Wow. You have asked for a LOT. There are
entire books about this. It's not really something
that can be discussed in depth on a messageboard.

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Originally posted by 3pioneers
How do I calculate the estimated cost of the whole project?

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You are going to what is called a "line item" budget.
You need to account for everything from salaries to
rentals to insurance to bottled water. From pre-
production all the way to post and even beyond.
Typically this is what the producers do. But if you
need to do it to present to them, you really have
your work cut out for you.

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How do I calculate how much we as writers/directors should get paid?

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You could use the Guild fees even if it's a non union
project. You could take those fees and cut them in
half. You could use a percentage of the total budget.
For example the writer gets 3% of the total budget,
the director 5%. Or you could just pick a number you
feel is what you want to pay.

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Thats interesting. I thought I would go in well prepared. So any advice on how I should go into this meeting as a writer selling my script? What are the typical questions that might be asked apart from previous work?

Thanks for your reply

Now I'm a bit confused. Are you hoping to sell a script
to a producer or are you pitching a business proposal
to a producer?

Im hoping to sell a script to a producer. But what he has asked for is "how will the show be marketed?"...so what I took that is to be something of a business model, I may be wrong but I don't want to go in unprepared.

In my experience the producer is the one who does the business end of a
production. The producer does a budget, sets the rates and fees and figures
out how to market the finished show.

But if this is something you want to provide then, as I said, you have a lot
of work ahead of you. Estimating the cost of the whole project is difficult
to do without the knowledge and experience of what everything costs. You
can find all these costs so it CAN be done. I've never known a producer to
ask the writer how to market the show. That is such a special skill I would
think a producer would want to hire a PR firm to do that.

Sorry I can't be of more help. This is something I've never experienced in my career.

Keep reading brother... you have a long road ahead, but just take that road one step at a time.
1.Research what a business model is
2.Research marketing.
3.Take it from there.
Good luck,

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