- 360 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Feature Film Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Manual is a step-by-step guide to film budgeting in the $600k to $6.5 Million range. Be it the film student, Line Producer, 1st Assistant Director, or script writer, all will benefit from the easy-to-follow steps on how to create a film budget. This book walks the reader through how to: - find current and future salary rates for every Hollywood Guild
- determine Prep and Wrap periods for all crew members
- navigate the Guild contracts for easy understanding
- analyze salary rates and how they were arrived at
- simplify the application of fringe rates (tax percentages). Additionally, sample budgets are presented to reinforce knowledge gained in each chapter through a comprehensive breakdown. Notably, this manual covers films budgeted in the $600, 000 to $6.5 Million range. This allows the reader to focus and excel at those budget levels before moving on to higher budget levels.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftite page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- In Memory Of
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use this Manual
- Key
- 1 Above-The-LineDefinition: The area of the budget which outlines the costs of Development, Writers, Producers, Directors, and Cast
- 2 Production Definition: The area of the budget which outlines the costs of the Production Crew
- 3 Post-Production Definition: The area of the budget which outlines the costs when filming has completed, such as Editing and other Post-Production expenses
- 4 Other Expenses Definition: The area of the budget which outlines the costs of Insurance, Legal Fees, Publicity, General Expenses, and **COVID Compliance
- Globals (Entertainment Partners – Movie Magic Budgeting)73
- Appendix A “2022 Theatrical Rate Sheet”
- Appendix B Sample Budget #1 – $5,076,507
- Appendix C Sample Budget #2 – $2,889,140
- Appendix D Sample Budget #3 – $698,307
- Glossary
- Endnotes