Budget for Documentary

A. Necessary Destription
Duration of project 11 months 1 month
The film project will almost be a non-stop process with small intervals
between different phases.
Research Research will be completed within 4 months from the starting of the project.
Shooting Shooting will be completed within 4 months after the research in finished.
Editing Editing will take about 3 months. Film will be finished at the end of the
project.
Format HD
Genre Documentary
Length 50-60 min (Approx)
B. Research Expenses
SL Head Description and Breakdown Cost in BDT
1. Visiting locations, i) In Dhaka a. Visiting patients, relatives and doctors in hospitals,
fixing & research. clinics, dialysis centres and residences and fixing
characters.
(Director and 1,000 per day x 2 persons x 35 days 70,000
assistant director b. Fixing interviews with priviledged information
are the members providers.
of the research 1,000 per ay x 2 persons x 15 days 20,000
team. And c. Fixing characters and locations for under cover
conveyance, fhooting and re-enactment.
communication, 1,000 per day x 2 persons x 15 days 30,000
accommodation, d. Gathering news clippings, periodicals, footage, TV
fooding and news, programmes and photographs.It will be
refreshment are continued altogether the research period. 10,000
included in per 1,30,000
head ii) Out of a. Visiting Kalai and fixing characters.
expenditure.) Dhaka 2,000 per day x 2 persons x 20 days 40,000
b. Visiting patients, relatives and doctors in hospitals,
clinics and residences.
2,000 per day x 2 persons x 10 days 80,000
1,20,000
i) + ii) = 1,30,000 +1,20,000 2,50,000
2. Pre-production a. 2 Hard Drives of 2 terra 8,000 x 2 16,000
purchasing b. 2 TV Capture Cards 10,000 x 2 20,000
c. 2 MP4 Recorders 5,000 x 2 10,000
d. 2 Undercover Cameras 25,000 x 2 50,000
e. 2 Pen Drives of 64 GB 2,000 x 2 4,000
1,00,000
Sub-total of B 3,50,000
C. Production Expenses
SL Head Description and Breakdown Cost in BDT
3. Shooting Trips i) In Dhaka a. Trips for shooting patients, doctors and relatives
in hospitals, clinics, dialysis centres and residences
(The members of 600 per day x 7 persons x 12 days 50,400
film unit will be 7 a1. Vehicle rental
in number 4,000 per day x 12 days 48,000
including director, b. Trips for shooting the interviews of privileged
assistant director, information providers
production 600 per day x 7 persons x 5 days 21,000
manager, camera b1. Vehicle rental
person, camera 4000 per day x 5 days 20,000
assistant, light c. Trips for shooting outdoor locations,
crew and driver. reenactments and action sequences.
And 600 per day x 12 persons x 5 days 4,000
communication, C1. Vehicle rental 20,000
accommodation, 4,000 per day x 5 days
fooding and 1,80,000
refreshment cost ii) Out of a. Round trip (from Dhaka to Kalai to Dhaka) for
is included in per Dhaka shooting the kidney vendors.
head 1,000 per day x 7 persons x 5 days 35,000
expenditure.) a1. Vehicle rental
8,000 per day x 7 days 40,000
b. Round trips (from Dhaka to different parts of the
country to Dhaka) for shooting patients, doctors
and relatives in hospitals, clinics, dialysis centres
and residences.
1,000 per day x 7 persons x 7 days 49,000
b1. Vehicle rental
8,000 per day x 7 days 56,000
1,80,000
i) + ii) = 1,80,000 + 1,80,000 3,60,000
4. Complementary Often events and incidents can carry importance though those are
and Emergency not planned to be shot. In some cases such events can turn out
Shooting important and bridge the gaps between different parts of the film.
Even strike, blockade, natural adversaries and absence of characters
might create situations resulting into shooting of new sequences. So
there will be provision of 6 or 7 days extra shooting in the film. 1,00,000
5. Undercover i) In and Shooting hospitals, clinics, residences and pubic
Shooting around places by film unit.
Dhaka 1,000 per day x 2 persons x 10 days 20,400
ii) In Dhaka Shooting hospitals, clinics, residences and public
and places by the social actor from Kalai. For this they
Jaypurhat might have to come to Dhaka for more than once.
1,500 per day x 2 persons x 10 days 30,000
i) + ii) = 20,000 + 30,000 50,000
SL Head Description and Breakdown Cost in BDT
6. Camera Rental HD Camera with monitor, boom, tripod, filter, lenses and low base. 2,00,000
5,000 per day x 40 days
7. Light Equipments Hiring complete light kit, princiaplly for shooting interviews. 75,000
Rental 2,500 per day x 30 days

8. Sound Equipment Different directional micro-phones for indoor and outdoor shooting.
Rental 2,000 per day x 40 days 30,000
9. Production Transcend camera memory card 2 10,000
Purchasing 5,000 x 2
Sub-total of C 8,75,000
D. Post-production Expenses
SL Head Description and Breakdown Cost in BDT
10. Transfer of Visual Burning low resolution DVD for transcription and assembly edit 10,000
in DVD 200 per DVD x 50 DVDs
11. Transcription Transcripting interviews and conversations
2,500 x 20 hours 50,000
12. Editing Visual Pannel hiring and editor's remuneration
5,000 x 50 shifts 2,50,000
13. Music and Sound Creating a piece for background music and correcting sound 75,000
14. Title, Graphics and Making credit title, providing information with graphics and
Animation animating certain parts of film if necessary. 75,000
15. Colour correction Grading and correcting colour to bring harmony among different
and Graphics parts and to give the film an artistic look. 50,000
16. Local Conveyance Regular local conveyance during editing
300 per day x 2 persons x 50 days 30,000
17. Food/Refreshment Meals and Snaks. 30,000
200 (150 per meal + 50 for refreshment) x 3 persons x 50 days
18. Stock Footage Collecting footage and photographs from different private channels,
agencies and personal sources 25,000
19. Finished output Burning 10 master DVDs
100 per DVD x 10 1,000
20. Specimen DVDs Designing and printing DVDs with cover for producers and doners 10,000
100 per DVD x 100
Sub-total of D 6,06,000
E. Remuneration
21. Assistant Director 2,000 per day x 40 days 80,000
22. Camera Assistant 1,500 per day x 40 days 60,000
23. Light Crew 1,500 per day x 30 days 15,000
24. Voice-over artist 20,000
25. Sub-title translator 20,000
26. Production 2,500 per day x 40 days 1,00,000
manager
SL Head Description and Breakdown Cost in BDT
27. Camera Person 6,000 per day x 40 days 2,40,000
28. Director 1,50,000
F. Miscellaneous
29. Stationeries Paper, photocopies, spiral bindings, files, folders, paper box, white 20,000
board, white board markers and other accessories
Sub-total of F 20,000
Grand Total B+C+D+E+F =
3,50,000 + 8,75,000 + 6,06,000 + 7,15,000 + 20,000 25,66,000

Total: Twenty Five Lakh Sixty Six Thousand Taka.