The Business of Entertainment

Best Practices In Production Payroll Management Maximize Incentives and Avoid Costly Mistakes
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Who should attend? • Producers and Coordinators • Production Assistants • Corporate Media Managers • Production Accountants   Managing payroll is a crucial, yet daunting task that is often misunderstood in the world of independent film/TV and commercial production. When managed properly, producers can maximize production incentives and minimize potential production and tax exposure risks.	Seminar Hightlights • Reporting Requirements for    Independent Contractors • Employer-of-Record • Wage & Hour Laws • Exempt vs. Nonexempt • How Employees Are Paid • What Are Hours Worked? • Misclassification Problems • Pay Deductions • Right to Work States • Start Cards, I'9s & W4s • What is a Signator?
Presented by one of the industry’s leading production accounting and payroll companies, this seminar outlines best practices in production payroll management. You will learn the nuts ‘n bolts of payroll processing including properly completing and calculating timecards, pay deductions, residuals, guild and union contracts, tracking payment of box rentals, per diems, mileage reimbursements, and car allowances. You will gain an understanding of how to meet structuring, hiring, and filing requirements in the appropriate jurisdictions to take full advantage of payroll credits. The second half of the seminar will focus on avoiding payroll mistakes that have cost producers millions of dollars in fines and penalties. You learn some of the most common payroll practices in the industry that are against state and federal labor laws including: 1. Guaranteeing hours 2. Paying bonuses under the guise of box rentals 3. Paying workers who should be employees as independent contractors 4. Classifying production assistants as “producers” to avoid overtime pay Be sure to attend this seminar and discover how you can protect your future by ensuring your employment and payroll practices are compliant.

 

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Before The Camera Rolls
A Production Scheduling and Budgeting Primer

Time: 7:45 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.

Who should attend?

• Producers and Coordinators
• Production Assistants
• Corporate Media Managers
• Production Accountants

The definitive workshop on learning how to schedule and budget a feature film, TV pilot/series, and commercial and video production. Steve Bizenov, vice president of Media Services, will lead you through everything you need to know before the camera rolls to ensure your ultimate success. Mr. Bizenov is an industry veteran with years in entertainment production and operations management, payroll and accounting. You will gain a working knowledge of the industry's most popular software resources including EP, Gorilla, and Showbiz Software to break down your script and create your own budget.

The workshop, which includes interactive participation with Showbiz Budgeting and Showbiz Scheduling, will take you step by step through scheduling, budgeting and actualization. For commercial producers, you will learn how to produce bidding budgets that conform to AICP standards and provide the most production value.

• Pre-production activities
• Common approaches to scheduling projects
• Breaking down a script
• Budgeting a film
• Tracking expenses and more
• How to use software tools and reports for filing for tax credits

While you will be able to view onscreen demonstrations, participants are encouraged to download the software to their laptops prior to arriving at the workshop. Click on the appropriate links to download and install free, fully functional trial versions of Showbiz Budgeting (Windows/MAC) and Showbiz Scheduling (Windows/MAC).

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 6:00 PM - 9:15 PM (CT)

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Media Services has been one of the entertainment industry’s leading accounting, payroll, crew booking, and software companies since 1978, serving feature, television, commercial, corporate and Internet productions world-wide as well as music video and residual clients. Media Services is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, and Boston. The company is committed to driving the industry through constant innovation by offering best-in-class software solutions through its product division, Showbiz Software. In addition to its proprietary production accounting, payroll, budgeting, scheduling and time management software, the company offers a wide range of other entertainment industry software, books, tapes and supplies through its Showbiz Software Stores in West Los Angeles and New York as well as online, at www.showbizsoftware.com. For more information, visit Media Services' website.

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