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Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film
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Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film

by Paula Landry
September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
7h 4m
English
Focal Press
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Chapter Five

Helpful Scheduling and Budgeting Tips

“Help me! Help meeeeeeeee!”

The Fly (1958)

Gaining Experience

Experience is something you only get by performing a task multiple times. In addition to creating several schedules and budgets to build that experience, strengthen your budget and schedule with these tips:

1.  Run through different scenarios;

2.  Ask for help and advice;

3.  Look at the numbers;

4.  Create a picture of your schedule and budget.

1. Run through Different Scenarios

Scheduling

Look at the big picture, and then look at small, detailed pictures.

Save your draft. Back it up. Reopen, and do a Save As: name the file logically (Title_Version #_6Days); look at the stripboard anew. Mix it up, and take a fresh look for potential ...

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ISBN: 9780240816647