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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Who Needs a Movie Budget for Film Financing?

If you are trying to determine what you need to get film financing for your movie, here are a few tips on who actually would benefit from having a movie budget created for their film.

Here is a quick list of the top five people for whom getting a movie budget is a wise choice.

1.   Producers
2.   Directors
3.   Writers
4.   Production company executives
5.   Actors

Obtaining a movie budget is a smart endeavor for a filmmaker as it signals several important factors to investors and financiers.  The first and foremost is that it conveys a certain practicality.  It also demonstrates a sense of responsibility.

1.  Producers - Clearly Producers require a detailed, organized and well planned out film budget and shooting schedule for the production.  Without these basic tools there is not much of a production, not really a sense of planning and certainly no decision to demonstrate a thorough understanding of where to spend the financing of the movie.

2.  Directors - Very often Directors can take the reigns of their career and get the funding ball rolling themselves.  To do so requires an accurate, well planned movie budget and shooting schedule through which an investor may fund their film.  Directors understand that leadership is required and stepping up to the plate and getting a professional film budget custom made for their movie is an important leadership maneuver.

3.  Writers - As with Directors, the Writer is the genesis of the production to begin with.  Their vision has launched the film into a screenplay from the basics of an idea.  With their understanding of the production, the story and the scene by scene breakdown of the plot, locations and dialogue writers have a more thorough understanding than most in the process.  Taking the bull by the horns and getting a line producer to create a movie budget for their project is not only smart, but very often is the critical motivation for investors and other team members to jump into action.

4.   Production Company Executives likewise need to know the cost of producing motion pictures.  With the ever and fast changing technology, process and workflow of film production it is important for film executives to have the ear and knowledge of a line producer to budget their films for production.

5.   Actors - Quite frequently in Hollywood a film takes on a whole new element when an actor is attached to the production.  Having an acting on board brings that character to life for the creatives and also can be the stimulus for finance for the movie.  Actors have great drive in their careers, constantly improving their craft.  Many times they clearly see the path to their on screen performance is to help get the production moving with a movie budget for investors to evaluate and fund the production.


Film producer Jack Binder has been creating film and television productions for the past 25 years.  Jack's producer credits can be found here.    Binder created FilmBudget.com in order to assist other filmmakers in realizing their vision and enabling them to speak to finance executives in their terms:  money.

Today, FilmBudget.com is the international leader in worldwide film budget and schedule line producer production services.  Contact FilmBudget.com for an instant quote on your production.

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Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you!

Jack