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Let me teach you how to negotiate a scope of work that will protect your profit and preserve your sanity.

 

My name is Louis-Philippe Vermette, I am an animation executive producer with 25 years of experience in the animation industry.

 

Over the past few years alone, despite industry fluctuations, I used these skills to help bring over 30 million dollars in animation projects while securing half a million dollars in revenues for myself.

 

When I started my career, I had no idea how learning bidding and scoping animation would impact me and how it made me a leader of the industry.

 

And this is possible for you, too!

 

Future-proof your production... and your career!

Bidding Winning Animation Projects

Over eight hours of content, you will learn:

  • Bid projects more effectively to avoid production challenges down the line.

  • Develop a trust-based relationships with present and future clients

  • Foster the mindset that sets you up for success

  • Overcoming the challenges of animation business development

  • Turning a creative idea into a resource assessment

  • Putting together a preliminary bid and establishing a cost

  • Clarifying creative assumptions

  • Dividing bids and costs according to industry standards

  • Launching an aligned, low-stress production

  • How to navigate change orders

     

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Student feedback: Hear it from Carlos Gaxiola

Carlos is one of our first student taking this course. With years of experience in animation and owner of his own studio, Carlos was not afraid to jump head first into learning a new way of bidding animation projects. Here is what he had to say about his experience on the course.

 

"Your course has been incredibly helpful in understanding how international bidding works. I have been able to consider some expenses that I had previously overlooked, and this has been crucial for my Studio. Additionally, I can better distinguish good-fit projects for my business, and I have improved my communication skills with potential clients. I have learned that just because one project isn't a good fit doesn't mean the next one won't be.

Thank you for your valuable insights and guidance."

 

Carlos Gaxiola, CEO and Founder of Demente Animation

Module 1

My Bidding Mindset

  • Bid projects more effectively to avoid production challenges down the line.
  • Develop and nurture trust-based relationships with present and future clients
  • Foster the mindset that sets you up for success

Module 2

The Business Of Animation

  • The development timeline of an animated project
  • Mastering the cycle of a sale
  • Overcoming the challenges of animation business development

 

Module 3

The Scope Of Work

  • A simple tool to define the scope of work
  • Turning a creative idea into a resource assessment 
  • Putting together a ballpark bid

Module 4

The Preliminary Bid

  • A detailed tour of a typical production budget
  • Putting together a preliminary bid and establishing a cost

Module 5

The Detailed Bid

  • Clarifying creative assumptions
  • Dividing bids and costs according to industry standards
  • Establishing a preliminary resource mapping and timeline

 

Module 6

Key Contractual Documents

  • Scope of Work document
  • Project Timeline and milestones
  • Review Workflow Flowchart

Module 7

Launching Production

  • Launching an aligned, low-stress production
  • How to navigate change orders

Bonus!

Unfiltered discussions between Virginie Lavallée and LP Vermette

  • How to Say 'No' Like a Pro - a masterclass on expectations management
  • A discussion on bridging the gap between the client and studio's mindset for harmonious productions

And Tools!

A value of 6,000$!

  • A complete detailed bid template for you to plug your own data
  • The Ballpark Bid
  • The Preliminary Bid
  • Project budget
  • The scope of work document
  • The project timeline
  • The review workflow flowchart

Learn more in Animation Magazine

 

Case study - 10 Lives, feature film

I applied my bidding and scoping strategy on the feature film 10 Lives, which premiered at Sundance in January 2024. My bidding and scope of work strategy helped the film success on screen while providing healthy work conditions to the team behind the screen.

 

“Louis Philippe did more than just contribute - he was the cornerstone of common sense and a wonderful creative collaborator. It was his calm appreciation for the creative direction that made this movie possible.”

-Chris Jenkins,
Writer and Director, 10 Lives feature film

This course if for you IF:

 

  • You are a project manager or line-producer and you want to get promoted to a higher position.

  • You want to start your own studio and need to learn fast.

  • You are responsible for bidding and want to increase your success rate.

  • You know that life-long relationships with clients translate into business prosperity.

  • You are ready to avoid overages and virtually eliminate overtime.

  • You care to create healthy work conditions for yourself, your clients and your team!

  • You want to learn how to dodge every production problem, crazy client request and every change to the scope of work your production will throw at you!

If you believe you are ready for this

You will learn:

  • How to deal effectively with changes to the scope of work

  • The secrets of the business of animation

  • To understand the sales cycles of animation

  • How many projects do you need to juggle to land ONE successfully

  • To bridge the mindset gap between studios and clients

  • How to nurture trust-based relationships with your clients

  • 'Quality' is a dead-end term that needs to be reframed for more objective discussions

  • To save time by knowing when to use a ballpark, preliminary, or full bid

  • How to create the perfect scope of work that will allow you to navigate every production problem

  • How to bid assets & shots by accounting for the creative pillars of a project without blowing your budget

  • How to use the FULL BID TEMPLATE we provide you

  • And everything you need to know to get the production on track and ready to start!

Hear it from a past colleague and vendor: Marcio Shima

I met with Marcio Shima and his team at Hype Animation a few years ago when they provided my studio with animation services. Since, Marcio and I have maintained a great connection. Here is what Marcia had to say about our collaboration and my work as a producer and production mentor.

 

"I meet LP 3 years ago. He was actually my client, overseeing our animation services for a major streamer feature film. Looking back, I see that some of the values he is teaching now [ ], were pretty much real at that time. We were all equals and that enabled us to better solve our problems.

 

It ain’t easy to be a producer and business developer, and even though I had several bids sent over my career, I still get butterflies for every new one. LP now gives us the guidance to take better control of our business removing the scary part by building solid scopes, positioning ourselves as the experts, being objective, data centric and preserving our team."

 

Marcio Shima
Business Developer of Hype Animation

BIDDING WINNING ANIMATION PROJECTS

  • 8 HOURS OF PRE-RECORDED CONTENT

  • A complete detailed bid template for you to plug your data ( a value of 6,000$!)

  • The following tools and templates:

    • The Ballpark Bid

    • The Preliminary Bid

    • Project budget

    • The scope of work document

    • The project timeline

    • The review workflow flowchart

  • Access to the course content for a full year

  • Email support for a full year - it's like having us on your team!

  • Two sessions of one-on-one with LP Vermette

  •  A total value of over $30,000 in private consulting made accessible to you in a pre-recorded format

 

Pay only $2,777.00

 

Click HERE To Register

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About Your Instructors

Call me LP!

I am an artist that became a leader. I started my journey in animation 25 years ago, and I did not expect what life had in store for me!

From storyboard artist to executive producer, I experienced every aspect of animation production.

With my partner Virginie, we founded The Happy Producers to offer our experience and help other growth-seeking leaders find their way toward human-driven leadership without compromising the people or the project.

In addition to my mission as a Happy Producer, I am the Canadian co-producer of 10 Lives in collaboration with GFM Animation and the line producer of The Last Whale Singer, a Canadian/German/Czech co-production.

I put my experience at the service of everyone in my productions, and I wish to offer you the same insight and positive attitude I offer my colleagues daily.

About your instructors

Call me LP!

I am an artist that became a leader. I started my journey in animation 25 years ago, and I did not expect what life had in store for me!

From storyboard artist to executive producer, I experienced every aspect of animation production.

With my partner Virginie, we founded The Happy Producers to offer our experience and help other growth-seeking leaders find their way toward human-driven leadership without compromising the people or the project.

In addition to my mission as a Happy Producer, I am the Canadian co-producer of 10 Lives in collaboration with GFM Animation and the line producer of The Last Whale Singer, a Canadian/German/Czech co-production.

I put my experience at the service of everyone in my productions, and I wish to offer you the same insight and the same positive attitude I offer my colleagues daily.

 

Bonjour, I'm Virginie!

I am a Film and TV Producer with 15 years of experience in live-action and CG animation. I have worked on some of the most exciting properties in the world with clients like Disney, Netflix, and HBO.

Over the past 5 years alone, I have delivered over 25 000 animated shots under budget to happy clients while prioritizing the team’s wellbeing.

I put my expertise to the service of the Film and TV community by teaching happy-minded industry professionals, managers, and leaders how to increase their profit while lowering stress. 


It's nice to meet you!

Bonjour, I'm Virginie!

I am a Film and TV Producer with 15 years of experience in live-action and CG animation. I have worked on some of the most exciting properties in the world with clients like Disney, Netflix, HBO, TeamTo and Splash Entertainment.

Over the past 5 years alone, I have delivered over 25 000 animated shots under budget to happy clients while prioritizing the team’s wellbeing.

I put my expertise to the service of the Film and TV community by teaching happy-minded industry professionals, managers, and leaders how to increase their profit while lowering stress. 


It's nice to meet you!