Saturday, March 04, 2000 - Budget

It's so easy to write down a budget, once the money has already been spent, assuming you have all of your receipts:

		FROM OUT OF THE BLUE - FILM BUDGET

Code	Description				   Amount

1000	Story & Screenplay (photocopy)		 $  597.39
1100	Producer's Unit (pre-production)	  1,659.39
1300	Cast Unit (casting expenses)		    837.65
2000	Production Unit				  3,354.37
2200	Art Dept				    707.54
2800	Camera Dept				  7,003.73
3100	Sound Dept				  8,539.17
3200	Grip Dept				    602.48
3300	Lighting				  2,636.22
3400	Wardrobe				    136.49
3600	Set Operations (meals)			  2,898.46
3700	Local Site Rental			    440.58
4000	Location Expenses			  5,514.29
4600	Transportation				  2,690.58
4700	Production Rawstock & Lab		 13,974.15
5000	Editing					 12,621.00
5400	Post Production Sound			 13,690.62
5500	Post Film & Lab				  1,043.94
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				Total		$78,938.05

Money well spent. Now I have a good feel for what things cost, how long things take, what's important, not important, in short, a grip on the reality of film.

Let's do it again, much the same way.

-George

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