The posts I published during the last two semesters only delt with production management in general. As this is a very broad topic my goal for this term is to narrow it down to an applicable master’s thesis topic. Today is my first try.
The title might suggest as if I am trying to reinvent production management. I am not! However, I was thinking of making it more seminal. In the approaching AI era, I want production management to be a part of filmmaking that will not lose its importance. And I asked myself: How can I do that?
Well, the answer I found was somehow primitive. I know that production management is already a very important part of filmmaking. A lot of trial and error has been done by a bunch of people before me. Still, I feel like the processes that we follow when planning a movie production are very inflexible and therefore not really viable. What they lack in my opinion is a focus on current topics such as sustainability.
For this reason I have decided to not only work on production management for outdoor movies in general but narrow it down to:
Sustainable Production Workflows for Independent Outdoor Filmmaking
I believe that production management has the potential to be a positive force for this industry’s impact on climate change. And I hope that for my master’s thesis I will be able to unlock it.
The plan is to find out more about the following (adapted) research questions:
- Which parts of classical production management can be improved in order to be more sustainable?
- What sustainability measures can be taken by production managers?
- How does sustainable production management impact a production’s budget compared to classical production management?
- Does it make sense for independent productions to switch to sustainable production management?
- How does sustainable production management work in the field?
I am excited to start working on this altered topic even more as I think it could be interesting to people beyond my master’s thesis. For now, I will leave you with this quick update.
