navigating Growth is
12:00pm AEDT, Wednesday, 13 Nov 2024*  
| SPEAKERS | 
  ANDY BARCLAYSPA Manager, Business and Legal Affairs  |   CHRIS CHOWCreative Lawyers Managing Director  |   EMMA FITZSIMONSPrincess Pictures Managing Director  | 
  REBECCA HARDMANSee-Saw Films Head of Legal & Business Affairs Australia  |   EMMA MADISONScreenrights Head of Commercial & Industry Services  |   ROBBIE MILESAFTRS Head of Industry and Alumni Engagement  | 
  STEVEN SMITHMedia Super Senior Stakeholder Liaison & Education Specialist – Workplace Services  | 
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 ANDY BARCLAY
 CHRIS CHOW
 EMMA FITZSIMONS
 REBECCA HARDMAN
 EMMA MADISON
 ROBBIE MILES
 STEVEN SMITH


