From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing
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Respecting budgets and schedules
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing
Respecting budgets and schedules
- As director, it's your job to focus on the actors and the other creative aspects of the film. You'll hopefully have producers and other crew members that will handle the administrative stuff, like the schedule and the budget so you don't have to. However, it's still really important for you to respect the schedule and budget that your team has created. If you get behind on the schedule, you'll cut into your budget, and if your budget is depleted in production, that means money will come out of your post-production budget or your marketing budget, maybe both. I do a lot of post-production work and when working with younger directors I always hear these sob stories about oh, we spent all of our money for post-production during production and the budget's gone. This is not smart filmmaking. As a director, you're gonna be constantly fighting the limitations of the schedule and a budget, but these things are there to help you stay on track for the entire filmmaking process. You might be…
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