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Estimated production costs:

Producer fee: $500 – $1250/day

Director fee: $500 – $1250/day

Camera operator: $500-1000/day

Camera equipment rental: $150 – $3500/day

Key grip + assistant + lighting gear: $1000 – $1750/day

Wardrobe: estimated $20 – $1000/day per character project

City permits: $25 – $1000/day (depending on the city, exact location, whether roads need to be closed, etc…)

Location fees and rentals: $250 – $2500+/day

Actors: $200 – $1200/day (each)

Extras: $50 – $200/day (each)

Estimated days of post-production required: 2-3 days

Editor fee: $500 – $1250/day

Redundant Hard disk archive: $200 – $400

Visual FX artist fee: $75 – $150/hour

Colorist fee: $100 – $200/hour

Additional costs:

Band member compensation

Development/Pre-production (scripts, storyboards, strategy, etc…)

Additional actors and extras

Marketing hours

Props/furniture rentals

Set construction

Production insurance

Catering (food)

Etc…

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