Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film

On time and on budget: the Holy Grail for filmmakers.

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.

Other resources look at budgeting and scheduling in isolation; this book is unique in covering the two closely intertwined activities in a single volume. Readers get both topics for the price of one book; competitors cover each topic separately. All the fundamentals of line producing are covered in a quick-reference format and the tips apply no matter what kind of scheduling or budgeting software you're using.

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"A 'Wilderness' Survival Guide for the beginning and established unit production managers." --Michael J. Hanly, II (Full Sail University)

Chapter 1 Schedule & Budget Basics

Chapter 2 Identifying Resources: The Breakdown

Chapter 3 Organizing Resources: The Schedule

Chapter 4 Pricing Resources: The Budget

Chapter 5 Helpful Scheduling & Budgeting Tips

Chapter 6 Managing Resources

Chapter 7 Special Considerations

Chapter 8 Additional Topics You Are Bound to Encounter