Budgets: Putting Your Money Where Your Mock-Up Is

By Deane Ogden  /  September 7, 2010  /  Industry  /  23 Comments

“How much money will I make as a film composer?” That’s the six million dollar question, isn’t it? As much as we can try to come up with a complete answer, the only true answer really is, “Whatever you can!” The bigger question—and the one I want to tackle here—is “How much money do live players eat up during a film score’s production and how do you plan for the bloodshed?” The answer to that questions is… “I wish there was an answer.”

Now that I’ve been no help at all, let’s see if we can figure it out together…