To provide support for production through accessible tools, relevant resources, continued learning, and community. To empower a production team through their skills, knowledge, and heart.

To grow a team of leaders one shot a time.

The Mission:

Frances Padua

Currently a Production Manager in the animation industry and based in Vancouver, Canada.

So You Wanna Be Prod is a resource for Production Departments in film, TV, VFX, and animation. Here, I share:

  • prod-tips

  • technical or life hacks

  • the industry jargon and what they mean

  • relatable quotes

  • recommended reading

  • and snaps of Beautiful British Columbia

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Production is first and foremost, a supporting role.

The more we understand what we do and why we do it, the better we can be at helping others.

I would like to acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.