Budgets

SUMMARY

Total film budget: £485,000
Raised as of November 2007: £287,850
Spent as of November 2007: £271,395

To raise as of November 2007: £157,150
(£40,000 to come from Government tax break)

 

 

 

budget needed for Completion
(nov 2007 -> jan 2008)

Key Crew £45,900 Most crew on minimum wage
Research & Script £6,500 Script doctor, climate change expert Mark Lynas, final fact checking
Production Overheads (London) £10,200 Last 6 months
Travel £1,550 To shoot final interviews
Equipment £5,000  
Production Overheads (Shooting) £6350

Actors, Casting, Drama Shoot in the Green Screen

Tape Stock

£1,160  
Picture & Sound Post-Production £40,500 1 month post-production at The Farm & final 7 week edit.
Music & Music Licensing £30,000 Licensing 10 pop songs, composing & recording orchestral score
Animation £52,500 Opening 'big bang' sequence, 12 mins of weblog kids shot & history of war animation
Graphics & Archive £24,600 Licensing all archive & additional graphics.
Legal & Professional £21,500 Libel checking the film, final contracts, distribution agreements, applying for Producers Tax Credit.
Distribution & Marketing £7000 Festival entries, PR
Contingency £10,000  

Total

 

£262,760
 

 

budget spent on Production
(Feb 2005 -> nov 2007)

Key Crew £55,753 Most crew on minimum wage
 

Research & Script

£7,347

Script consultant, climate change expert & 4 researchers.
Production Overheads (London) £12,015 18 months
Travel £19,782 14 filming trips to Nigeria, New Orleans, Jordan/Iraq, Cornwall, France & India
Equipment £17,042 3 cameras, 1 edit suite, 2 chairs, & sound equipment
Production Overheads (Other)    
France £13,237 63 days filming
Cornwall £3,791 22 days Filming
India £5,331 49 days filming
Iraq / Jordan £6,900 37 days filming
Nigeria £10,314 27 days filming
New Orleans £8,288 20 days filming
Tape Stock £1,260  
Picture & Sound Post-Production £36,250 22 weeks editing & digitising 300 hours of footage
Graphic, Music & Archive £6,850 Archive deal with ITN
Legal & Professional £10,611 Crew contracts, release forms, expert advice
Website £0 Website donated by Torchbox

Total Production

 

£214,771

 

 

budget spent on pre-Production
(dec 2004 -> March 2005)

Key Crew £17,234 Most crew on minimum wage
Research & Treatment £7,333 6 researchers, books & DVDs
Production Overheads (London) £6,630 7 months
Travel £6,423 12 trips to France, Cornwall, India & Singapore
Equipment £9,191 3 cameras, sound equipment, steadicam, tripod
Production Overheads (Other) £6,304 12 Trips to France, Cornwall, India & Singapore
Tape Stock £538  
Picture & Sound Post-Production £360 Editing trailer
Legal & Professional £2,081 Funding Plan approval
Fundraising £530 Hiring venue, screening trailer, drinks etc
Total £56,624