Discover Film will not be responsible for any custom duties or charges on physical submission. Please be sure to include "temporary import/cultural exchange" and "no commercial value" on any paperwork. Distribute the expense between the prep, shoot and wrap processes and calculate the total cost incurred. A film budget software would make it easier for you to generate budgets, group your accounts, and help you handle fringes, caps, and penalties in case you are working on a union film project. It will also help you in case you are dealing with multiple currencies and make it easier for you to calculate the fees. To qualify for student awards the film needs to have been made whilst the Director was a student. There are no age restrictions. The Discover Film Awards is consistently voted by filmmakers in the top film festivals in the world. Spread over 5 days in September 2024, the festival involves public cinema screenings at the iconic Prince Charles cinema in Leicester Square. Quentin Tarantino describes it as his favourite cinema in London saying it is “everything an independent movie theatre should be” – and we agree.

Are you creating a commercial, a TV series, drama, thriller, horror, documentary, etc.? There can be a whole range of themes, genres, and categories to consider and each category would require a different budget. So, first of all, you need to decide what kind of film you are creating.

Hyenas (1992)

Below the line: It includes pre-production and filming costs like equipment, crew, locations, permits, and vehicles. Fordyce offers police a drink of whisky, as it is Christmas. However, police have already arrested Col Gore Hepburn, who has a case containing the bank's money. Gore Hepburn is not his real name; he is a known criminal. Police realise he must have had inside help with the robbery, which points to Fordyce. Film equipment can be expensive. You need to get in touch with the sound department, lighting department, videographers, and cameramen to know more about how much it would cost. You would also need office supplies like pens, paper, printers for printing scripts and call sheets, and so on. Factors that can affect your film budget The preliminary budget: This is a formal summary of the budget that includes all the major items. This budget is created to gain funding from a third party.

Cash is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language heist film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Shamita Shetty and Dia Mirza. The film was released on 3 August 2007. This might be the largest cost during the post-production. You might hire an independent editor or an editing company based on your film. If yours is a high-budget film, it might take several months in editing. So make sure to discuss the costs before finalizing an editing team. You might also need to set up your office, especially if you are new in film production. You need to hire equipment, bring your teams together and work on your film post-production. You must set aside some budget for stolen, damaged, or lost equipment. There could be issues of wardrobe damage that might incur extra costs. Post-production costs

The Counterfeiters (2007)

Based on the scale of your production, you might need to hire assistant editors or post-production people for visual effects, colorists, etc. Columbia Pictures began distribution of the film in the United States on 20 December 1961, and screenings continued until April in some major cities.

Molina then observes Cash as he begins work on his next victim, Garance, a wealthy heiress. However the mercenaries – who have discovered that the plates are fake – catch up with Cash forcing him to flee through the streets. Molina eventually catches up with Cash in her surveillance vehicle and offers to hide him inside. She then uses this opportunity to force him to take her into his confidence. A qualified Chartered Accountant, David went on to qualify as a Chartered Tax Adviser and prior to joining Alliotts as a partner in 2014 he held the position of tax partner in Grant Thornton and subsequently in PwC. I have divided this topic into 4 categories of costs that might incur while filmmaking. This film budgeting breakdown will help you get a clear idea of what possible costs can be involved in creating a film and will make it much easier for you to create the budget. So, let’s get started. Pre-production costs As a member of our accounts team Samuel also works with a wide range of UK based and international clients across a variety of sectors. Samuel’s primary role involves delivering accounting, management reporting, VAT and cash flow reporting services to clients. By working closely with Alliotts partners the information Sam provides helps clients ensure that they remain compliant with their filing deadlines and have the financial data they need to make key decisions. Discover Film looks for the best short films: stories that share a glimpse of the lives of filmmakers. This could be what bothers them or makes them laugh, of injustices, of unsung heroes, of the serious, the bizarre, the funny or just where filmmakers’ imaginations take them. All genre of short film are welcome to enter with awards for: action, animation, drama, experimental, sci-fi, fantasy, documentary, horror, comedy, and everything in between. A full list of award categories is provided, below. All films must be under 45 minutes.When a producer or a filmmaker has an idea for a film, the first thing that they do is create a budget or an estimation of how much it will cost to create that film. It includes all the potential costs whether it is hiring the actors, buying equipment, paying the crew members, rents and or dealing with emergencies.