Production accounting in film works is different in each stage of planning development, preparation, and finishing. In the “project development” stage where negotiations, such as contribution, distribution, and casting are negotiated, the “budget plan” becomes the main business.
In the “preparation” stage where the budget plan is settled, and the creative team such as the photography director and the art department participated, the simulation and the reorganization are repeated based on information of location hunting, etc., and make the “execution budget (plan)” . the same time cash flow will be created.
And, in the “production” stage from start filming to post production, it takes charge of accounting work such as actual expense and payment, and reports how to use the production cost for the execution budget and cash flow, and controls the budget.
In Europe and America, there are various differences in the contents and the idea of the practice of manufacturing accounting. In the film production by western capital, production accounting follow a specific accounting manual as required. Recently, there are cases in which China and Asian capital are involved, and the importance and expertise of manufacturing accounting are increasing.
Our company budget control is a manufacturing accounting company with a lot of in-depth experience, and it corresponds to the project accounting for manufacturing film in Japan.
The main tasks are following: