ProgramSAMPLE BUDGET

Format: DV 24P

Producer/Director: Great filmmaker Research: 8 weeks

Locations: Los Angeles, New York Prep: 6 weeks
Shoot: 35 days (over 12 wks)
Budget date: 8/1/2005 Wrap: 2 weeks
Post: 24 weeks
TOTAL: 52 weeks

TOTAL
ABOVE THE LINE BUDGET

1000 Pre-Production and Development -

2000 Producing Staff -
3000 Rights, Music & Talent -

TOTAL ABOVE THE LINE (A) -

TOTAL
BELOW THE LINE BUDGET

4000 Crew & Personnel -

5000 Production Expenses -
6000 Travel and related expenses -
7000 Post-production -
8000 Insurance -
9000 Office & Administration costs -
10000 Other Required Items -

SUB TOTAL -

TOTAL BELOW THE LINE (B) 0

SUBTOTAL (ATL + BTL) -

CONTINGENCY 10.0% -
FISCAL SPONSOR FEE 5.0% -

GRAND TOTAL 0
ProgramSAMPLE BUDGET
Format: DV 24P

Producer/Director: Great filmmaker Research: 8 weeks

Prep: 6 weeks
Locations: Los Angeles, New York Shoot: 35 days (over 12 wks)
Wrap: 2 weeks
Budget date: 8/1/2005 Post: 24 weeks
TOTAL: 52 weeks

ABOVE-THE-LINE:

Pre-Production and Development # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

1000 RESEARCH 0
1010 Books, research materials 1 allow 0
1020 Videos, screenings 1 allow 0
1030 Meetings (advisors, staff, etc.) 1 allow 0
1099 Misc research 1 allow 0

TOTAL -

Producing Staff # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

2000 DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, WRITERS 0

2010 Producer/Writer/Director (loanout) 1 flat 0
2011 Box Rental - Dir/Prod 1 allow 0
2012 Expenses - Dir/Prod 1 allow 0
2020 Producer 0 flat 0
2021 Box Rental - Prod 0 allow 0
2022 Expenses - Prod 0 allow 0
2030 Executive Producer 0 flat 0
2032 Expenses - Exec Prod 0 allow 0
2040 Writer 1 flat 0
2041 Box Rental - Writer 0 allow 0
2099 Personnel Taxes (FICA, Medicare, FUI, SUI, payroll) % 0

TOTAL -

Rights, Music & Talent # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

3000 STORY & OTHER RIGHTS 0

3010 Story Rights allow 0
3020 Title Report (Thomson & Thomson) 1 allow 0
3090 Miscellaneous allow 0

3100 ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS & STILLS 0

3110 Researcher fees (Outside contractor) 0.2 weeks 0
3130 Preview fees 1 allow 0
3140 Shipping/messenger 1 allow 0
3150 Stills duplication costs 1 allow 0
3160 Stills licensing 18 stills 0
3190 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

3200 STOCK FOOTAGE & FILM CLIPS 0

3210 Researcher fees (Outside contractor) 1 weeks 0
3220 Preview tape fees 1 allow 0
3230 Shipping/messenger 1 allow 0
3240 Stock footage licensing 30 seconds 0
3250 Stock footage transfer costs 1 allow 0
3260 Film clip licensing 0 seconds 0
3280 Film clip transfer costs 0 seconds 0
3290 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

3300 TALENT 0
3310 Union & Guild Performers 0 allow 0
3320 Union & Guild Fees 0 allow 0
3330 Personnel Taxes (FICA, Medicare, FUI, SUI, 0 allow 0
payroll)

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3400 MUSIC/COMPOSER 0
3410 Composer (all-in package includes musicians, 1 allow 0
score, and recording session)
3420 Music Supervisor 0 allow 0
3430 Add'l Music Rights (songs, etc.) 0 allow 0

TOTAL -

TOTAL ABOVE THE LINE 0

BELOW-THE-LINE:

Crew & Personnel # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

4000 PRODUCTION STAFF 0

4010 Line Producer
Prep 0 weeks 0
Shoot 0 weeks 0
Wrap 0 week 0
Post 0 weeks 0
4011 Box Rental - Line Producer 0 allow 0
4015 Production Coordinator
Prep 4 weeks 0
Shoot 12 weeks 0
Wrap 2 weeks 0
4016 Box/Computer Rental - Prod Coord 18 weeks 0
4020 Director's Assistant
Prep 0 weeks 0
Shoot 0 weeks 0
Wrap 0 weeks 0
Post - part time 0 weeks 0
4021 Box/Computer Rental - Dir Asst 0 allow 0
4030 Director of Photography
Prep 1 days 0
Shoot 35 days 0
Travel 2 days 0
Post/Color timing 2 days 0
4035 "B" Camera Director of Photography 0 days 0
4040 Assistant Camera
Prep 0 days 0
Shoot 0 days 0
Wrap 0 days 0
4060 Sound Recordist
Prep 1 days 0
Shoot 25 days 0
Travel (none - hired locally in each city) 0 days 0
4065 Add'l Boom Operator 0 days 0
4050 Gaffer 0 days 0
4070 Hair/Makeup/Wardrobe Stylist 0 days 0
4075 Staff Researcher 0 weeks 0
4080 Production Assistant #1 35 days 0
4081 Production Assistant #2 0 days 0
4099 Personnel Taxes (FICA, Medicare, FUI, SUI, 0 payroll 0
payroll)
4100 EDITORIAL STAFF 0
4110 Editor
Prep during shoot 1 week 0
Edit period 16 weeks 0
Post sound, online, color correction 1 weeks 0
4120 Assistant Editor
Setup edit room & system 1 weeks 0
Log & capture all footage 6 weeks 0
Part time - rest of edit period 16 weeks 0
Part time - post sound, online, color correction 1 weeks 0
4199 Personnel Taxes (FICA, Medicare, FUI, SUI, 0 salary 0
payroll)

TOTAL -

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 Production Expenses # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

5000 CAMERA 0
5010 Panasonic DVX100a 24P or similar (buy/sell) 0.5 allow 0
5020 Tripod (but/sell) 0.5 allow 0
5030 Add'l "B" camera pkg rentals 0 days 0
5099 Misc camera accessories 1 allow 0

5100 SOUND 0
5110 Sound equipment rentals 25 days 0
5120 Sound equipment purchases 0 allow 0
5140 Batteries, Expendables, etc. 1 allow 0
5199 Misc accessories 1 allow 0

5200 LIGHTING & GRIP 0

5210 Lighting & grip package rental 35 days 0
5220 Expendables 1 allow 0

5300 STUDIO FACILITIES 0

5310 Studio facility rental 0 days 0
5320 Electricity & facility charges 0 allow 0

5400 SET DRESSING 0

5410 Set dressing for studio interviews 0 allow 0
5490 Miscellaneous set dressing 0 allow 0

5500 WARDROBE 0
5510 Wardrobe rentals for studio interviews 0 allow 0
5520 Wardrobe purchases for studio interviews 0 allow 0

5600 PRODUCTION FILM & LAB 0

5610 DV Tape Stock 105 60min 0
(assume 3 tapes per camera per day)
5620 DV Tape stock for protection masters 105 60min 0
5630 DV Deck rental for clones 3 weeks 0
5640 VHS Stock for screeners 105 tape 0
5650 Sales tax on tape stock 0 $ 0

5700 LOGGING + TRANSCRIPTIONS 0

5710 Transcriptions 53 tapes 0
(assume half the tapes are interviews that need to be transcribed)
5720 Logging (interns) 0 allow 0

5800 LOCAL EXPENSES 0

5810 Gas/Mileage 3000 miles 0
5820 Parking lots & fees 1 allow 0
5830 Meals (Dir/Prod, DP, PA) 105 meals 0
Add'l meals for days w/sound 25 meals 0
Add'l meals for days w/"B" cam and add'l PA 0 meals 0
5840 Snacks/Craft Service 35 days 0
5850 Location Fees, Permits, Gratuities 1 allow 0
5899 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

TOTAL -

Travel and related expenses # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

6000 TRAVEL EXPENSES 0

6010 Airfare
Dir/Prod, DP from LAX to NYC 2 roundtrip 0
6020 Add'l baggage fees for equipment 2 fees 0
6030 Hotel
Dir/Prod, DP in NYC 6 hotel nights 0
6040 Incidentals & gratuities 1 allow 0
6050 Local Transportation 3 days 0
6060 Per Diem (includes travel days)
Dir/Prod 5 days 0

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 DP 5 days 0
6090 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

TOTAL -

Post-production # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

7000 EDITORIAL EQUIPMENT & FACILITY 0

7010 Final Cut System (buy/sell) 0.5 allow 0
7020 Edit System RAM, FCP add-ons (buy/sell) 0.5 allow 0
7030 Hard Drives (buy/sell w/FCP system) 6 drives 0
7040 DV Deck (buy/sell) 0.5 allow 0
7050 Equipment Repair 1 allow 0
7060 Technical Support 0 months 0
7070 Edit room rental w/2 parking spaces 4 months 0
7071 Edit add'l parking space 0 months 0
7090 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

7100 EDITORIAL SUPPLIES 0

7110 Edit office supplies 4 months 0
7120 Edit meals & snacks 4 months 0
7130 Edit gas/mileage 500 miles 0
7140 Tape stock & blank media 1 allow 0
7190 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

7200 FORMAT CONVERSIONS 0

7210 Upconversions/downconversions 0 allow 0
7220 PAL-NTSC transfers 0 allow 0
7290 Misc format conversions 0 allow 0

7200 GRAPHICS & MOTION CONTROL 0

7210 Graphics & Titles Designer 1 Allow 0
7220 Motion Control (still photographs) 4 hours 0

7300 ONLINE EDIT 0

7310 Online Suite 24 hours 0
7390 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

7400 COLOR CORRECTION 0

7410 Color Correction 24 hours 0

7500 POST SOUND 0

7510 Sound design, edit, and mix (combined pkg) 1 allow 0
7520 Voiceover Recording 0 allow 0
7590 Miscellaneous 0 allow 0

7600 TRANSFERS & DUPLICATION 0

7610 Digibeta masters 2 tapes 0
7620 DVCAM Dubs 1 tapes 0
7630 Beta SP copies NTSC 0 tapes 0
7640 VHS copies NTSC 50 tapes 0
7650 VHS copies PAL 50 tapes 0
7690 Misc transfers 1 allow 0

7700 SUBTITLING 0
7710 Translations 0 allow 0
7720 Subtitles Design & Render 0 allow 0

TOTAL -

Insurance # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

8000 INSURANCE 0
8010 General Liability insurance package 1 allow 0
8020 Errors & Omissions Insurance 1 allow 0
8030 Equipment & Video/Negative Insurance 1 allow 0

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 8040 Business Auto Liability 1 allow 0
8050 Worker's Compensation 1 allow 0

TOTAL -

Office & Administration costs # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

9000 OFFICE/ADMIN 0
9020 Office Supplies 12 months 0
9030 Photocopy & Fax 12 months 0
9040 Postage 12 months 0
9050 Telephone 12 months 0
9060 Office Meals 1 allow 0
9070 Production Office Rental 12 months 0
9071 Add'l parking space 12 months 0
9089 Loss, Damage & Repair 1 allow 0
9099 Miscellaneous 1 allow 0

9100 PROMOTION & PUBLICITY 0

9110 Postcards & Business Cards 1 allow 0
9120 Graphic Artist 1 allow 0
9140 Press Materials 1 allow 0
9160 Stills Reproduction 1 allow 0
9170 Publicist 0 allow 0

9200 WEBSITE 0
9210 Domain name 3 years 0
9230 Hosting 36 months 0
9240 Design & coding 1 allow 0
9250 Webmaster/maintenance 0 month 0

9300 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 0

9310 Legal 1 allow 0
9320 Bookkeeper 12 months 0
9330 Bank Charges 1 allow 0

TOTAL -

Other Required Items # UNIT PRICE TOTAL $ COST

10000 PUBLICITY STILLS 0

10010 Photographer 1 flat 0
10020 Film, Processing, Prints 1 allow 0

10100 CLOSED CAPTIONING 0

10110 Closed Captioning 1 allow 0

10200 ADDITIONAL REQUIRED ITEMS 0

10210 Transcription for "as-broadcast" cut 1 allow 0
.
TOTAL -

TOTAL BELOW THE LINE 0

TOTAL ABOVE THE LINE 0

TOTAL BELOW THE LINE 0
SUBTOTAL 0

CONTINGENCY 10.0% 0 0
FISCAL SPONSOR FEES (IF ANY) 5.0% 0 0
GRAND TOTAL 0

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