14 Moving the Budget Up

 

 

AS THE CASH BUDGET for your film creeps upwards, certain elements of your budget may remain the same even though the budget increases in value. You might be faced with the prospect of having a hot project where you suddenly raise more money than you anticipated. Or you may decide to ramp your budget higher in order to attract different types of crew or talent. The exercise below is an interesting and useful way to see what happens as your movie budget inflates.

Hint Making low budgets work depends on two elements: the cash you have (budget) and the amount of time you have allocated for the shoot (schedule). You must ...

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