{"id":2506,"date":"2023-10-27T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/?post_type=faevents&#038;p=2506"},"modified":"2023-10-27T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:38:50","slug":"going-freelance-setting-up-your-production-company","status":"publish","type":"faevents","link":"https:\/\/www.watershed.co.uk\/film-academy\/labs\/going-freelance-setting-up-your-production-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Freelance \/ Setting Up Your Production Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column ws-flex-grow-sm-0 ws-flexbasis-sm-15 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<div id=\"ws-event-date-block_6b28248aa3583d238c04cbf5aac09db8\" class=\"ws-event-date ws-event-date-block\">\n    <span class=\"ws-event-day\">27<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ws-event-month\">Oct<\/span>\n      <span class=\"ws-event-month\">2023<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This second BFI Film Academy Lab of the 2023\/24 season will give you a range of perspectives on the benefits, challenges and experience of being a freelancer in the screen industries and\/or running a production company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our panel of filmmakers discuss when is the right time to take these steps in your career, finding and working with clients, the rules and practices you\u2019ll need to know, and managing budgets, billing and schedules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This session is hosted by Danielle Fahiya, an actor, writer and presenter, and the panel also includes freelance animator Dani Abram, Toby Cameron of On Par Productions and Daniel J. 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