Chapter 15
Rushmore: Scheduling Your Film
In This Chapter
• Why it’s important to time your script
• Breaking your script down into trackable elements
• Creating a reasonable workday
• Establishing a shooting schedule
• Backup plans
• Call times: getting everyone on set
You’re almost there, and you’re eager to get started, get on the set, and start rolling camera. But there are two critical interrelated steps you need to complete to be sure you have enough money and enough time to finish your film once you start shooting: your budget and your schedule.
Budgeting and scheduling are linked, and in effect, both are budgets. One budgets your money, and the other budgets your time. To accurately budget your money, you need to know how much time it will ...
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