Founding Filmmaker Pre-Sale

Stop guessing what your film will cost.

A producer-guided Google Sheets system that helps independent filmmakers plan every department, track real spending, and budget through delivery—not just through wrap.

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Workbook 01 / Founding Edition
Indie Film Budget and Production Planning Workbook shown across a laptop and production monitors
12 connected tabsFrom script breakdown through distribution
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The expensive part is what gets forgotten

Your budget has to finish the film.

A polished total means nothing if it leaves out payroll fringes, pickup days, file storage, captions, artwork, festival costs, or delivery. This workbook gives every major decision a place before those “small” costs become a production problem.

01

Break the script down first.
If it appears on the page, somebody has to find it, move it, feed it, insure it, or create it.

02

Compare the plan with reality.
Track estimated cost, actual cost, and variance together while there is still time to adjust.

03

Protect the finish.
Post-production, marketing, and delivery belong in the original plan—not in a last-minute rescue mission.

Inside the workbook

One organized production system.

Built for independent filmmakers who need professional structure without a studio accounting department.

01

Script Breakdown

Track scenes, locations, cast, props, wardrobe, vehicles, effects, and the elements that drive your real costs.

02

Project Dashboard

See budget, schedule, cast, crew, and production health at a glance before approving new spending.

03

Cast & Crew Payroll

Plan rates, workdays, quantities, payroll fringes, department totals, and actual spending in one place.

04

Production Expenses

Budget equipment, locations, transportation, meals, insurance, expendables, rentals, taxes, and more.

05

Post Through Distribution

Protect money for editing, sound, color, music, deliverables, publicity, festivals, and audience reach.

06

Producer Guidance

Personal Producer Tips and Reality Checks explain what the numbers mean and where indie budgets quietly break.

See the system

Professional enough to present. Practical enough to use.

Project Dashboard worksheet with project information, schedule, and financial sections
Project Dashboard
Crew Payroll worksheet organized by production departments
Crew Payroll
Marketing and Distribution worksheet with estimated and actual cost columns
Marketing & Distribution
Built from the producer’s chair.
“I built the planning workbook I wanted beside me when a script became a real production—one that remembers the shoot, the finish, and the release.”
Bridgette Stephens · Writer, Director & Producer · Pure Bliss Studios

Founding Filmmaker edition

Plan the film you’re actually making.

Your pre-sale purchase includes the complete Google Sheets workbook and its built-in instructions, formulas, tracking tools, resources, and producer guidance.

  • 12-tab planning system
  • Estimated vs. actual tracking
  • Automatic department totals
  • Budget health dashboard
  • Producer Tips & Reality Checks
  • Reusable Google Sheets copy

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