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The Sims Freeplay- Profession Careers: Filmmaker

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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 sim to have helped 1 sim) during their shift, then they will end their shift early and you earn extra movie coins and resources. Both sims can help the same sims and each time one of them finishes helping a sim they will both have helped one sim:

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 career will be able to reach level 6:

 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 –

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 –

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):


Each sim can only earn one badge 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!

 – 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 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
  • 1 Award Statue
 2 hours 45 minutes 330 578
7
  • 18 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 1 Award Statue
 3 hours 45 minutes 330 605
8
  • 21 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 1 Award Statue
 4 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds 330 605
9
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 2 Award Statue
 5 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds 345 605
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 2 Award Statue
 5 hours 30 minutes 42 minutes 30 seconds 345 632
11
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 2 Award Statue
 6 hours 40 minutes 345 632
12
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 3 Award Statue
  •  1 Film Reel
 6 hours 30 minutes 40 minutes 360 632
13
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 3 Award Statue
  •  1 Film Reel
 7 hours 40 minutes 360 660
14
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  •  1 Film Reel
 7 hours 30 minutes 37 minutes 30 seconds  360 660
15
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 2 Script
  •  1 Film Reel
  8 hours 37 minutes 30 seconds 375 660
16
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  •  1 Film Reel
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 8 hours 30 minutes 37 minutes 30 seconds 375 687
17
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  •  1 Film Reel
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 35 minutes 375 687
18
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  •  1 Film Reel
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 30 minutes 35 minutes 390 687
19
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  •  1 Film Reel
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 10 hours 35 minutes 390 715
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 32 minutes 30 seconds 390 715

 

Stunt Set– reach level 8 Director to unlock:

  • Costs 800 Popcorn, 150 Ticket Stub and 200 Award Statue to build, takes 1 day
  • Once built you can collect the Film Reel resource
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 9 Coffee
  • 4 Popcorn
 5 seconds 1 hour 20 minutes 465 925
2
  • 18 Coffee
  • 8 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour 1 hour 16 minutes  465 925
3
  • 27 Coffee
  • 12 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 15 minutes 1 hour 16 minutes 488 925
4
  • 36 Coffee
  • 15 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 30 minutes 1 hour 16 minutes 488 971
5
  • 45 Coffee
  • 19 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
 1 hour 45 minutes  1 hour 12 minutes 488 971
6
  • 23 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 1 Award Statue
 2 hours 1 hour 12 minutes 511 971
7
  • 27 Popcorn
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 1 Award Statue
 3 hours 1 hour 12 minutes 511 1,017
8
  • 30 Popcorn
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 2 Award Statue
 4 hours 1 hour 8 minutes 511 1,017
9
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 2 Award Statue
 5 hours 1 hour 8 minutes 535  1,017
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 6 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 3 Award Statue
 5 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 8 minutes 535 1,064
11
  • 6 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 3 Award Statue
 6 hours 1 hour 4 minutes 535 1,064
12
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 4 Award Statue
  • 1 Film Reel
 6 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 4 minutes 558 1,064
13
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 4 Award Statue
  • 1 Film Reel
 7 hours 1 hour 4 minutes 558 1,110
14
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 1 Film Reel
 7 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 558 1,110
15
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 2 Script
  • 1 Film Reel
  8 hours 1 hour 581 1,110
16
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 8 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 581 1,156
17
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 56 minutes 581  1,156
18
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 30 minutes 56 minutes 604 1,156
19
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 10 hours 56 minutes 604 1,202
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 52 minutes 604 1,202

 

Director’s Trailer– reach level 9 Director to unlock:

  • Costs 1,000 Popcorn, 75 Film Reel and 3 Golden Clapper to build, takes 2 days
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 11 Coffee
  • 5 Popcorn
 5 seconds 2 hours 10 minutes 650 1,150
2
  • 21 Coffee
  • 9 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour 2 hours 3 minutes 650 1,150
3
  • 32 Coffee
  • 13 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 15 minutes 2 hours 3 minutes 682 1,150
4
  • 42 Coffee
  • 18 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
 1 hour 30 minutes 2 hours 3 minutes 682 1,208
5
  • 52 Coffee
  • 22 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
 1 hour 45 minutes 1 hour 57 minutes  682 1,208
6
  • 26 Popcorn
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 1 Award Statue
 2 hours 1 hour 57 minutes  715 1,208
7
  • 31 Popcorn
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 2 Award Statue
 3 hours 1 hour 57 minutes 715 1,265
8
  • 35 Popcorn
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 2 Award Statue
 4 hours 1 hour 50 minutes 715  1,265
9
  • 6 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 3 Award Statue
 5 hours 1 hour 50 minutes 747 1,265
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 7 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 3 Award Statue
 5 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 50 minutes 747 1,322
11
  • 7 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
  • 4 Award Statue
 6 hours 1 hour 44 minutes 747 1,322
12
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 4 Award Statue
  • 1 Film Reel
 6 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 44 minutes 780 1,322
13
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 5 Award Statue
  • 1 Film Reel
 7 hours 1 hour 44 minutes 780 1,380
14
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 2 Script
  • 1 Film Reel
 7 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 37 minutes 780 1,380
15
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 3 Script
  • 1 Film Reel
  8 hours 1 hour 37 minutes 812  1,380
16
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 8 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 37 minutes 812 1,437
17
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 1 hour 31 minutes 812 1,437
18
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 3 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 31 minutes 845 1,437
19
  • 4 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Film Reel
  • 4 Golden Clapper
 10 hours 1 hour 31 minutes 845 1,495
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 1 hour 24 minutes 845  1,495


Performer Workstations:

Audition Room– reach level 6 Performer to unlock:

  • Costs 600 Coffee and 140 3D Glasses to build, takes 6 hours
  • Once built you can collect the Ticket Stub resource
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 3 Coffee
  • 6 Popcorn
 5 seconds 30 minutes 255 330
2
  • 5 Coffee
  • 11 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour 28 minutes 30 seconds 255 330
3
  • 7 Coffee
  • 16 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour 15 minutes 28 minutes 30 seconds 268 330
4
  • 9 Coffee
  • 21 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour 30 minutes 28 minutes 30 seconds 268 346
5
  • 11 Coffee
  • 26 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 45 minutes 27 minutes 268 346
6
  • 13 Coffee
  • 2 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 2 hours 27 minutes 280 346
7
  • 15 Coffee
  • 2 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 3 hours 27 minutes 280 363
8
  • 17 Coffee
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 4 hours 25 minutes 30 seconds 280 363
9
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 25 minutes 30 seconds 293 363
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 30 minutes 25 minutes 30 seconds 293 379
11
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 6 hours 24 minutes 293 379
12
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 1 Award Statue
 6 hours 30 minutes 24 minutes 306 379
13
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 1 Award Statue
 7 hours 24 minutes 306 396
14
  • 1 Script
  • 1 Award Statue
  • 1 Film Reel
 7 hours 30 minutes 22 minutes 30 seconds 306 396
15
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 2 Film Reel
  8 hours 22 minutes 30 seconds 319 396
16
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 8 hours 30 minutes 22 minutes 30 seconds 319 412
17
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 21 minutes 319 412
18
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 30 minutes 21 minutes 331 412
19
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 10 hours 21 minutes 331 429
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 19 minutes 30 seconds 331 429

 

Voice-over Booth– reach level 7 Performer to unlock:

  • Costs 700 Coffee, 150 3D Glasses and 200 Ticket Stub to build, takes 12 hours
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  •  3 Coffee
  • 7 Popcorn
 5 seconds 50 minutes 300 550
2
  • 6 Coffee
  • 13 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour  47 minutes 30 seconds 300 550
3
  • 8 Coffee
  • 19 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour 15 minutes  47 minutes 30 seconds 315 550
4
  • 11 Coffee
  • 25 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 30 minutes  47 minutes 30 seconds 315  578
5
  • 13 Coffee
  • 31 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 45 minutes 45 minutes 315 578
6
  • 16 Coffee
  • 2 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 2 hours  45 minutes 330  578
7
  • 18 Coffee
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 3 hours 45 minutes 330 605
8
  • 21 Coffee
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 4 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds 330 605
9
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds 345 605
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 30 minutes 42 minutes 30 seconds 345 632
11
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 6 hours 40 minutes 345  632
12
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 1 Award Statue
 6 hours 30 minutes 40 minutes 360 632
13
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 1 Award Statue
 7 hours 40 minutes 360 660
14
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Film Reel
 7 hours 30 minutes 37 minutes 30 seconds 360 660
15
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 2 Film Reel
  8 hours  37 minutes 30 seconds 375 660
16
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 8 hours 30 minutes 37 minutes 30 seconds 375  687
17
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 35 minutes 375 687
18
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 30 minutes 35 minutes 390 687
19
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 10 hours 35 minutes 390 715
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 32 minutes 30 seconds 390 715

 

Film Set– reach level 8 Performer to unlock:

  • Costs 800 Coffee, 200 Ticket Stub and 150 Award Statue to build, takes 1 day
  • Once built you can collect the Script resource
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 4 Coffee
  • 9 Popcorn
 5 seconds 1 hour 20 minutes 465 925
2
  • 8 Coffee
  • 18 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour  1 hour 16 minutes 465 925
3
  • 12 Coffee
  • 27 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 15 minutes 1 hour 16 minutes 488 925
4
  • 15 Coffee
  • 36 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 30 minutes 1 hour 16 minutes 488 971
5
  • 19 Coffee
  • 45 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
 1 hour 45 minutes 1 hour 12 minutes 488 971
6
  • 23 Coffee
  • 3 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 2 hours  1 hour 12 minutes 511 971
7
  • 27 Coffee
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 3 hours 1 hour 12 minutes 511 1,017
8
  • 30 Coffee
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
 4 hours 1 hour 8 minutes 511 1,017
9
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 1 hour 8 minutes 535 1,017
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 6 3D Glasses
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 8 minutes 535 1,064
11
  • 6 3D Glasses
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 6 hours 1 hour 4 minutes 535 1,064
12
  • 4 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
 6 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 4 minutes 558 1,064
13
  • 4 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
 7 hours 1 hour 4 minutes 558 1,110
14
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 1 Film Reel
 7 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 558 1,110
15
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 2 Film Reel
  8 hours 1 hour 581 1,110
16
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 8 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 581 1,156
17
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 56 minutes 581 1,156
18
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 1 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 30 minutes  56 minutes  604  1,156
19
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 10 hours 56 minutes 604 1,202
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 52 minutes 604 1,202

 

A-list Celebrity Trailer– reach level 9 Performer to unlock:

  • Costs 1,000 Coffee, 75 Script and 3 Golden Clapper to build, takes 2 days
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 5 Coffee
  • 11 Popcorn
 5 seconds 2 hour 10 minutes 650 1,150
2
  • 9 Coffee
  • 21 Popcorn
  • 1 3D Glasses
 1 hour 2 hours 3 minutes 650 1,150
3
  • 13 Coffee
  • 32 Popcorn
  • 2 3D Glasses
 1 hour 15 minutes 2 hours 3 minutes 682 1,150
4
  • 18 Coffee
  • 42 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
 1 hour 30 minutes 2 hours 3 minutes 682 1,208
5
  • 22 Coffee
  • 52 Popcorn
  • 3 3D Glasses
 1 hour 45 minutes 1 hour 57 minutes 682 1,208
6
  • 26 Coffee
  • 4 3D Glasses
  • 1 Ticket Stub
 2 hours 1 hour 57 minutes 715 1,208
7
  • 31 Coffee
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
 3 hours 1 hour 57 minutes 715 1,265
8
  • 35 Coffee
  • 5 3D Glasses
  • 2 Ticket Stub
 4 hours 1 hour 50 minutes 715 1,265
9
  • 6 3D Glasses
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 1 hour 50 minutes 747 1,265
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 7 3D Glasses
  • 3 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 5 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 50 minutes 747 1,322
11
  • 7 3D Glasses
  • 4 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Award Statue
 6 hours 1 hour 44 minutes 747 1,322
12
  • 4 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
 6 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 44 minutes 780 1,322
13
  • 5 Ticket Stub
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
 7 hours 1 hour 44 minutes 780  1,380
14
  • 1 Script
  • 2 Award Statue
  • 2 Film Reel
 7 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 37 minutes 780 1,380
15
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 3 Film Reel
  8 hours 1 hour 37 minutes  812 1,380
16
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 8 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 37 minutes 812 1,437
17
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 2 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 1 hour 31 minutes 812 1,437
18
  • 1 Script
  • 3 Award Statue
  • 3 Golden Clapper
 9 hours 30 minutes 1 hour 31 minutes 845 1,437
19
  • 1 Script
  • 4 Award Statue
  • 4 Golden Clapper
 10 hours 1 hour 31 minutes 845 1,495
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 1 hour 24 minutes 845 1,495

 

NOTE: you can only upgrade one workstation at a time unless you are VIP

Are there items for my home that can increase my sims job level? 

Yes, you can buy the movie camera from promotions r us, it costs S2,000, once placed in a house you can practice making films for 3 hours to level up quicker.


Orange Suitcase? Can’t send your sims to work?

 This is because you have already sent them to work once today, if you are VIP level 1 you can send them to work twice in a day (this will cost you 15LPs still if you are VIP)

Wait until tomorrow and you will be able to send them to work again without being VIP.

Do I need to be VIP to use the movie studio?

NO! If you are VIP you can send your sims to work twice a day (VIP level 1), upgrade more than one workstation at a time (VIP level 7) and use the mega spin (VIP level 2) but you do not have to be VIP

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38 thoughts on “The Sims Freeplay- Profession Careers: Filmmaker”

  1. You are tops! This is the most cohesive outline for the most complicated sims thing ever. You are splash 🙂

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  2. Is it possible to get extra workstations? I have a line of people waiting for the golf cart!
    (Apologies if you’ve covered that and I missed it..)

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  3. Hi, I want to ask whether the resources can diminish by ithemselves? I have stopped upgrading some workstations as I need to unlock other resources first. But my current resource (3D glasses) keeps reducing in amount. I am clueless where they have gone. Please enlight me :(( Thank you so much.

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  4. I was wondering does a sim ever come in for you to complete a task and get the golden clapper resource (once unlocked). Or is it super rare to get a sim like that. Is it just better to trade resources for the golden resource?

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  5. I am having the worst trouble trying to get to level 9 on the performer and director. The first badge I need is the collect 20 3D glasses resource. I can’t get past it! I never get that many 3D glasses resource in one work day. The most I’ve gotten up to is 15. Has anybody else had trouble? I’ve been trying for weeks now.

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    • If you send two unspecialised sims to work there first until all the tasks are the short ones and then cancel the shift for one of them and then send your sim with this badge requirement there so the only long tasks you will get are the ones that sim can complete then the other sim who is unspecialised can work on all the short ones, hopefully this will allow you to help more sims in a shift to find these glasses

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    • Oh man, I’ve been so traumatized looking for those darn 3d glasses to collect my badge for the longest time that even after collecting them all, I still get anxious now whenever I see the resource pop up on one of the customers and have to keep reminding myself that I don’t need it anymore.

      But to answer your question, 3 things I did that helped was 1) Make sure the 3d glasses resource is 0 in my storage before starting the shift so more of them would show up, 2) try to attend to as many special customers that come (the ones with the question mark) as they may give you 10 of the resource at a time, 3) try spin the wheel in the resource exchange section and if you won some 3d glasses during the shift, it will add to your daily quota as well.

      Good luck! 👍

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  6. Is it possible for specialized sims to reach level 10 without building the other workstations? I figured it would be faster if they stick with the three stations lol. Has anyone tried it before?

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  7. Hey, will my sims earn any resources if I sent them alone to work? (or do the sims only earn resources when I accompany them?)

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  8. I ran out of resource space for the film studio and don’t have enough coins or LPs to buy more. It will cost a lot of dollars to buy the LPs I need at the online store so I’m stuck at an impass and can’t go any further. I think it’s absolutely outrageous how much it costs to increase resource space. I feel that I’m being forced to spend real money. Using hobbies to earn LPs is also very frustrating due to the numerous duplicate items that pop up which wastes a lot of time. So now the game is no longer fun. Any suggestions? Please note that I’ve spent a considerable amount of real money already as I am a VIP 9 and I really don’t want to spend any more.

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    • Have you tried selling some of the resources you don’t need right now? To do this click on the storage section and then on the simoleon symbol that appears on one of the resources, you can then choose how many you want to sell to make some room

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  9. If I sell my resources I won’t be able to build the workstation I need. Seems like I’m caught between a rock and a hard place! 😦

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    • Or you could just keep working with the sim, don’t collect anymore resources when a task is complete (there will be a message that pops up to say that you don’t have enough space to collect the resource and if you want to go ahead with not collecting it – click yes on it every time), keep earning the work money when you complete 15 customers, then earn enough to buy more storage space for your resources. I had to learn it the hard way but I find working on building one workstation at a time and collecting the resources specifically for that and calculating how much space I’ll need in total in advance (e.g. 1100 resources need to be collected in total), really helps. It would also mean to keep deleting resources that you don’t need for that workstation for the time being to save storage space but I keep reminding myself I can earn it again later when I need it. Hope that helps.

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  10. Does Anybody know the Storage Limits at the Film Studio/Hospital/Police Office as I wanna know how much Crud you can Store up to at them places just curious.

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  11. I have completed all the badges for level 9 director twice but it won’t allow me to go to level 10. Do you have any suggestions?

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  13. I’ve fully upgraded all of the workplaces to level 20 and both Sims in the Filmmaker career have reached their max level of 10. Now what? Is something different supposed to happen? I don’t need to collect items if my workplaces are fully upgraded so I’m not sure what to do now.

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    • Congratulations you have completed this profession! The aim is to reach level 10 with those two sims and fully upgrade the studio so you have completed it, when there is a simtown market event available you can still collect resources to use towards that.

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  14. Hello, I have a lvl 8 B movie actor that all of a sudden won’t complete the audition room tasks. She sits down in the waiting room, breathing like she is nervous and then the dreaded shoes pop up and the task is canceled.

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  15. I am currently building the Director Trailer and the bubble showing build progress disappeared. I waited until there were no sims working and the bubble is still gone.

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  16. Hi, I was wondering if you experienced the same thing because I unlocked the hair and makeup work station and it told me it will take 12 hours to build it, but after I did other things and came back (before and after 12 hours), the workstation does not have the arrow which shows when something is being upgraded or being built, and there is no button for “completing” the build….

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  17. All of a sudden, the option to build the rest of my director trailers have disappeared. I can only collect resources. I can’t advance my sim because I can’t build the stunt room in order to collect the film reel resources to get a badge and level up. My sim who is a performer, collected a badge, and then the director tailer build button went away. The trailers are still there, but dark, like they are before you build it, but no option to build anymore. Any idea why?

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