Once you build the Movie Studio you can begin the Filmmaker career:
This is a profession career so its a little different from a normal career as you can actually go to work with 2 of your sims and help them during their work day!
You can either go to work with your sims or send them to work offsite, if you send them to work offsite this means you won’t see them at the movie studio. But you can go to work with your sim if you select send sim alone or accompany sim and then they can help sims and earn resources (only two sims can be at the movie studio at one time, all other sims with this career have to work offsite)
When you send a sim to work at the movie studio sims will enter with bubbles above their heads, you need to click on this bubble and select one of the tasks that appears, the amount of grey sections there are tells you how many tasks you have to complete before you earn the reward that is pictured in the middle of the bubble:
Once you have built the movie studio 3 workstations will already be unlocked (Security Booth, Catering Area and Golf Cart) so you can start helping sims by completing actions using these workstations, you will see options similar to the image below when you click on one of the bubbles:
Each of these tasks has to be completed in a different workstation so verify ID badge has to take place using the security booth, provide food uses the catering area and provide escort uses the golf cart
TIP: if you are unsure which workstation is required it tells you above the action!
Only one sim can use a workstation at one time (new tasks will be added when you unlock new workstations, keep reading for more information)
Each time your sims complete a task (that section will turn from grey to green) a movie coin bubble will appear above their head, click this and they will earn movie coins and XPs, the experience points are towards levelling up, so they will level up quicker than if you just sent them to work.
Once all the tasks have been completed all the grey sections will now appear green, click on this to receive your reward (the rewards are movie coins and resources used to upgrade the different workstations at the movie studio):
I am not going to go into too much detail about how to complete Profession Careers here, if you are still unsure check out my Guide to Profession Careers for more information on how they work!
HOURS
You can send your sims to work anytime for 8 hours but if you are helping sims they can finish early if they reach the quota, they need to help 15 sims (you need to complete all the tasks for a person to have helped 1 person) during their shift, then they will end their shift early and you earn extra movie coins and resources:
If they are working offsite they will just work for 8 hours and they won’t earn any resources as they won’t be helping any sims.
LEVELS
All sims completing this hobby will be able to reach level 6 in this career:
LEVEL
MONEY
XPs
1 Tea Maker
S1,310
360
2 Set Cleaner
S1,430
650
3 Runner
S1,520
980
4 Extra
S1,670
1,030
5 Assistant
S1,860
1,140
6 Assistant
S1,890
1,320
Then only 2 sims, once they reach level 6 can choose to be either a Director or Performer only one sim can be a director and one sim can be a performer, all other sims will stay as level 6 assistant.
Director– when your sim specialises as the Director they can continue to level up and unlock more workstations:
LEVEL
MONEY
XPs
WORKSTATION UNLOCKED
6 Production Assistant
S1,890
1,320
Costume Department
7 Script Supervisor
S1,920
1,500
Hair and Makeup Department
8 First Assistant Director
S1,950
1,680
Stunt Set
9 Production Manager
S1,980
1,860
Directors’s Trailer
10 Director
S2,010
2,040
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Once you unlock the workstation you have to use the resources to build it before you can help sims using these workstations, only the director will be able to complete tasks to help sims that require one of the workstations above. I will be going into detail about workstations later in this post.
Performer– when your sim specialises as the Performer they can continue to level up and unlock more workstations:
LEVEL
MONEY
XPs
WORKSTATION UNLOCKED
6 Stand In Actor
S1,890
1,320
Audition Room
7 Soap Actor
S1,920
1,500
Voice Over Booth
8 B Movie Actor
S1,950
1,680
Film Set
9 Lead Actor
S1,980
1,860
A List Celebrity Trailer
10 A List Actor
S2,010
2,040
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Once you unlock the workstation you have to use the resources to build it before you can help sims using these workstations, only the performer will be able to complete tasks to help sims that require one of the workstations above. I will be going into detail about workstations later in this post.
When your sim specialises they have to fulfil profession badges before they can level up (check the occupations tab to find out what you need to do to complete this):
Only one badge can be collected per shift and you need all badges before you will be able to level up in this career
If you don’t manage to complete a badge in a shift the progress for that badge will reset and you will have to start again on the next shift (for example, if your task is to help 2 important sims and you only help one, in your next shift it will reset so you will have to help 2 important sims in that shift to get the badge)
Each level requires you to complete more badges, you cannot level up until all the badges have been collected.
Who are the important sims I need to help to get a badge?
These are the sims with question marks in the bubbles above their heads:
When you reach level 10 in a profession career you unlock the work outfit in that specialist for a female and male adult sim to wear at any time, you can find these in the wardrobe under outfits:
Left- director outfits Right- actor outfits
Remember:
You can only go to work with 2 sims at a time, all other sims in this career will work offsite so you won’t see them during the day
Only one sim can use a workstation at one time
If you don’t know how Profession Careers work read my guide
Workstations
The workstations require resources to upgrade them so the time an action takes will decrease and the coins and XPs you earn for each action will increase. The resources are shown below:
Some resources are not unlocked yet, build new workstations to unlock them
You can see the resources you have in the second tab of the professions menu under storage (you can access this using the button in the top left hand corner of your screen when you are at the movie studio)
In the professions menu you can see:
Workplace Overview- here you can see the workstations you have currently unlocked, what level you are on and what resources you need to upgrade them
Storage- this is where you see your current resources collected and on the right hand side is your movie coins, the movie coins are used to increase your storage if you need to and trade for resources (which is in the next tab)
Resource Exchange- here you can either spin for resources using simoleons or LPs for the mega spin as well as trade movie coins for resources
The tables below show the upgrade resources needed, the time each upgrade will take and the time an action takes and the amount of coins and XPs you earn when you complete each action, only one of these will upgrade each time so if the time taken decreases then the amount of coins and XPs you earn will stay the same until you upgrade again and then the amount of coins you earn will increase while the time taken and XPs will stay the same.
NOTE: you can only upgrade one workstation at a time unless you are VIP
If you don’t have the amount of resources you need it will say it costs LPs, when you have the right amount of resources you can build/ upgrade the workstation without LPs (you know you have all the resources you need when there are ticks next to all the resources):
When you upgrade each workstation to level 10 and 20 there will be a visual upgrade to the workstation, those pictures are shown below the table.
Security Booth– already built
UPGRADE
UPGRADE
ACTION
ACTION
ACTION
RESOURCES NEEDED
TIME TAKEN
TIME TAKEN
COINS REWARD
XP REWARD
1
2 Coffee
4 Popcorn
5 seconds
2 minutes
105
75
2
3 Coffee
8 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour
1 minute 54 seconds
105
75
3
5 Coffee
11 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 15 minutes
1 minute 54 seconds
110
75
4
6 Coffee
15 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 30 minutes
1 minute 54 seconds
110
79
5
8 Coffee
18 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 45 minutes
1 minute 48 seconds
110
79
6
9 Coffee
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
2 hours
1 minute 48 seconds
115
79
7
11 Coffee
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
3 hours
1 minute 48 seconds
115
82
8
12 Coffee
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
4 hours
1 minute 42 seconds
115
82
9
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
1 Award Statue
5 hours
1 minute 42 seconds
121
82
10
VISUAL UPGRADE
3 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
1 Award Statue
5 hours 30 minutes
1 minute 42 seconds
121
86
11
2 3D Glasses
2 Ticket Stub
1 Award Statue
6 hours
1 minute 36 seconds
121
86
12
2 Ticket Stub
1 Script
1 Award Statue
6 hours 30 minutes
1 minute 36 seconds
126
86
13
2 Ticket Stub
1 Script
1 Award Statue
7 hours
1 minute 36 seconds
126
90
14
1 Script
1 Award Statue
1 Film Reel
7 hours 30 minutes
1 minute 30 seconds
126
90
15
1 Script
1 Award Statue
1 Film Reel
8 hours
1 minute 30 seconds
131
90
16
1 Script
1 Award Statue
1 Golden Clapper
8 hours 30 minutes
1 minute 30 seconds
131
94
17
1 Script
1 Award Statue
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours
1 minute 24 seconds
131
94
18
1 Script
2 Award Statue
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours 30 minutes
1 minute 24 seconds
136
94
19
1 Script
2 Award Statue
2 Golden Clapper
10 hours
1 minute 24 seconds
136
97
20
VISUAL UPGRADE
& UPGRADE COMPLETE!
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1 minute 18 seconds
136
97
Catering Area– already built
UPGRADE
UPGRADE
ACTION
ACTION
ACTION
RESOURCES NEEDED
TIME TAKEN
TIME TAKEN
COINS REWARD
XP REWARD
1
6 Coffee
2 Popcorn
5 seconds
5 minutes
130
100
2
8 Coffee
3 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour
4 minutes 45 seconds
130
100
3
11 Coffee
5 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 15 minutes
4 minutes 45 seconds
137
100
4
15 Coffee
6 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 30 minutes
4 minutes 45 seconds
137
105
5
18 Coffee
8 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 45 minutes
4 minutes 30 seconds
137
105
6
9 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 Award Statue
2 hours
4 minutes 30 seconds
143
105
7
11 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 Award Statue
3 hours
4 minutes 30 seconds
143
110
8
12 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 Award Statue
4 hours
4 minutes 15 seconds
143
110
9
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stud
1 Award Statue
5 hours
4 minutes 15 seconds
149
110
10
VISUAL UPGRADE
3 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stud
1 Award Statue
5 hours 30 minutes
4 minutes 15 seconds
149
115
11
3 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stud
2 Award Statue
6 hours
4 minutes
149
115
12
1 Ticket Stud
2 Award Statue
1 Film Reel
6 hours 30 minutes
4 minutes
156
115
13
1 Ticket Stud
2 Award Statue
1 Film Reel
7 hours
4 minutes
156
120
14
1 Ticket Stud
1 Script
1 Film Reel
7 hours 30 minutes
3 minutes 45 seconds
156
120
15
1 Ticket Stud
2 Script
1 Film Reel
8 hours
3 minutes 45 seconds
162
120
16
1 Ticket Stud
1 Film Reel
1 Golden Clapper
8 hours 30 minutes
3 minutes 45 seconds
162
125
17
1 Ticket Stud
1 Film Reel
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours
3 minutes 30 seconds
162
125
18
2 Ticket Stud
1 Film Reel
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours 30 minutes
3 minutes 30 seconds
169
125
19
2 Ticket Stud
1 Film Reel
2 Golden Clapper
10 hours
3 minutes 30 seconds
169
130
20
VISUAL UPGRADE
& UPGRADE COMPLETE!
–
3 minutes 15 seconds
169
130
Golf Cart– already built
UPGRADE
UPGRADE
ACTION
ACTION
ACTION
RESOURCES NEEDED
TIME TAKEN
TIME TAKEN
COINS REWARD
XP REWARD
1
2 Coffee
4 Popcorn
5 seconds
10 minutes
170
165
2
3 Coffee
8 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour
9 minutes 30 seconds
170
165
3
5 Coffee
11 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 15 minutes
9 minutes 30 seconds
178
165
4
6 Coffee
15 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 30 minutes
9 minutes 30 seconds
178
173
5
8 Coffee
18 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 45 minutes
9 minutes
178
173
6
9 Coffee
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
2 hours
9 minutes
187
173
7
11 Coffee
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
3 hours
9 minutes
187
181
8
12 Coffee
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
4 hours
8 minutes 30 seconds
187
181
9
2 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
1 Award Statue
5 hours
8 minutes 30 seconds
195
181
10
VISUAL UPGRADE
3 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
1 Award Statue
5 hours 30 minutes
8 minutes 30 seconds
195
190
11
3 3D Glasses
2 Ticket Stub
1 Award Statue
6 hours
8 minutes
195
190
12
2 Ticket Stub
1 Script
1 Award Statue
6 hours 30 minutes
8 minutes
204
190
13
2 Ticket Stub
1 Script
1 Award Statue
7 hours
8 minutes
204
198
14
1 Script
1 Award Statue
1 Film Reel
7 hours 30 minutes
7 minutes 30 seconds
204
198
15
1 Script
1 Award Statue
2 Film Reel
8 hours
7 minutes 30 seconds
212
198
16
1 Script
1 Award Statue
1 Golden Clapper
8 hours 30 minutes
7 minutes 30 seconds
212
206
17
1 Script
1 Award Statue
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours
7 minutes
212
206
18
1 Script
2 Award Statue
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours 30 minutes
7 minutes
221
206
19
1 Script
2 Award Statue
2 Golden Clapper
10 hours
7 minutes
221
214
20
VISUAL UPGRADE
& UPGRADE COMPLETE!
–
6 minutes 30 seconds
221
214
Director Workstations:
Costume Department– reach level 6 Director to unlock:
Costs 600 Popcorn and 140 3D Glasses to build, takes 6 hours
Once built you can collect the Award Statue resource
UPGRADE
UPGRADE
ACTION
ACTION
ACTION
RESOURCES NEEDED
TIME TAKEN
TIME TAKEN
COINS REWARD
XP REWARD
1
6 Coffee
3 Popcorn
5 seconds
30 minutes
255
330
2
11 Coffee
5 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour
28 minutes 30 seconds
255
330
3
16 Coffee
7 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 15 minutes
28 minutes 30 seconds
268
330
4
21 Coffee
9 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 30 minutes
28 minutes 30 seconds
268
346
5
26 Coffee
11 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 hour 45 minutes
27 minutes
268
346
6
13 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 Award Statue
2 hours
27 minutes
280
346
7
15 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 Award Statue
3 hours
27 minutes
280
363
8
17 Popcorn
3 3D Glasses
1 Award Statue
4 hours
25 minutes 30 seconds
280
363
9
3 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
2 Award Statue
5 hours
25 minutes 30 seconds
293
363
10
VISUAL UPGRADE
3 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
2 Award Statue
5 hours 30 minutes
25 minutes 30 seconds
293
379
11
4 3D Glasses
1 Ticket Stub
2 Award Statue
6 hours
24 minutes
293
379
12
1 Ticket Stub
2 Award Statue
1 Film Reel
6 hours 30 minutes
24 minutes
306
379
13
1 Ticket Stub
3 Award Statue
1 Film Reel
7 hours
24 minutes
306
396
14
1 Ticket Stub
1 Script
1 Film Reel
7 hours 30 minutes
22 minutes 30 seconds
306
396
15
2 Ticket Stub
2 Script
1 Film Reel
8 hours
22 minutes 30 seconds
319
396
16
2 Ticket Stub
1 Film Reel
1 Golden Clapper
8 hours 30 minutes
22 minutes 30 seconds
319
412
17
2 Ticket Stub
1 Film Reel
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours
21 minutes
319
412
18
2 Ticket Stub
1 Film Reel
1 Golden Clapper
9 hours 30 minutes
21 minutes
331
412
19
2 Ticket Stub
1 Film Reel
2 Golden Clapper
10 hours
21 minutes
331
429
20
VISUAL UPGRADE
& UPGRADE COMPLETE!
–
19 minutes 30 seconds
331
429
Hair and Makeup Department– reach level 7 Director to unlock:
Costs 700 Popcorn, 150 3D Glasses and 200 Award Statue to build, takes 12 hours
UPGRADE
UPGRADE
ACTION
ACTION
ACTION
RESOURCES NEEDED
TIME TAKEN
TIME TAKEN
COINS REWARD
XP REWARD
1
7 Coffee
3 Popcorn
5 seconds
50 minutes
300
550
2
13 Coffee
6 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour
47 minutes 30 seconds
300
550
3
19 Coffee
8 Popcorn
1 3D Glasses
1 hour 15 minutes
47 minutes 30 seconds
315
550
4
25 Coffee
11 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 hour 30 minutes
47 minutes 30 seconds
315
578
5
31 Coffee
13 Popcorn
2 3D Glasses
1 hour 45 minutes
45 minutes
315
578
6
16 Pop