Pillango Productions · Online course
Film Producer Fundamentals
An introduction to filmmaking — from the producer's chair.
Course date to be announced
- StartsTo be announced
- FormatOnline, live
- Sessions5, every other Saturday
- Group sizeMax 10 people
Across five sessions we follow how a film comes to life, from idea to audience — not in theory, but through real, currently running projects, led by a working producer.
Sc. 01 The curriculum
What we cover.
- 01
What does a producer actually do?
- 02
Development
- 03
Financing
- 04
From packaging to the shoot
- 05
Post-production, delivery, distribution
Sc. 02 The rhythm
Why every other week.
Because the projects genuinely move forward in between.
The course runs over two and a half months, and the companion projects keep progressing throughout. Participants don't hear a finished story told backwards — they follow the decisions as they happen.
Sc. 03 The shape of it
What it is. What it isn't.
This course is
- About the producer's work: development, financing, and actually getting a film made.
- A walk through the whole process from development to distribution, always seen from the producer's chair.
This course is not
- A hands-on craft course. You won't be holding a camera, lights, a microphone or an edit timeline.
- Those appear — but as producer decisions: who, for how much, at what risk.
Sc. 04 Tuition
What it costs.
Group size: max 10 people
Want to sit in the producer's chair? Write, and you'll hear first when the next dates are set.
I'm interestedSc. 05 Instructor
Zoltan Deak
Producer · Pillango Productions
Australian–Hungarian producer with more than twenty years across feature films, television and commercials. Founder of Pillango Productions in Pécs, working with financing structures, co-productions and the Hungarian 30% tax incentive — and author of STOP!… And Read This Before Making Your First Film.
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