THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO MAKING A FILM BUDGET

Name: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO MAKING A FILM BUDGET
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Learn how to make and submit a detail budget breakdown as per the Film Industry Standards.

Created byPiyush Pande

Last updated 5/2020

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What you'll learn

DETAIL BUDGETING FOR FILMS AND WEB SERIES.
In this 10 lesson course, you will learn in detail how to prepare a details budget sheet for your film or a web series. You will learn how to breakdown the budget and allocate it to each and every department of film making.

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 2h 5m total length

Introduction to Film Budgeting TOP SHEET19:20
In this lesson, you will be introduced to the first excel sheet of budgeting which is called as Top Sheet. You will learn what are the major Departments of Film budget and how to write them on a sheet.
Master Budget sheet and Primary actor's budgeting.8:31
In this lesson, you will learn about how to make a Master Budgeting sheet. You will learn how to make a Master budget sheet and how to further break down each main department of film making into sub-departments and allocate a budget to them.
In this lesson, you will start will Budgeting for Primary Actors.
Budgeting and Breakdown of Director and Writer department into sub departments.12:17
In this lesson, you will learn how to break down the Director and Writer department further into subcategories and how to allocate budget to them. You will also learn about Above the line Budget.
Budgeting for Music & Lyrics department. Summing up Above the line Budget.7:10
In this lesson, you will learn how to further break down the Lyrics and Music department into subcategories and allocate the budget to them. You will learn how to sum up the 'Above the line' budget.
Starting 'Below the Line' Budget. Breakdown of the Talent department.6:54
In this Lesson, you will start the 'Below the Line' budget. You will start with breaking down the Talent Category into subcategories and allocating a budget to them.
Budgeting for Crew renumeration. In detail analysis26:27
In this lesson, you will learn about breaking down the Crew remuneration department into sub-departments. This is a detailed lesson consisting of the entire crew for making the film.
Budgeting for Art,Costumes and Rental Department in Detail.6:42
In this lesson, you will further learn how to do Below the line budget and further breakdown the Art, Costumes, and Rental Departments into subcategories and budget individually for them.
Budgeting for Hotel, Transportation, Location, Purchases & Expandable.18:32
n this lesson, you will further learn how to do below the line budget. You will breakdown the main categories like Hotel, Transportation, Catering, Purchases & Expandables, and other Misc. Expenses into subcategories and then allocate a budget to them. You will also learn how to sum up 'Below the Line' budget.
Budgeting for Post Production13:00
In this lesson, you will learn how to do budgeting for Post-production and how to further break down the Post-production departments into sub-departments and budget individually for them. You will also learn to sub up the total budget of the film or a web series.
Making TimeLine Sheets and Episodes Breakdown.6:27
In this lesson, you will learn how to make a Timeline sheet of your Film or a web series. You will also learn how to do Episodes breakdown into scenes, locations, and actors needed.
This is the last lesson of this series.

Requirements

You should have Microsoft excel in your system and should know very basic functions of it.

Description

At the end of this course, you will be able to make your film budget like a pro. You will learn Industry Standard methods to make an accurate film budget. You will also learn about different departments of film making and how you can divide those departments into sub-departments and categories. You will learn how to make a Timeline sheet and the episodes or the film breakdown sheet which will further help you in making a pro budget for your film.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who is curious to learn the economics behind making a film.