For over 15 years, Jim Edward has acted as production manager and line-producer for large scale commercial productions throughout Canada for local, Canadian as well as international clients from the USA, UK, France and Korea. From pre-production and location scouting services to complete production management solutions, COPILOT helps land your job smoothly and professionally.
COPILOT productions has also developed a tailor-made accounting system that can keep our clients informed of all production costs at any time during the production process. If this is a cost plus job, then we will provide you with a detailed reconciliation of the production costs on our specialized and personalized excel based wrapper accounting program. We can handle the entire logistics including casting, budgeting, scheduling, accounts and production support. With COPILOT, you can expect a professional and transparent service of the highest standard.
The services we offer are variable depending on every client's needs. Here is a brief list of what we can do for you:
- Consult and provide AICP formatted budgets on the following software: Excel based PointZero or Wrapper II, Movie Magic Budgeting.
- Set-up the production office at your hotel (please refer to our list of production friendly boutique hotels in Old Montreal where we have negotiated special production rates).
- Review location management services such as Scouting, Recce & location agreements.
- Follow up on your crew's work permits and other Canadian immigration requirements.
- Become the employer of record for local crew.
- Liaise & negotiate all your production crew requirements with each union & other affiliations.
- Oversee completion of Daily Production Reports (DPRs) for each day's work.
- Follow up on negative reports and dailies/transfers and final negatives shipments.
- Provide accounting services including Payroll providing full and transparent actual cost reports
- Take care of all importation/exportation, tax waivers and GST (VAT) claims
- Complete wrap binder within 5 days of wrap.
Feel free to contact us for more information about the services we can provide you.
