Portal
Financing and risk management in film production
Brief description
Basics of risk management and financing
Strategic and operative controlling
Film funding based on the value chain (development – production – exploitation)
Essential instruments of planning, controlling and coordination.
Mode of delivery
face to face
Type
compulsory
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Script.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, examples, on-site teaching, distance learning.
Assessment methods and criteria
Final written exam (70%)
Content criteria: degree of problem determination and problem characterisation
Formal criteria: completeness of answers, linguistic expression, autonomy of result presentation
Continuous assessment (30%): Individual and group work und presentation including evaluated partial exams, active contributions in the course, complexity of solutions with regards to professional competence and methodical expertise, quality of presentation.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None.
Infos
Degree programme
Produktionsmanagement Film-, TV- und Streaming
Cycle
Bachelor
ECTS Credits
3.00
Language of instruction
German
Curriculum
Full-Time
Academic year
2023
Semester
3 WS
Incoming
No
Learning outcome
After successful completion of the course, the students can
correctly explain and use the technical terms (risk, uncertainty, investment, financing, cost accounting, etc)
explain the difference between operative and strategic controlling
allocate special controlling instruments in film productions with regards to the planning, controlling and coordination assignments and describe their fields of application, strengths and weaknesses
apply individual instruments based on examples and case studies, interpret the results and if necessary, recommend controlling measures
- ffer an overview of the Austrian film industry and the effects of film funding (commissions, automatic fundings, reference film funding, incentives, etc.)
Course code
1702-23-01-VZ-DE-29