Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film

by Paula Landry

Budgeting and scheduling are easy in principle but hard in practice. The successful producer has a solid plan for juggling dozens of activities and costs while retaining the flexibility to cope with those inevitable last-minute changes and stay on course. Preplanning the budget and schedule of any media project is absolutely essential, and the 2nd edition of Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film: A Panic-Free Guide shows you the intricacies of handling both budgeting and scheduling successfully.

This new and updated edition explains the fundamentals of line producing in an easy-to-understand style, and includes tips and techniques that apply no matter what kind of scheduling or budgeting software you're using. Author Paula Landry includes detailed examples of breakdown forms, organizing resources, distribution expenses, and hidden costs, and discusses how to set realistic priorities and find industry and state tax incentives. The new edition also includes discussions of transmedia and multi-purpose shooting, special considerations for VR, 4K and 3D shooting, new web platforms and mobile technology, crowd funding, film festivals, and much more.



Each chapter is filled with handy checklists, tips, practical advice, and anecdotes, showing how scheduling and budgeting are done in the real world;



Principles apply to any type of media project: film, video, music video, projects hosted online, and corporate and educational videos;



An accompanying eResources page offers downloadable forms and templates, and other essential resources.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction

326 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2011

Reviews

[Alain Burrese · Rating 5 out of 5]

Making a film can be enjoyable and rewarding, but budgeting and scheduling are usually not on the top of the list of the fun aspects a film making. And while they sound simple enough, in practice, they can be difficult and can often make or break a project. This is especially true for beginning filmmakers who may not be aware of everything that goes into scheduling and budgeting a successful film project. That is where this book comes in. "Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film: A Panic-Free Guide" by Paula Landry explains all the fundamentals of line producing in a quick-reference format. The tips and techniques Landry provides apply regardless of the scheduling or budgeting software you use. This book is an extremely useful guide for organizing your film and ensuring your shoot goes well.

The book is designed for producers, directors, or new filmmakers that are looking to expand skills in the scheduling and budgeting department to allocate resources in an efficient way. The steps, performed one at a time, will enable the filmmaker to manage resources (places, people, and equipment) with the goal to shoot footage that can be edited together for the completed project. In short, this book helps you plan your film project, regardless of the type of project it is. The book also has a companion website to further your education on this topic.

Chapters include: Schedule and Budget Basics; Identifying Resources: The Breakdown; Organizing Resources: The Schedule; Pricing Resources: The Budget; Helpful Scheduling and Budgeting Tips; Managing Resources; Special Considerations; and Additional Topics You Are Bound to Encounter. Within these eight chapters, Landry covers just about anything you might need when producing or shooting a film, regardless of your type of media project.

There are charts, checklists, tips, graphs, screen shots from popular software programs, practical advice and anecdotes to help you along. The companion website features even more forms and templates as well as video tutorials.

This really is a great guide for anyone who needs to schedule and budget a film project and isn't quite sure what all needs to be done, or just how to do it. If you are a beginning filmmaker, this guide will help you avoid many mistakes and most likely point out a few things you might not have thought about. I think this book will help filmmakers take control of their projects, which is the first step toward success.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for those looking to get started in the movie making business! Lots of information and resources.

[Bender · Rating 4 out of 5]

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