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Budgeting Manual ('The Satchel')

THE SATCHEL - PRODUCTION BUDGETING & FILM MANAGEMENT
New edition available in February 2008, fully revised and updated.

Only $130 (incl. GST and postage).

The ultimate how-to guide by practitioners, for practitioners:

  • Comprehensive and practical
  • Detailed step-by-step guide to the A-Z feature budget
  • Week-by-week guide to production management
  • Special chapters on low-budget filmmaking, digital visual effects, animation, OH&S, foreign cast and crew, working with children
  • Revised and expanded to include low-budget strategies, and reflect technological changes including digital intermediate post-production pathways, HD capture computer-based animation and new rushes screening options
  • New sections on stock footage and archival footage, studio hire, special effects makeup
  • New slim-line case


  • To purchase a copy contact publishing@screenaustralia.gov.au or download the order form below.

    See also Sample Production Paperwork

    PDF Document  The Satchel order form

    The Satchel: Production Budgeting and Film Management