Video Budget Planner
Plan what your video programme will cost, with GST, contingency and a target-budget check.
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What is inside
- Editable rate card based on Frame Makerzzz entry rates
- Budget by video with automatic production cost
- Costs beyond the studio quote (scripts, promotion, captions)
- Summary with GST, contingency and headroom
- Instructions and a worked example row
A taste of it
Enter each video, choose its type, and the workbook calculates production cost from the rate card you can edit. Add voice-over, music, extra languages and revision rounds, then compare the total with your approved budget.
Sheets in the workbook
- 1Start here
- 2Summary
- 3Assumptions
- 4Budget by video
- 5Costs beyond production
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