In 2005 I gave a series of budgeting workshops at Doculink meetings in L.A., San Francisco and New York and later developed those workshops into an article called “An Introduction to Documentary Budgeting” for the IDA’s Documentary Magazine. I posted both the article and blank budget template (for Excel) on the Doculink resources page. Scroll down to “Budgeting Article” under “Resources.”
Also, if you are working on budgeting your project and need more templates and a community that’s involved with budgeting, you may want to join the Film Budgeting Yahoo Group.
[Eds. Note: Robert Bahar is a filmmaker and founder of Doculink, an email listserv of documentary filmmakers. He also serves on the board of the International Documentary Association. He is based in Los Angeles, CA.]
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5 Responses
Vina Sarkar
December 27th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
1Hi Robert Bahar,
As a fellow filmmaker and founder of Global Film Links http://www.globalfilmlinks.com, I am interested in linking up with Doculink, an email listserv of documentary filmmakers. I read that you are also on the board of the International Documentary Association, based in Los Angeles, CA. I am wondering whether there is a New York branch ?
My last film “MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Sikhs in America - A 9/11 Story” won three first prize awards at American Film Festivals six months after it release. Unfortunately, as all indie filmmakers, my financials (the Sikh community in the USA) sabortaged the film stating that they wanted to be the directors, and have themselves and their families exhibited after a hundred year of no real recognition in the North America … This I naturally refused, as none of them came from a film background and I explained I did not want to make a propaganda film on them.
I will be place MISTAKEN IDENTITY on RENEWMEDIA
May be we can partner and exchange websites and direct filmmakers, especially from South Asia.
Thanks.
David Bernal
March 21st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
2Hello. I just read the article: Documentary Budgeting by Robert Bahar. I work for a Project Mangenent Firm in Miami. We specilize in tracking resouces across the duration of given single or group of projects. We deal mainly with the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industries. I downloaded that template attached to the article and it looks almost exactly like what we make our AEC schedules off of. All of our Projects usually start off as list like that one, where it lists all the resources, costs, and durations; We then make a cost loaded schedule that follows a critical path methedology base line. Anyway, I was just wondering how the schedulies are created and manipulated in the film indusrty. What software is standardly used, what are the best practices and procedures, and how are they implimented, etc…Can you point me in the right direction, or maybe put me in contact with Robert Bahar. Thank you.
Rick Walls
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
3Yo Robert,
I wanted to congratulate you on all the success you have had with MADE IN L.A. It was great seeing you at the Imagen awards and I wish you much luck at the EMMY’s.
Hopefully we can talk soon; you have my card…
Rick
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August 31st, 2009 at 7:42 pm
4Unfortunately, as all indie filmmakers, my financials (the Sikh community in the USA) sabortaged the film stating that they wanted to be the directors, and have themselves and their families exhibited after a hundred year of no real recognition in the North America …
Klip izle
October 31st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
5I wanted to congratulate you on all the success you have had with MADE IN L.A…
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