104830 - PRODUCTION COORDINATION FOR FICTION

Subject type: Optional

Coordinator: Jorge Oter Gonzalez

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 4

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 4

• Catalan

The subject will be taught mainly in Catalan and the work materials will be in Catalan and Spanish.

There may be working papers in English.

Production coordination for audiovisual works of fiction is a subject dedicated to training professionals capable of being the axis between the production department and the administrative tasks of the production company, as well as providing support for the financial part of the project.

It will introduce the fundamental concepts to understand the labor, fiscal and legal relationship that surrounds a fiction production, such as a series or a film. It will delve into obtaining the knowledge to understand the working documents of a production, to obtain the tools to develop oneself independently in each production and will acquire skills to work on communication and management of the human team of an audiovisual project.
 

The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free of sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, either towards students or towards teachers. We trust that together we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer prejudice from others. 

T1. Organization chart of the audiovisual sector

This content works on the organizational chart of the audiovisual sector in a work of fiction, deepening the relationship between the figure of production coordination and the different forms of communication with the teams.

1.1 Audiovisual organizational chart

1.2 Different types of production: changes to the organization chart.

T2. Shooting documents

This content works the existing shooting documents for the development of a shooting and how they interact with the coordination and accounting departments.

2.1 Filming schedule

2.2 Filming Order

2.3 Shooting plan

2.4 DOOD

2.5 Transport Order

T3. The legality of an audiovisual project

Through this content we will learn the different regulations that surround the profession, as well as understand the application of the laws.

3.1 Collective agreements

3.2 Types of employment contracts

3.3 Employment regimes

Q4. Mobility management

Through this content, the organization of travel and accommodation for the technical and artistic team for the development of a production will be worked on.

4.1 Mobility calendars of the technical and artistic team

4.2 Conditions of the artistic and technical team

4.3 Management with and without a travel agency

4.4 Rooming list

4.5 MO - Movement orders

4.6 Sustainability

T5. labor

Through this content and applying the learnings achieved in T3, we will learn the necessary tools to bring to an end the labor contracts and the labor status of the workers.

5.1 Team list and artistic team list

5.2 Appointment and termination calendars

5.3 Memo Deals and recruitment forms

5.4 Payroll management

5.5 Actors and representatives

5.6 Figuration

5.7 Minors

5.8 Management of overtime, holidays, diets and others.

5.9 Payrolls and labor costs

T6. Coordination with the accounting department

In this content, all the elements that together with the accounting department support the financial part of the project will be worked on. 

6.1 Suppliers: recruitment and commercial contracts. 

6.2 Representatives of actors

6.3 Basic taxation

6.4 Liquidations and cash control

6.5 PO - Purchase Orders

T7. Closure of coordination

In this content, the form and materials that are presented at the end of a production will be worked on.

7.1 Credits

7.2 Definitive team list
 

Production coordination practices 

The practices dedicated to production coordination will be aimed at applying all the concepts learned theoretically. The aim of the internships is to encourage autonomy in order to have individual tools and abilities to generate adaptable work documents for each production we work on. 

The practical part of the subject will consist of teaching the basics of the Microsoft Excel program applied to audiovisuals.

All the practices will have a part of analysis of real examples, which will have been previously held in the theoretical classes and through the practices the tools and connections to apply and develop will be provided.

The evaluation of the subject is continuous and is based on practical and theoretical work:

- Final exam: 50%

- Final individual practical work to achieve skills: 50%

Practical work will consist of 20% of the class work evaluation (monitoring tests) and 30% of the final submission.

Rules for evaluation

The subject has a very important theoretical part that must be completed in order to pass the subject.

To be able to average, the exam must be passed with a minimum grade of 5,00 out of 10,00.

Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's assessment regulations. If signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship.

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION:

• If final exam grade >=5: Final grade = 50% Exam grade and 50% final practice grade
• If final exam grade <5: Final grade = Final exam grade

AFTER RECOVERY:

• If final exam grade >=5: Final grade = 50% Exam grade and 50% final practice grade
• If final exam grade <5: Final grade = Final exam grade

They cannot be recovered. the grades of the final practice or the follow-up tests.

Active participation in class is considered absolutely necessary and will be taken into consideration to favor the rounding of the subject's final grade.
 

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Martínez Abadía, José & Fernández Díez, Federico. (2013). Handbook of the audiovisual producer. UOC Publishing.

Subirós, Pau. (2015). The accidental producer. anagram

Pardo, Alejandro (2003). The craft of producing films: The Puttnam Style. Ariel.

Pardo, Alejandro (2014). Fundamentals of production and management of audiovisual projects. Editions University of Navarra.