Writing and money… am I serious? In the collaborative spirit of the film industry… yes. I’ve taken a moment (ok, 4 min and 45 sec) to highlight a few things that writers should know about production budgets, because… well… when you write a movie, the script is not not going to be the story’s final […]
Backwards Budgeting
When it comes to budgeting, whatever you do, don’t start at the beginning! Start backwards. Huh? Peruse a budget template. That’s a lot of categories, isn’t it? Kind of makes the budget template seem smart by itself. Not so. Sure, if you start budgeting at the first category and work your way linearly though the […]
Why Craft Service & Catering Should be Good
It’s a big budget production… the production can afford it! Craft & catering should be good. It’s expected; it’s respectful. It’s a low budget production… the production may not be providing enough time or money to the cast & crew to buy groceries. Craft & catering should be good. Production needs a healthy cast & […]
Ciné-surfer: $1M Budget Breakdown (from Oz Film Commission)
The Australia Film Commission has a set of feature articles worth perusing. One in particular is called “The Financial Lowdown“. Though this article is a tad old (it references films shot between 2000 and 2003), the content is still excellent. There’s a breakdown of a $1M production budget that helps with understanding of generally where in the budget […]
Harry Potter – Part 1: 7 Magical Moments
It is said that with 7 memorable scenes in a movie – I mean really memorable, magical scenes – then the movie has great potential to do well. In honour of the last Harry Potter movie coming out, I thought to examine this idea using the first Harry Potter movie. If any movie were filled […]
Live Deb vs Virtual Deb
Today I’m at Theatrebooks in Toronto with my latest book “Film Production Management 101“! Oh boy! Since I’ve spoken at a number of places over the years, in honour of today’s event – and for those of you who are not in the Toronto area – I thought I’d gather together links to some of […]
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