Day 9 Assignments

[Josh Lee]

Josh Lee’s Budget

What I learned doing this assignment is that I have a really, really, really, really hard time spending money.

MAIN VARIABLES – MAKING THINGS CHEAPER

Number of Locations – well I have one, so not sure I could make this any less

Expensive Locations – it’s an abandoned or just-moved-out-of psychiatric facility and it’s rather important, so again, not sure that this can be made cheaper.

Number of Characters – right now there’s six but I could most likely eliminate one. I have two security guards and I could probably make it work with one. So there’s four main cast and I could probably cut one of those too, but that would be it.

Special Effects – there’s zero. Some supernatural stuff but not supernatural “effects.”

Number of Pages – going for no more than 90 so I try for 80.

Crowd Scenes – there’s zero.

Stunts, Chase Scenes, and Fight Scenes – there will be stunts and there will be fight scenes as there is violence but I suppose it could all be toned down or “written down” or appear off screen. I dunno, again, it’s sort of gonna be required.

Special Sets – not sure if this would be considered a “Special Set” or not but if not, great! There’s zero of those.

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights – there’s none.

Explosions and Firearms – there will be a gun, but so far it’s use is extremely limited and it’s appearance is part of the story as no one knew it existed so… pretty important.

Kids – none.

Animals – none.

Weather – none.

Water and Underwater – none. (at least currently).

Night Scenes – it’s all at night because that’s when these folks have to do their community service. It’s all interior though. It could just as easily be switched to day shoots though.

Helicopters, Aircraft, Drone Shots – none.

Green Screen Work – none but if there is any it would be very minimal.

Extensive Make-up – there’s murder and gore so… it could probably happen off screen or be toned down but c’mon… no one wants that!

Archival Footage – none.

Anything Else Dangerous – nothing of note currently.

MAIN VARIABLES – MAKING THINGS MORE EXPENSIVE

Number of Locations – I could add the characters all at their homes and/or at their respective day jobs to really get some locations added.

Expensive Locations – I dunno, add in that someone is an Executive for the New York Yankees and works at Yankee Stadium… (I would never want to do this, but it could work).

Number of Characters – could add police because they’re always useful. Could add homeless/squatters in the abandoned building, which I may do now anyway.

Special Effects – this one I dunno… this story just doesn’t call for any.

Number of Pages – this too… this story should be no longer than 90 pages. I haven’t even written it and any more than that fills be with dread.

Crowd Scenes – I could add a crowd gathers outside the abandoned clinic because… I dunno why but it would make a crowd. Or in the above added day job scenes, make extras part of that, or crowds.

Stunts, Chase Scenes, and Fight Scenes – could definitely amp up fighting. I dunno about martial arts-type choreography but I suppose it could work. I’d rather see brawls and blood like Brawl in Cell Block 99, personally.

Special Sets – I dunno… I’m having a hard time making this one work.

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights – sure, throw in Wagner or Chopin or something not annoying. Have characters read Stephen King books…

Explosions and Firearms – already have firearms so an explosion could technically result from the use of said firearm.

Kids – really don’t fit in this story but in the beginning a few of the characters have children. That’ll have to do.

Animals – and pets… maybe a feral dog in the abandoned building causes problems.

Weather – this all takes place indoors so this is really a non-factor but a nice thunderstorm would be a terrific thing. Especially, lightning throughout the dark building.

Water and Underwater Scenes – again… not sure I can make this one work. There’s a pool in the building (which does make sense) and someone is drowned in it???

Night Scenes – the main action all takes place at night. 80% of the script.

Helicopters, Aircraft, Drone Shots – hell yeah, add ’em! Whenever possible! Great way for establishing the creepy building but literally whenever possible.

Green Screen Work – I have some supernatural stuff but not sure that this would even be required…

Extensive Make-up – I could make the deaths so ridiculously over-the-top to the point that it would up the gore and blood needed.

Archival Footage – having a hard time making this one work too… just not needed.

Anything Else Dangerous – well I added a potential rabid dog attack so…

[AUGUSTE DINOTO]

Auguste’s Budget

What I learned. Be ready to help the producer reach a budget he can afford.

The Zero Girl

Budget – One million tops.

Main Variables

1. My script has three locations. But ninety percent of the movie is in one location. I could cut it down to two.

2. There are no expensive locations.

3. There are eight characters in the movie. I could cut it to six.

4. It is ninety-six pages long. I could cut it to ninety.

5. It has no crowd scenes.

6. No special effects. No stunts. No special music.

Secondary Variables

1. No extensive make-up.

2. The two leads are fourteen.

3. There is one scene where a shotgun is used.

Higher Budget

1. Green screen for one scene.

2. Keep the two actors. Leave the story at ninety-six pages.

[Renee Miller]

Renee’s Budget

What I learned doing this assignment is how to really look at a script and decide on aspects that will affect the budget before you start writing. It is also helpful for knowing how you can increase the budget if you are asked to by a producer.

1. Run through this list and tell us how many ways you might be able to decrease the budget for your project if that was required.

MAIN VARIABLES

• Number of Locations – only shoot scenes in the spacecraft.

• Expensive locations – avoid any shots outside the spacecraft (eliminate the need for green screens and CGI.

• Number of characters – limit the characters to the four main characters and one character speaking over the space craft’s comm system.

• Special effects –

• Number of pages – keep it below 100 pages by writing efficiently and eliminating any unneeded scenes (first couple of scenes at the beginning could be eliminated and I could use a V.O. to show what happened.)

• Crowd scenes – eliminate the scenes that are shot at space command and turn them into V.O. with one actor at command.

• Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes – I don’t currently have any of these.

• Special sets – If I eliminate any scenes taking place at command, then I will only have one set, the space craft and I can eliminate the extra areas by having all of the action happen in the main shuttle and cafeteria area.

SECONDARY VARIABLES

• Rights to music, brands, books, etc. – not looking for any specific music, brands or books.

• Explosions and Firearm – there are no scenes with explosions or firearms.

• Kids — shorter workdays, tutor on the set – there will only be one scene with kids and it will be near the end, and the kids won’t be shown on screen, it will just be their voices.

• Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane Society – I have no animals in the script.

• Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados. – There are no shots outside the spacecraft.

• Water and underwater scenes – no water or underwater scenes.

• Night scenes – all scenes will be in the spacecraft.

• Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots – there will be no other aircraft or helicopters used and no drone work.

• Green screen work – eliminate the scene of the protagonist outside the spacecraft.

• Extensive Make-up – very minimal makeup will be needed.

• Archival Footage – can change the one scene showing a satellite being blown up and just put it in the dialog.

• 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.

MAIN VARIABLES

• Number of Locations – I can add in scenes being shot at the command center, as well as an opening scene with the protagonist getting a prestigious award.

• Expensive locations – the command center can be shot at NASA in Houston.

• number of characters – I can create more characters for the space command.

• Special effects ¬-

• Number of pages – can add more scenes with space command to increase the page count.

• Crowd scenes – beginning of the script add a scene depicting the protagonist winning a prestigious award with a packed room.

• Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes

• Special sets

SECONDARY VARIABLES

• Rights to music, brands, books, etc.

• Explosions and Firearm

• Kids — shorter workdays, tutor on the set – have scenes with the protagonist interacting with her two daughters.

• Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane Society

• Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados.

• Water and underwater scenes – the spacecraft can land in the ocean upon re-entry.

• Night scenes

• Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots – have helicopters shown rescuing the crew at the end of the film.

• Green screen work – have scenes with the protagonist outside the spacecraft trying to fix the heat shields.

• Extensive Make-up

• Archival Footage

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

[Jason Nave]

Jason’s Budget

What I learned doing this assignment is you don’t have to spend a lot of money to have a good story, and you can cut down your budget by paying attention to a few things as you write. As someone who produces my own films, I have experienced this. There’s something satisfying about producing something on a shoestring budget that people enjoy.

Things I have in my outline that may increase budget, and how to reduce them:

Firing a gun – In production, don’t show the firing. It won’t be a real, loaded gun. Either CGI the flash/bang or don’t show it at all and add sound in post. Don’t need a gun wrangler, etc. without a real gun.

Fights – Really can’t get away from this, but we can minimize the danger in the camera angles. It won’t be elaborate with a lot of props and stuff breaking, so it should be okay.

Injuries (makeup, effects) – Cut it down to minimal injuries, less seen, more expressed by the actors. Simple fake blood, but nothing gory or over the top. Trust the actors to sell it with minimal effects.

An explosion (though not really seen just heard and felt) – Not showing the explosion should do it. It’s implied, maybe shake the camera, add some explosion sounds, flickering of lights.

If my budget was quadrupled:

– Show a big explosion, really knock the audience’s socks off.

– Big fights with props, broken things, pull out all the stops.

– Go all out with the injuries and effects.

– Real guns? Nah, we’re past that.

– Elaborate shots that are hard to do but are cinematic.

– Add a few locations for backstory, or really jazz up the primary location.

That’s pretty much it. I don’t need to scale up or down a lot for this story (I think).

[Barbara Gilmore]

What I learned was this was fun but because my movie is contained and expected to be a drama horror movie I’d like there to be a way to maximize fear and tension without special effects and stunts, explosions and firearms.

MAIN VARIABLES

• Number of Locations: between 2 and 3 (small budget); 4 to 5 (big budget).

• Expensive locations: 1 lesser known Castle (small budget); 1 well known Castle (big budget).

• Number of characters: 2 main characters plus 5 others (small budget) with lesser or unknown actors; 2 big name actors, 4 children and 3 others (big budget).

• Special effects: none expected (small budget); some (large budget).

• Number of pages: 90 (small and big budget).

• Crowd scenes: zero (small and big budget).

• Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes: possible 2 or 3 not sure (small and big budget).

• Special sets: none (small) and big budget may wish to build Castle interiors rather than film in a real Castle.

SECONDARY VARIABLES

• Rights to music, brands, books, etc.: none (small) popular Scottish music ( budget).

• Explosions and Firearm: none (small and big budget).

• Kids — shorter work days, tutor on the set: maybe 1 or 2 children (small budget). 3 or 4 children (big budget).

• Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane Society: none (small budget)/one or two dogs (big budget).

• Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados: None (small budget)/freak snow or freak tornado (big budget).

• Water and underwater scenes: Maybe one or two (small budget)/four or five underwater scenes (big budget).

• Night scenes: will be inside mostly several inside may need a couple of externals (small budget)/several night scenes outside and inside (big budget).

• Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots: Would like to film the characters initial drive through the countryside (small budget)/Same but more (big budget).

• Green screen work: None expected (small and big budget).

• Extensive Make-up: only the ghosts (small budget)/same plus more for big budget.

• Archival Footage: None required may create archival looking footage (small and big budget).

• Anything else dangerous that increases preparation time and/or Insurance. Nothing comes to mind.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by  Barbara Gilmore.
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[Don Ammon]

Don’s budget

What I learned doing the assignment is that with a quadruple budget I could do much more with bigger budget, but I can also make a decent low budget film without live animals, a child actor, a nighttime storm, and gunfire.

How to decrease budget.

Locations: 4

Expensive locations: 1

Characters: 7

Special Effects: 0

Number of Pages:

Crowd scenes: 0

Stunts, chase and fights: 1

Special sets: 3

1. Secondary variables

Music rights: 0

Explosions/firearms: 2

Kids: 0

Animals: 0

Weather: 0

Water/Underwater: 6

Night scenes: 1

Green screen: 0

Extensive make-up: 1

Archival footage: 0

Anything dangerous: 0

2. With a quadruple budget:

Locations: 4 Dock, swamp, trail, cabin, riverboat

Expensive locations: 1 Riverboat

Characters: 7 4 hikers, 2 meth heads n a swamp kid

Special Effects: 0 I would add gators.

Number of Pages:

Crowd scenes: 0

Stunts, chase and fights: 1 a fight between the hikers and meth heads on land and on the riverboat

Special sets: 3 The dock, tea bin the swamp, the riverboat

3. Secondary variables

Music rights: 0 I could add music

Explosions/firearms: 2 The meth heads have rifles, the hiker has a gun

Kids: 0 1 swamp kid

Animals: 0 alligators and snakes

Weather: 0 rainstorm, lightning

Water/Underwater: 6 hikers in the water, gators in the water, underwater scenes

Night scenes: 1 a nighttime storm scene with glowing gator eyes, rain and lightning

Green screen: 0

Extensive make-up: 1 Meth addiction make-up, snakebite make-up.

Archival footage: 0

Anything dangerous: 0 snake bite, chased by gators, gun fire

[Russell Phillips]

Russ’s Budget

What I learned in this assignment is… well, not that much. It’s a fantastic lesson and list of areas to be mindful of. But so far as the project that I’m focused on, it’s one location with maybe 3 to 5 characters max and mostly just one person on-screen.

This script could easily be a micro-budget film and would probably seem fairly high-production-value at “low budget”. So as far as the Main and Secondary variables go, there’s not much room to slash to go lower.

It is a horror flick, so there is a minimum required amount of special & make-up FX, some minor violence possible (limited stuntwork), and it really does require some night shooting.

NOT to fly in the face of Hal’s concerns about writers shutting down possibilities. I think if a potential producer needed to push to trim in those areas, it could be done. But it’s already pretty bare-bones in my mind as-is relative to the lists.

Considering a LARGER budget, then, maybe there is the potential to add some material at other locations, potentially opening up the story to allow for a few more characters. But the big opportunity would be to beef up the bang for the buck in the FX areas.

[Diana Ceres]

Diana’s Budget

What I learned: It’s pretty easy to increase or decrease the budget of any film by taking the factors below into consideration.

1. Run through this list and tell us how many ways you might be able decrease the budget for your project if that was required.

MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations: 2
Expensive locations: Instead of boat, I could have it take
place in man’s house and friend’s house. Two locations.
Number of characters: 4
Special effects: A few
Number of pages: 90
Crowd scenes: None
Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes: Fight and chase
scenes. No stunts.
Special sets: None

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights to music, brands, books, etc.: None
Explosions and Firearm: None
Kids — shorter work days, tutor on the set: None
Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane
Society: None
Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados: N/A
Water and underwater scenes: None
Night scenes: Two
Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots: none
Green screen work: None
Extensive Make-up: None
Archival Footage: None
Anything else dangerous that increases preparation time
and/or Insurance: No.

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

MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations: 8
Expensive locations: Historic homes; well-known
restaurant
Number of characters: 12
Special effects: Several.
Number of pages: 120
Crowd scenes: Several
Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes: Throughout. Special sets: Throughout.

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights to music, brands, books, etc.: Yes
Explosions and Firearm: Firearms
Kids — shorter work days, tutor on the set: Add baby
in last scene
Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane
Society: Dog of friend
Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados: Hurricane the night
of the date
Water and underwater scenes: Have main action take
place on a yacht in the middle of the ocean
Night scenes: Most of the movie
Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots: No
Green screen work: No
Extensive Make-up: No
Archival Footage: No
Anything else dangerous that increases preparation time
and/or Insurance. Unknown

[Wendell Yacur]

Jay’s Budget

What I learned from this assignment is there are a number of prime and secondary variables to consider pertaining to budget. This applies for either decreasing or increasing the budget.

1. Run through this list and tell us how many ways you might be able decrease the budget for your project by 25% if that was required.

MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations Could decrease number of colony
rooms/decks
Number of pages Could decrease from about 103 to
90 pages

SECONDARY VARIABLES

None

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

MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations Could add more locations
Number of characters Could add more characters
Special effects Could add more impressive
special effects
Number of pages Could expand from 103 to 120
pages

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Green screen work Could add this

[Heather Esancy]

Heather Esancy’s Budget – 2 Locations

What I learned in this assignment, I had actualized in Lesson 8. My brainstorming had sent me a little “off the rails” and I ended up with additional characters and locations that I know are not essential to the story. I believe my script is best being very minimalistic but could be more of a psycho thriller with more effects that illustrate Clara’s nihilistic and psychotic delusions.

My fundamental locations are an apartment and outside at a lake.

LOW BUDGET – MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations: 2

Expensive locations: 0

Number of characters: 4

Special effects: FEW, to illustrate Clara’s paranoia.

Number of pages: unknown, 90-100

Crowd scenes: none

Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes: none

Special sets: possibly for flashback scenes

LOW BUDGET – SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights to music, brands, books, etc.: Under the Tuscan Sun, Diane Lane voiceover

Explosions and Firearm: minimal, for 1 police scene

Kids: very brief interaction, could be eliminated

Animals: none

Weather: Indoor, with exception of lake scene, cold. New England March

Water: Landscape only

Night scenes: yes

Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots: yes

Green screen work: minimal

Extensive Make-up: some, 1 person

Archival Footage: News from March 2020

HIGH BUDGET OPTION

MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations: 3-4 could add grocery store and psych ward

Expensive locations: 1

Number of characters: 4

Special effects: Clara’s paranoia could be creatively done.

Number of pages: unknown, 90-100

Crowd scenes: at grocery store and onlookers at the lake

Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes: This could be intriguing to add a chase scene going after Clara.

Special sets: Psych ward

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights to music, brands, books, etc.: Under the Tuscan Sun, several clips, Diane Lane voiceover

Explosions and Firearm: I could add more for intensity, but not really an element in this story

Kids: 2

Animals: I could add that she is a cat hoarder! LOL

Weather: Raw, New England March. We could use Rain for Rent or snow making machines.

Water: Landscape only, but could add scenes with ice fishermen

Night scenes: yes

Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots: yes

Green screen work: I would have to think through

Extensive Make-up: If we had a young actress that needed to be aged that would increase budget.

Archival Footage: News from March 2020

[Bevo Beaven]

BEVO’S BUDGET

What I learned doing this assignment is it’s really fun to start thinking like a producer! It’s like a puzzle — If your story is already trimmed down to the bare bones (characters and locations) there’s little in those two areas to cut; but things like explosions and creatures and creature effects can be replaced with sound and shadowy strangeness. Not sure what building a creature head costs, but I ditched the rest of the body; got rid of other special effects around this creature. Trimming length from 90 minutes to 80 is probably possible.

Learned that it’s easy to add costs back in – do a creature costume plus the head– use expensive creature effects from a high-end creature shop, show more close ups of creature eating and scurrying around, up on the trailer (i.e. add expensive visual effects, etc.). Show more closeups during explosions- make the explosions more spectacular; show burning hulks of both trucks afterward. Build a bigger better tank mockup interior for those scenes, hire a well-known expensive lead female actor (the desired effect is: Sigourney Weaver from Alien meets Jody Foster from Silence of the Lambs to form this kickass lead role—Zoe Saldana would be so fun in this).

STORY COMPONENTS

· 5 CHARACTERS: Beth, Marv, Travis, Chris (v.o. on cell phone), Leah

· 5 LOCATIONS: Marv’s truck (int./ext. Driving, Parked) Travis’s truck (int./ext. Driving, Parked), Travis’s Truck on the side of the road deserted Utah 2-lane highway in the desert at night, Tiny truck stop (exterior only); inside the milk tank

· SPECIAL MAKE UP: Beth’s small abdominal wound, Beth’s and Travis’ faces after fights, Travis’s leg is hit by a sledge hammer

· STUNTS AND FIGHTS: Beth’s 2 fights with Travis on the roadside, Travis slaps Beth twice inside the truck, Beth drags Travis, leans him against the tanker-trailer

· SPECIAL EFFECTS: creature eats Leah, creature scurries up onto Travis’s tanker-trailer

· CREATURE EFFECTS: Creature emerges from Leah’s body, eats Leah

· GUNS: Travis keeps a pistol in his belt but never shoots it

· EXPLOSIONS: Marv’s truck-trailer explodes on the two-lane highway after leaving the tiny truck stop, Travis’s truck-trailer explodes while parked on the roadside (seen from a distance)

· PAGECOUNT: target is 90-100

ASSIGNMENT: DECREASE BUDGET BY 25%

MAIN VARIABLES IN THE PLANNED SCRIPT:

Number of Locations – keep the 5
– same setups can be used for both trucks’ exterior coverage shots approaching
and passing camera; two int. setups for extensive scenes of Beth and
either Marv or Travis while trucks are driving – one in Marv’s one in
Travis’s; there are no int. buildings, one ext. building (the small truck
stop); other locations are side of the road with Travis’s truck at night.
The int. milk tanker will have to be a created set somewhere.
Expensive locations – none
Number of characters – keep the
5 (NOTE: Chris is on a cell phone only, most of the movie is either Marv
with Beth in a truck (Act I) , then he is replaced with Travis and Beth
riding together in Travis’s truck or outside the truck on roadside; then
when Leah enters, it’s Leah and Beth in the tank or side of road with
Travis.
Special effects – use sound
effects and shots of slime hitting the ground instead of full-on visuals
for creature’s birth and eating Leah’s body – it’s at night
Number of pages – targeting 90-100,
cut to 80-90
Crowd scenes – none
Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight
scenes – instead of showing Leah fighting Travis full-on, show him drag
her, she breaks free, grabs sledge hammer and swings it down toward him
but don’t show it hit him – he could scream instead – it’s all at night
Special sets – creature birth
scene – don’t physically show parts of it emerging from Leah – show her
mangled slimy body after the creature emerges (dummy dressed with slime
and guts?), then sound effects as he eats her; INT. MILK TANK SCENES –
this is pretty integral to the plot; would possibly require a special tank
set found or built – very dark interior of a milk tank – could be any tank,
fill it with water for non closeups for Beth and Leah to be in, talking,
sloshing in the dark. Maybe have to find or create a small tank to shoot
closeups where the liquid filling it looks like milk as Travis fills the
tank at the dairy.
CREATURE – can we show just
fast moving blur, shadows? Sound effects? Maybe create only the creature’s
partial head for a shock close-up during the birth, then it goes down on
Leah’s body for its meal?

SECONDARY VARIABLES IN THE PLANNED SCRIPT:

Rights to music, brands, books,
etc. – none
Explosions and Firearm – pistol
can be a dummy, it’s worn in Travis’ belt, but never fired. EXPLOSIONS: – first
explosion of Marv’s truck is pretty close to the truck stop – could be
just a fireball out there on the road somewhere; second explosion of
Travis’s truck could be from a half mile away from Beth’s POV walking away:
show only a large fireball in the distance behind her, with sound effects.
Kids — shorter work days, tutor
on the set – none
Animals – need a wrangler, more
time to shoot, Humane Society – none
Weather — Rain, snow, wind,
tornados. – none, it’s all set in a dark night
Water and underwater scenes –
none
Night scenes – YES; whole movie
is shot at night but very limited locations and people
Helicopters, aircraft, drone
shots – none
Green screen work – none
Extensive Make-up – one small
abdominal wound on Beth, faces after fights
Archival Footage – none
Anything else dangerous that
increases preparation time and/or Insurance. – nothing

QUADRUPLE BUDGET — what you might add if your budget was quadrupled?

MAIN VARIABLES

Number of Locations – no
Expensive locations – no
Number of characters – no
Special effects – yes
Number of pages – go 90-100,
not 80
Crowd scenes – no
Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight
scenes – show more, make them more elaborate
Special sets – yes for the tank

SECONDARY VARIABLES

Rights to music, brands, books,
etc. – up to producer
Explosions and Firearm – better,
bigger explosions – there are 2 of them
Kids — shorter work days, tutor
on the set – no
Animals – need a wrangler, more
time to shoot, Humane Society – no
Weather — Rain, snow, wind,
tornados. – no
Water and underwater scenes –
no
Night scenes – yes whole movie
is at night
Helicopters, aircraft, drone
shots – maybe drone shots of the explosions if they are big and impressive
– look good in a dark Utah desert from high above
Green screen work – maybe
Extensive Make-up – do more on Beth’s
wounds, Leah’s creature birth
Archival Footage – no
Anything else dangerous that
increases preparation time and/or Insurance.- no

[Linda Anderson]

Linda’s Budget

I hadn’t thought much about budget and this made me consider more factors.

DECREASE

MAIN VARIABLES

• Number of Locations–2

• Expensive locations–1

• Number of characters–4

• Special effects–0

• Number of pages–110

• Crowd scenes–0

• Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes–0

• Special sets–2

SECONDARY VARIABLES

• Rights to music, brands, books, etc.–0

• Explosions and Firearm–1

• Kids — shorter work days, tutor on the set–0

• Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane Society–0

• Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados.–0

• Water and underwater scenes–0

• Night scenes–2

• Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots–1

• Green screen work–0

• Extensive Make-up–1

• Archival Footage–1

INCREASE

MAIN VARIABLES

• Number of Locations–6

• Expensive locations–3

• Number of characters–10

• Special effects–3

• Number of pages–120

• Crowd scenes–1

• Stunts, Chase scenes, and Fight scenes–3

• Special sets–4

SECONDARY VARIABLES

• Rights to music, brands, books, etc.–0

• Explosions and Firearm–4

• Kids — shorter work days, tutor on the set

• Animals – need a wrangler, more time to shoot, Humane Society

• Weather — Rain, snow, wind, tornados.1, wind

• Water and underwater scenes

• Night scenes–4

• Helicopters, aircraft, drone shots–3

• Green screen work–3

• Extensive Make-up–3

• Archival Footage–3

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