{"product_id":"introduction-to-movie-magic-learn-to-budget-like-a-pro","title":"Introduction to Movie Magic: Learn to Budget Like a Pro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: teal;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/admin.stage32.com\/vendor\/moxiemanager\/data\/uploads\/15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"158\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eAny producer can tell you just how much goes into creating a budget for a film. Layer after layer, projection after projection, contingency after contingency, it’s always an incredibly difficult, incredibly fragile, and incredibly intricate document that take an immense amount of work and care to put together. And with so many elements involved, it’s just too big and specialized for a program like Excel to handle. There is a reason why nearly every studio, producer, accountant and unit production manager utilizes Movie Magic Budgeting to write budgets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you are in the position where you have been asked to create a budget, Movie Magic is absolutely essential. It is the easiest and cleanest budgeting program and can handle anything from shorts to multi-cam and single camera series to full features. It is both simple and deeply complex as you start getting into the minutiae of everything it can do. Yet a solid understanding of how to operate Movie Magic is a powerful tool in the arsenal of those looking to move up into management on either the show or studio level and might be a requirement for those looking to find success in their producing career.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRami Rank is a leading and sought-after producer with credits on shows including Amazon's GOLIATH, Showtime’s DEXTER, SWINGTOWN on CBS, HELP ME and HELP YOU on ABC, as well as features such as the remake of APRIL FOOL'S DAY. \u003c\/strong\u003eBeginning his career working on indie features as a Production Coordinator, Production Manager and Line Producer, Rami later joined \u003cstrong\u003eUniversal Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e where in addition to helping manage the Backlot and Stage Operations he also ran \u003cstrong\u003eUVS-1,\u003c\/strong\u003e Universal’s Virtual Production business. Since then, he returned to production and continues to put together high profile films and series.\u003cem\u003e Through his storied career, Rami has become intimately familiar with the inner workings of Movie Magic Budgeting and set to share what he knows\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eexclusively with the Stage 32 community.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRami will give a full walkthrough of how to successfully use the Movie Magic Budgeting (MMB) software to put together a budget for your own film or series.\u003c\/strong\u003e He will begin by giving an overview of what the budget will look like on MMB, including the\u003cstrong\u003e top sheet, the accounts, details, helpful shortcut keys\u003c\/strong\u003e, and understanding what \u003cstrong\u003eamt, units, x, cur, \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003erate\u003c\/strong\u003e mean. Next he will talk you through \u003cstrong\u003ehow to set up a budget from scratch\u003c\/strong\u003e, including how to \u003cstrong\u003echoose the right template\u003c\/strong\u003e, input budget info, and set up your header and footer. Rami will teach you how to \u003cstrong\u003eset up and use different units\u003c\/strong\u003e and will then delve into \u003cstrong\u003eglobals\u003c\/strong\u003e, explaining what they are and how to create them. He’ll to through global groups, applying globals and changing globals. Then he will discuss \u003cstrong\u003efringes\u003c\/strong\u003e, explaining what they are in the context of MMB, and go over \u003cstrong\u003epercentage fringes, flat rate fringes, applying and removing fringes, and setting the fringe account\u003c\/strong\u003e. He will also explain \u003cstrong\u003ehow groups work on MMB,\u003c\/strong\u003e why they are important, how to create them yourself, and how to turn them on and off. Next Rami will explain \u003cstrong\u003ehow to use the currency function\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ehow to set up and build contractual fees\u003c\/strong\u003e. Finally Rami will break down additional basic functions of MMB including p\u003cstrong\u003eagination, recalculation, and printing and PDF conversion\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003eMovie Magic Budgeting can be an intimidating software, but Rami will give you an accessible and actionable walkthrough so you can have the tools and confidence to build your own budget with it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRami will be operating from \u003cstrong\u003eMovie Magic's Version 7.7, the Legacy version\u003c\/strong\u003e of its budgeting software, which is also the version that most professional producers currently use.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003ePraise for Rami's Stage 32 Webinar:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It was great, good presenter, very experienced, good communication\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Paul B.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Terrific host, valuable content.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Mark M.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Rami was great. He was entertaining, and showed he knew what he was teaching. Webinar flowed well and was engaging for the whole timeframe\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Nicholas B.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Very helpful, good overview of the software\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Angie L.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: teal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/admin.stage32.com\/vendor\/moxiemanager\/data\/uploads\/18_11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"158\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stage 32","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48055995269427,"sku":"","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/7728\/4659\/files\/image_65c5a4afe2d0e.jpg?v=1707451570","url":"https:\/\/stage32.myshopify.com\/products\/introduction-to-movie-magic-learn-to-budget-like-a-pro","provider":"Stage 32","version":"1.0","type":"link"}