The Book of Budgets will give you insight to how a feature is
built from simple productions to complex studio-size productions through eight invaluable sample budgets.
If you were to hire a production manager to create each of these budgets s/he would charge you between
$1,500 and $3,500 per budget. Don't believe it, call one.
Make no mistake, a good production manager is worth every cent they charge, but often you'll need
money (an authorized budget) before you can even hire a production manager or before
(development) investors will even look at your package for financial consideration. Obviously, if
your project hasn't been financed, you'll more than likely have to either defer pay to the
production manager and commit yourself to hiring them if and when your project IS financed
or pay their budgeting fee out of your pocket . . . and here's
where The Book of Budgets can help you break this catch-22.
Besides getting invaluable tips on the allocation of capital,
each of the budgets in
The Book of Budgets has
been written under one of the most popular budget utilities available,
Movie Magic which is available at Entertainment Partners. Admittedly Movie Magic is
going to cost you some bucks to purchase (and the budgets in the digital Book of Budgets won't work
without Movie Magic),
but when all is said and done, you'll be able to generate budgets that will give your investors a good
idea how you'll be spending their capital. This will then put you in a better position of getting
that capital and then being able to hire the production manager of your choice, again, not just the
first PM who comes along willing to defer their budgeting fee up-front.
Remember, completion guarantors won't even think of bonding you unless they approve
your production manager (and his final draft of the budget). Especially true if you're new to producing.
And if you can't get your picture bonded, then no bank or lending insitution will discount a letter of credit
or lend you production funds, even if they're guaranteed by a bonafide network licensing agreement or
studio negative pickup deal. The
Book of Budgets will help you break these catch-22's and for that reason alone, you
can't afford to be without it.
$250,000
$282,625
$452,788
$750,554
$1,297,203
$5,575,772
$12,289,792
$37,158,829
Sample Budgets
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