Getting Into Production Accounting

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Course curriculum

1. Lesson 1 - Meet your Instructor
2. Lesson 2 - Get to know the learning site
3. Lesson 3 - the 4 components to the course
4. Lesson 4 - the Course Syllabus
5. Lesson 5 - Staying on track
6. Lesson 6 - How to succeed in the course
7. Lesson 7 - Book time on your calendar to complete the course
8. Lesson 8 - How is the course scored?
9. Lesson 9 - What is your Learning Style?
10. Lesson 10 - Prepare to join the entertainment industry
11. LESSON 11 - Chapter 1 Wrap Up
12. Chapter 1 HOMEWORK
1. Lesson 1 - What is Production Accounting?
2. Lesson 2 - The Growth of Film and Television Production
3. 2.2 Gauge Your Knowledge
4. Lesson 3 - The Unique Nature of Production Accounting
5. Lesson 4 - Benefits of Working in Production Accounting
6. Lesson 5 - The Accounting Department
7. Lesson 6 - Key Accountant / Controller
8. 2.6 Gauge Your Knowledge
9. Lesson 7 - 1st Assistant Accountant
10. 2.7 Gauge Your Knowledge
11. Lesson 8 - 2nd Assistant Accountant
12. 2.8 Gauge Your Knowledge
13. Lesson 9 - Payroll Accountant
14. 2.9 Gauge Your Knowledge
15. Lesson 10 - Accounting Clerks
16. 2.10 Gauge Your Knowledge
17. Lesson 11 - How Are Production Accountants Paid?
18. Lesson 12 - Chapter 2 Wrap Up
1. Lesson 1 - How does it begin?
2. Lesson 2 - How long can I expect to work?
3. Lesson 3 - What happens when I start my first job?
4. Lesson 4 - Dress code: What do I wear to work?
5. 3.4 Gauge Your Knowledge
6. Lesson 5 - Office Etiquette
7. Lesson 6 - On-Set Etiquette
8. Lesson 7- Accounting is a service department
9. Lesson 8 - Adaptability, Ethics & Confidentiality
10. 3.8 Gauge your knowledge
11. Lesson 9 - Effective Communication
12. Lesson 10 - Effective Mindset
13. Lesson 11 - Chapter 3 Wrap up
14. Chapter 3 HOMEWORK
1. Lesson 1 - Production Paperwork
2. Lesson 2 - Call Sheets
3. 4.2 Gauge your knowldge
4. Lesson 3 - Production Report & Exhibit G
5. 4.3 Gauge your knowledge
6. Lesson 4 - Paperwork Accounting Needs Daily
7. Lesson 5 - Other Production Documents
8. 4.5 Gauge your Knowledge
9. Lesson 6 - Chapter 4 Wrap Up
1. Lesson 1 - What are the clerks daily duties?
2. Lesson 2 - Daily Reports for Hot Costs
3. Lesson 3 - Handling Mail
4. 5.3 Gauge your Knowledge
5. Lesson 4 - Telephone and Video Calls
6. Lesson 5 - Contacts Lists or how to call the person you need
7. Lesson 6 - Other Communication Systems – Teams, Slack, etc
8. 5.6 Gauge your Knowledge
9. Lesson 7 - Greeting Guests and Visitors
10. Lesson 8 - Guidelines for Emails and Memos
11. 5.8 Gauge your Knowledge
12. Lesson 9 - Chapter 5 Wrap Up
13. Chapter 5 HOMEWORK
1. Lesson 1 - Why is filing so important in an Accounting office?
2. Lesson 2 - How are files sorted in a Production Accounting office?
3. Lesson 3 - Filing in a physical filing cabinet
4. 6.3 Gauge your Knowledge
5. Lesson 4 - Account payable or vendor files
6. 6.4 Gauge your Knowledge
7. Lesson 5 - Petty cash and P-card files
8. 6.5 Gauge your Knowledge
9. Lesson 6 -Payroll Files
10. 6.6 Gauge your Knowledge
11. Lesson 7 - General Files
12. 6.7 Gauge your Knowledge
13. Lesson 8 - Mindful Filing
14. Lesson 9 - Chapter 6 Wrap up
1. Lesson 1 - What is double - entry bookkeeping?
2. Lesson 2 - The Chart-of-Accounts and coding costs
3. Lesson 3 - Cost Tracking: Feature Films Vs Television
4. Lesson 4 - Tax credits and Incentive programs
5. 7.4 Gauge your Knowledge
6. Lesson 5 - Computerized Accounting Systems
7. Lesson 6 - Chapter 7 Wrap Up
1. Lesson 1 - Why the shift from paper to digital documents?
2. Lesson 2 - How will I access these Digital Tools?
3. Lesson 3 - How is accounts payable processed without paper?
4. Lesson 4 - EXERCISE: Stamp and highlight invoices
5. Lesson 5 - Digital Approvals
6. 8.5 Gauge your Knowledge
7. Lesson 6 - Digital Purchase Orders
8. 8.6 Gauge your Knowledge
9. Lesson 7 - Purchasing Cards
10. Lesson 8 - Digital Start Work and Timecards for Payroll
11. 8.7 Gauge your Knowledge
12. Lesson 9 - Chapter 8 Wrap Up
1. Lesson 1 - What is digital filing?
2. Lesson 2 - How are documents filed in a digital filing cabinet ?
3. Lesson 3 - Is there a unique way to name digital files ?
4. 9.3 Gauge your Knowledge
5. Lesson 4 - Where do I place digital documents?
6. Lesson 5 - Filing AP – part 1
7. Lesson 6 - Filing AP – part 2
8. 9.6 Gauge your knowledge
9. Lesson 7 - EXERCISE: Separate checks, match to invoices
10. Lesson 8 – Handling duplicate digital files
11. 9.8 Gauge your knowledge
12. Lesson 9 – Chapter 9 Wrap Up
1. Lesson 1 - How is payroll filed digitally?
2. Lesson 2 - What is placed in an Employee Payroll File?
3. Lesson 3 - Ways to digitalize files
4. Lesson 4 - Methods to file start paperwork
5. Lesson 5 - Filing digital payroll documents
6. Lesson 6 - EXERCISE: Digitally filing payroll start work
7. Lesson 7 - How to combine and file digital timecards and paychecks
8. Lesson 8 - EXERCISE: Digitally filing payroll weekly timecards and paychecks
9. Lesson 9 – Additional thoughts on payroll filing
10. Lesson 10 – Filing background performers
11. Lesson 11 – Things to remember when filing digitally
12. Lesson 12 – Chapter 10 Wrap Up
1. Lesson 1 – How is payroll for entertainment different than other industries?
2. Lesson 2 – What are the unions for Motion Pictures and Television?
3. 11.2 Gauge your knowledge
4. Lesson 3 – Role of the payroll provider
5. 11.3 Gauge your knowledge
6. Lesson 4 - How do people get paid?
7. 11.4 Gauge your knowledge
8. Lesson 5 – Where do you find payroll rules and information?
9. 11.5 Gauge your knowledge
10. Lesson 6 – Chapter 11 wrap up
1. Lesson 1 – How does production paperwork factor into payroll?
2. Lesson 2 – What has to be filed for payroll?
3. 12.2 Gauge your knowledge
4. Lesson 3 – Military time and tenths
5. 12.3 Gauge your knowledge
6. Lesson 4 – Preparation: What do we have to know to calculate a timecard?
7. 12.4 Gauge your knowledge
8. Lesson 5 - Calculating a non-union timecard
9. Lesson 6 – What are payhours?
10. Lesson 7 - Communication and Payroll
11. Lesson 8 – Chapter 12 wrap up
12. Chapter 12 HOMEWORK
1. Lesson 1 - Ready to start your new career?
2. Lesson 2 - How do people in entertainment look for staff?
3. Lesson 3 - How are resumes for production jobs different?
4. Lesson 4 - What makes a resume effective?
5. Lesson 5 - How to prepare your entry-level resume
6. Lesson 6 - Let’s walk through an entry-level resume
7. Lesson 7 - Where to send your resume
8. Lesson 8 - The Interview
9. Lesson 9 - Be the one they seek out to hire
10. Lesson 10 - Chapter 13 wrap up
11. Chapter 13 HOMEWORK - Resume
1. Lesson 1 - Thank you
2. Lesson 2 - Tell us what you think...
3. Lesson 3 - Survey
4. Lesson 4 - Course re-cap [test prep]
5. 14.4 You made it! Here's your final exam.

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Getting Into Production Accounting

Course curriculum

1. Welcome and how to use this course

2. What is Production Accounting?

3. What’s it like working in production?

4. Production Paperwork

5. Clerk Duties

6. The Importance of Filing

7. Basics of Accounting

8. Digital Tools used in Production Accounting

9. Digital filing - Accounts Payable

10. Digital filing - Payroll

11. Payroll Part 1 - How do People Get Paid?

12. Payroll Part 2 - How is payroll prepared?

13. An Effective Resume

14. The Grand Finale

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