Film & Video Budgets

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Summary: Budget your Movie
Review: "If you have never put together a budget for a movie, this is the first book you should read. Not only does it provide job descriptions for all members of the production team, but also includes sample budgets for movies ranging...feature films to Digital 'no budget' feature movies and music videos. You will probably find this book on every independent producers bookshelf." -- RMS

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Summary: Makes Budgeting Easy
Review: Filmmakers would rather be shooting their films and not writing budgets. However it is the budget that will give them and their investors and understanding of what is required for their movie. In this book Deke Simon and I have tried to simply the process so that you don't forget anything when crafting your budget. There are a whole range of budgets suitable for nearly every situation. You take our budget and then customize it to your own needs. Once done you'll be happily off somewhere shooting your film!

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Summary: The buck stops here!
Review: This no-nonsense guide gives you "just the facts" about what it costs to make a film. Each chapter features a printout of a spreadsheet, and then gives you several pages of explanations as to what each item is for in the production. The book shows you every cost from legal fees to VHS screening copies (A+ for the detail). If you want to work in the video or film industry, or want to make your own films this is a good guide into what it takes to make a film. This book answers the question "why does it cost so much to make entertainment?" You get a bookkeepers viewpoint on the army it takes to make a film.

Rating:
Summary: The buck stops here!
Review: This no-nonsense guide gives you "just the facts" about what it costs to make a film. Each chapter features a printout of a spreadsheet, and then gives you several pages of explanations as to what each item is for in the production. The book shows you every cost from legal fees to VHS screening copies (A+ for the detail). If you want to work in the video or film industry, or want to make your own films this is a good guide into what it takes to make a film. This book answers the question "why does it cost so much to make entertainment?" You get a bookkeepers viewpoint on the army it takes to make a film.

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Summary: An excellent resource for filmmakers of any level.
Review: This was one of my Film/Video Production text books last semester. It's nothing you would read cover to cover, but something you will keep coming back to. It provides 5 sample budgets from $5 million features to no budget student films and explains them all in detailed, line-item fashion, offering shortcuts and realistic advise wherever possible. If you are planning on making a movie, this book could be one of your most valuable investments.