Feature Film Budgeting

Ken Goldberg is an Independent Scholar living in the USA, who has worked on creating film budgets for many years. He has 25 years of Film Production experience, moving up from ranks of Production Assistant to Script Supervisor to Line Producer/Production Accountant, on films such as All In (2006) Producer/Director - Nick Vallelonga and Rock N Roll Zombie Apocalypse (2018) Writer/Producer - David A. Lockhart; and Consent: A Hollywood Love Story (2019) Writer/Producer Shelly Pack.

Dedication
In Memory
Preface
Acknowledgments
Key

1. Above-the-line
1000 DEVELOPMENT
1100 STORY, RIGHTS AND CONTINUITY
1200 PRODUCERS
1300 DIRECTOR
1400 CAST
1500 A-T-L TRAVEL AND LIVING
1600 A-T-L FRINGES

2. Below-The-Line
1700 PRODUCTION STAFF
1800 EXTRAS
1900 ART DEPARTMENT
2000 SET CONSTRUCTION
2100 SET OPERATIONS
2200 SPECIAL EFFECTS
2300 SET DRESSING
2400 PROPS
2500 WARDROBE DEPARTMENT
2600 MAKE UP & HAIR DEPARTMENT
2700 ELECTRIC OPERATIONS
2800 CAMERA OPERATIONS
2900 PRODUCTION SOUND
3000 LOCATION DEPARTMENT
3100 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
3200 PICTURE VEHICLES & ANIMALS
3300 PRODUCTION FILM AND LAB
3400 TESTS
3500 B-T-L FRINGES

3. Post Production
3600 FILM EDITING
3700 POST PRODUCTION FILM & LAB
3800 POST PRODUCTION SOUND
3900 DELIVERABLES
4000 MUSIC
4100 TITLES, VFX, OPTICALS, INSERTS
4200 TOTAL FRINGES

4. Other Expenses
4300 INSURANCE
4400 LEGAL FEES
4500 PUBLICITY
4600 GENERAL EXPENSES
4700 CONTINGENCY
4800 COMPLETION BOND
4900 TOTAL FRINGES

APPENDIX A (“2021 Theatrical Rate Sheet”)
APPENDIX B (“Sample Budget #1 - $5.5 Million”)
APPENDIX C (“Sample Budget #2 - $2.6 Million”)
APPENDIX D (“Sample Budget #3 - $700,000”)

End Notes
Index