How to Budget Indie Films

Video Transcript

"Well, with the budget, that depends on your resources, what's available to you, what you're willing to put into it, how much you have to put into it. So, immediately with the equipment, the equipment, the camera, the lights, the audio, I mean, that's towards your budget. So, that's probably the biggest part of your budget. Then, of course, is there any travel involved? Are you having a bunch of other people help out that need to be fed lunch, whether it would be pizza or whatever. So, you got to take all these things into consideration. A lot of times you're limited by your budget. So, it isn't like you're going to write like "Star Wars" or something, and you're expected to do it for $500. It's just not going to work. So, your budget determines your subject matter. And also, it will determine the equipment you have, more so than anything. So, you're kind of working with that. So, they all work together, but your budget is really the determining factor of your film."