- Travel expenses for research, filmed interviews, reenactments, and location shoots across Montana:
– Total Mileage: 2,375 miles x $0.75/mile = $1,781.25.
– Food during Travel/Filming: $35/day x 4 people (Producer, Assistant Producer, Director of Photography, Second Camera) = $140/day x 25 days = $3,500.
– Lodging during Travel/Filming: $96/night x 4 people (Producer, Assistant Producer, Director of Photography, Second Camera) = $384/night x 21 nights = $8,064.
Travel TOTAL: $13,345.25. - External hard drives to store raw footage, edited footage, rough cut, and final cut:
Four drives, each 2 TB with firewire: LaCie $172.49 each X 4 = $689.96.
Estimated hard drive TOTAL = $689.96. - Equipment insurance for:
– 2 cameras Black Magic plus lenses and kit ($7,000 value), rents for $600/day.
– 2 lav mics plus packs & cables ($1,200 value), rents for $60/day.
– 1 boom mic plus sound kit ($1,600 value), rents for $150/day.
– 1 3-light LED interview kit ($2,300 value), rents for $200/day.
Equipment insurance premium TOTAL: $265.
- Copyright permissions fees for use of archival photographs and/or music: $2,000.
- Costume rentals for 1920s street clothing, nurses uniforms, for reenactments: $650.
- Assistant Producer salary: $1,000/month X 12 = $12,000/one year.
- Director of Photography rate: $400/day X 23 days = $9,200.
- Second Camera rate: $400/day X 23 days = $9,200.
- Film Editor rate: $75/hr X 200 hrs = $15,000.
TOTAL Budget = $62,350.21