Various and Sundry

Hey Kids! Let’s Fix the Federal Budget!

The federal budget has been very much in the news for the past few weeks with a mammoth piece of legislation being talked about in Congress (in fact, it might be passed by the time this posts). So what would you do if you could craft something similarly monumental? As it turns out, several different groups have created online simulators for you to try your hand at adjusting the budget. You’ll see several are coming…

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Producing

Film Budgets… Through a Film Lifecycle

One wonky thing I’m endlessly fascinated by is film budgets. When you realize that an hour of modern “prestige” TV can top $10 million, yet the average Hollywood blockbuster is over $100 million, you know certain choices are being made and risks accepted. And yes, I know traditional theatrical distribution and traditional network and cable distribution have business models that can inform and support these widely disparate budgets. However, I lap up little tidbits from…

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