"SAM and LEAH" - Production Budget, (SUBJECT TO MINOR CHANGES) A 90 minute feature film Sam and Leah Productions Estimated shoot length, 15 to 21 days. This is a generous budget, because it is including some jobs which will be combined to reduce expenses. Also it is based on a 21 day shooting schedule. I will aim to have it all shot in 15 or 16 days. On about 3 of the days, the crew will be only 3 people. Budget Date: November 6, 2007 PRODUCER AND STAFF Producer, first 2 months, part time, $200 per month...................................................... $400 Producer, next 3 mos.......... $5000...............................................................................$15,000 Director/Casting Director 12 mos...............................$4000 ..................................... $48,000 Misc Producer/director expenses................................ Allow........................................ $2000 Copies, phone, postage, courier ..................................Allow .........................................$1000 TALENT Principle Actress ......................................................................................................... $10,000 Principle Actor ............................................................................................................... $8000 Actress ............................................................................................................................ $2000 Actor................................................................................................................................ $4000 Minor Actors 2 x $700.................................................................................................... $1400 Minor Actors 2x $200....................................................................................................... $400 Minor Actors 3x $125....................................................................................................... $375 Extras 12 x $150............................................................................................................. $1800 Total Above-The-Line.................................................................................................. $94,375 PRODUCTION STAFF PA, lighting, gaffer, sound combo, 1 x 21 days $325...................................................... $6825 AD/Script supervisor/continuity 1 x18days $350.............................................................$6300 SET OPERATIONS Craft Services 3 days x $500 ........................................................................................... $1500 Craft Services 18 days x $350 ......................................................................................... $5400 CAMERA DOP/Camera operator, 1 x 18 $400................................................................................ $8100 Camera, Cam op, package, contractor 1x15 $400.......................................................... $6000 Camera package rentals 1x 21 days, weekly rate X 3..................................................... $3000 MAKEUP AND HAIR Head makeup artist/hair 1 x 21 $300.............................................................................. $6300 Makeup assistant artist 1 x 2 $200................................................................................... $400 Makeup materials............................................Allow...................................................... $1000 ELECTRICAL Lights and accessories package 1 x 18 days $150.......................................................... $2700 TRANSPORTATION Gas and parking............................................ Allow......................................................... $300 Van rental 30 days......................................... Allow....................................................... $2000 LOCATION EXPENSES Location cost rental 6 days $400 per day....................................................................... $2400 Location 12 days........................................ DONATION.................................................... 00 LEGAL Incorporation and contracts.......................... Allow....................................................... $4000 Clearances...................................................... Allow........................................................ $500 Errors and Omissions..................................... Allow ......................................................$5500 Title search .....................................................Allow........................................................ $500 Miscellaneous legal..........................................................................................................$1000 CITY PERMITS For short street scenes 4 x $300..................................................................................... $1200 For park rentals 2 x $635............................................................................................... $1270 PRODUCTION SOUND Done by PA combo person, covered above....................................................................... 00 SET DECORATION and PROPS Set Decorator 1 x 15 X $250............................................................................................$3750 Set Dec. Expenses......................................... Allow........................................................ $1000 Wardrobe ......................................................Allow........................................................ $1000 Props...............................................................Allow........................................................$1000 Photoshop.......................................................Allow........................................................$1000 VIDEOTAPE STOCK MDV Cassettes 35 x $11 = $385...................................................................................... $385 SCRIPT COST Writer.............................................................................................................................. $5000 Story rights...................................................................................................................... $2000 MISCELLANEOUS Insurance...................................................... Allow.........................................................$2500 Website......................................................... Allow.......................................................... $500 First Aid 1 X 21 bonus to qualified crewmember $50 per day...................................... $1050 Still photos.................................................... Allow........................................................ $1500 Bookkeeper, Unit Line Producer..................Allow........................................................ $1500 Total Below the Line................................................................................................... $87,630 POST PRODUCTION EDITORIAL Editor Flat rate............................................................................................................. $25,000 Dubs and transfers....................................... Allow .........................................................$1500 MDV, VHS, DVD......................................... Allow........................................................... $500 Misc Editing expenses.................................. Allow ...........................................................$500 MUSIC Composer .................................................... Allow.......................................................$10,000 Songs 2 x $800................................................................................................................ $1600 Song, with music to be composed and recorded..............................................................$1000 PROMOTION Advertising................................................... Allow........................................................ $5,000 Travel and entertainment............................ Allow..........................................................$1000 Wrap party.................................................. Allow..........................................................$1000 Total Post Production................................................................................................. $47,100 Total Above-The-Line................................................................................................ $94,375 Total Below-The-Line................................................................................................. $87,630 Total Post Production................................................................................................. $47.100 Contingency................................................................................................................. $30,000 GRAND TOTAL........................................................................................................$259,105 NOTES: Some of the above expenses have been paid already. The lighting and camera packages have been pre paid for the entire project, two songs have been paid for, and $2400 has been paid in legal fees for agreements, incorporation and records keeping. 1/4 of the story rights have been paid for. In total, $10,300 has been paid already. Three investors are onboard for a total of $55,900, and this includes the writer/director putting in $25,900 of his own money. An agent has been employed to find the rest of the funding, or more funding. He will be paid a finders fee on any money he finds for the project. The writer/director is also seeking more funding, and there will be no finders fee paid to him. To return to homepage, CLICK HERE. To return to investors's page, CLICK HERE.