Production Personnel Costs

 

 

 

 

Cost

Unit

Quantity

 

Total Cost

 

Recording Engineer

 

 

 

 

$225

day

20

days

$4,500

 

Mix Engineer

 

 

 

 

$400

day

5

days

$2,000

 

Production Administrator (salary built into income statement)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Assistant

 

 

 

 

$100

day

20

days

$2,000

 

Producer (flat rate, plus 2% of the project revenue) 

 

$9,000

flat rate

 

 

$9,000

 

Studio Expense

 

 

 

 

$500

day

35

days

$17,500

 

Studio Rental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel/Lodging/Food

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (for Guest Artist & Production Personnel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food (for catering, restaurants)

 

 

 

1

allow

1000

 

$1,000

 

Artist Advance/Artist Wages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Advance for four artists

 

 

$3,000

each

4

artists

$12,000

 

 

Artist Wages for four artists

 

 

$400

week

8

weeks

$12,800

 

Pre-Production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Official Production (for documenting computer, MIDI, recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

and mix for daily recording activities in order to keep accurate

 

 

 

 

 

 

records of time for the purpose of financial prudence and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

keeping of the labor codes of the American Federation of

 

 

 

 

 

 

Musicians and the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Drives

 

 

 

 

$2

each

400

drives

$800

 

DAT's

 

 

 

 

 

$15

each

10

tapes

$150

 

ADAT's

 

 

 

 

 

$30

each

10

tapes

$300

 

Master Tape/CD's

 

 

 

 

$250

flat rate

1

allow

$250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post-Production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Studio Fees for Mixing Material

 

 

 

$600

day

5

days

$5,000

 

Mastering

 

 

 

 

 

$750

day

3

days

$2,250

 

Computer Rental

 

 

 

 

$1,000

flat

1

allow

$1,000

 

Mastering Engineer

 

 

 

 

$600

day

3

days

$1,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artwork/Photos/CD Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos

 

 

 

 

 

$1,500

allow

1

allow

$1,500

 

Artwork (CD Cover, Booklet, Disc)

 

 

$2,500

allow

1

allow

$2,500

 

Preparatory Printing

 

 

 

 

$500

allow

1

allow

$500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Project Cost

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

$76,850

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