Day 9 Assignment

[Denise Bryant]

Day 9. Denise’s Budget. What I learned doing this assignment is to look at all the variables that make up a budget and decide which ones would make my project more marketable.

Main

Number
of Locations (1)
Expensive
locations (none)
Number
of characters (3)
Special
effects (1)
Number
of pages (30)
Crowd
scenes ( none)
Stunts,
Chase scenes, and Fight scenes
(none)
Special
sets (grocery store)

Secondary Variables

Rights
to music, brands, books, etc.
Explosions
and Firearm
Kids
— shorter work days, tutor on the set
Animals
– need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane Society
Weather
— Rain, snow, wind, tornados.
Water
and underwater scenes
Night
scenes
Helicopters,
aircraft, drone shots
Green
screen work
Extensive
Make-up
Archival
Footage
Anything
else dangerous that increases preparation time and/or Insurance.

If my budget were quadrupled, I would add:

Night scene

More characters (crowd scene)

Firearms

Rights to music

Green screen work

[A Leite]

Alvoro’s Budget.

What I’ve learned doing this assignment is that there might still be a chance at making a sale, if you can rework your script to suit a budget. And now I know how to do it.

Low Budget

Location- change to one location Ext. & Int.

Expensive location-Change Museum to Office Bldg/ or WareHouse

# of characters-from 10-12 down to 5-6.

SFX-Creature becomes human in appearance.

# of pages-from 90-100 down to 85.

Crowd scenes-currently none.

Stunts, chases, fights-currently none

Special Sets-Museum changes to Ware House

Secondary

Rights to music, brands, etc., none.

Explosions/Fire Arms-one.

Kids-none

Animals-none

Weather-all interior.

Water scenes- None

Night Scenes-currently takes place at night, can be shot day for night in Warehouse.

Aircraft-None

Greenscreen-None

Extensive Make up-None

Archival Footage-None

Anything Dangerous-None

High Budget

Locations-up from 1 location to 5-6 locations.

Expensive locations-Change to NYC Museum of Natural History

Number of Characters from 5-6 increased to 20.

SFX-Create a Creature.

Page Count-Increase to 115-120 pages

Crowd Scenes-Create two crowd scenes.

Stunts-chase-fights-Yes please!

Spec. Set-Creature’s lair.

Secondary.

Music-CCR Bad Moon on the Rise.

Green Screen- for Creatures lair

Explosions-At the end.

Firearms-2-3 max.

Kids-One in beginning.

Animal-One in beginning.

Weather-Rain, thunder and lightning.

Water scenes-None.

Night Scenes- All takes place at night.

Air Support-One aerial shot at end.

Extensive make up-for creature, and wounded.

Archival Footage-None.

Anything Dangerous-Yes. Explosion.

[Rolando Vinas]

Rolando’s Budget

What I learned doing this assignment is not very much considering I’ve produced and worked on productions enough to know how to keep costs down.

MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations – 1 for 95% of the story. 3 appearing in 4-6 scenes.

Expensive locations – None. 3 bedroom apartment. Office. Restaurant. House.

Number of characters – 3 main characters. 4 supporting.

Special effects – Some blood effects after a stabbing.

Number of pages – 90-100.

Crowd scenes – None

Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes – None.

Special sets – None

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights to music, brands, books, etc. – None

Explosions and Firearm – None

Kids — shorter workdays, tutor on the set – None

Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane Society – None

Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados. – None

Water and underwater scenes – None

Night scenes – Yes, but INT.

Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots – None

Green screen work – Graphics on the computer mostly. No major CGI.

Extensive Make-up – None.

Archival Footage – None.

Anything else dangerous that increases preparation time and/or Insurance.

2. Then go through the list and tell us what you might add if your budget was quadrupled.

Nothing because that amount should go to acquiring more recognizable talent.