Ken Goldberg

Feature Film Budgeting (eBook, ePUB)

A Step-by-Step Manual

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765102961
• Artikelnr.: 69683124

Autorenporträt

Ken Goldberg is an Independent Scholar living in the USA, who has worked on creating film budgets for individuals for many years. Additionally, he works in Thoroughbred Horse Racing.

Inhaltsangabe

In Memory Of Preface Acknowledgments How to Use this Manual Key 1.
Above-the-Line 1000 DEVELOPMENT 1100 STORY, RIGHTS, AND CONTINUITY 1200
PRODUCERS 1300 DIRECTOR 1400 CAST 1500 A-T-L TRAVEL AND LIVING 1600 A-T-L
FRINGES 2. Production 1700 PRODUCTION STAFF 1800 EXTRAS 1900 ART DEPARTMENT
2000 SET CONSTRUCTION 2100 SET OPERATIONS 2200 SPECIAL EFFECTS 2300 SET
DRESSING 2400 PROPS 2500 WARDROBE DEPARTMENT 2600 MAKE UP & HAIR DEPARTMENT
2700 ELECTRIC OPERATIONS 2800 CAMERA OPERATIONS 2900 PRODUCTION SOUND 3000
LOCATION DEPARTMENT 3100 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT 3200 PICTURE VEHICLES &
ANIMALS 3300 PRODUCTION FILM AND LAB 3400 TESTS 3500 B-T-L FRINGES 3.
Post-Production 3600 FILM EDITING 3700 POST-PRODUCTION FILM & LAB 3800
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND 3900 DELIVERABLES 4000 MUSIC 4100 TITLES, VFX,
OPTICALS, INSERTS 4200 TOTAL FRINGES 4. Other Expenses 4300 INSURANCE 4400
LEGAL FEES 4500 PUBLICITY 4600 GENERAL EXPENSES 4700 HEALTH & SAFETY (COVID
COMPLIANCE) 4800 CONTINGENCY 4900 COMPLETION BOND 5000 TOTAL FRINGES
Globals 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 End Notes Index