Scheduling/Budgeting Software

The following programs help you to organize your script into breakdown sheets, arrange the sheets into a workable schedule, and use the schedule to make a budget for your project.

Easy Budget

This quick and easy budget system is an add-on for all the major spread-sheet programs. Pre-wired with globals and fringes.

• List price: $159.95 StarComp price: $144
• Works with both Mac and PC machines
• Prints out neat budget forms for presentation.
  

Filmworks Scheduling
Filmworks Budgeting
This quick and intuitive system is entirely menu-driven.

• Scheduling List price: $300 StarComp price: $270
  
• Budgeting List price: $300 StarComp price: $270
  
• For DOS
  Download the Filmworks Scheduling Demo.
  Download the Filmworks Budgeting Demo.

Movie Magic Scheduling
Movie Magic Budgeting

This unique set of tools is the most sophisticated and defineable in the business. IBM version can read Mac data and vice-versa for equivalent versions. Scheduling data easily export to budget form. Design your own schedule forms, strips, lists. Relational database format; change an item on breakdown sheet and it changes automatically everywhere in the scheduler.
For our foreign clients: Use your own language. Print out schedules and reports in any language for international productions.
The de facto industry standard, used by every major studio, independent, and the overwhelming majority of production folks.

• Scheduling List price: $899 StarComp Price: $699
• Budgeting List price: $899 StarComp Price: $699
• Combined List price: $1,798 StarComp Price: $1,398
• Movie Magic Production Studio, with Dramatica Pro, Screenwriter, Scheduler, Budgeter, and Labor Rates: List Price: $2,196 StarComp Price: $1,787
• For Windows and Macintosh
• Budgeting Program v. 5.2 easily automates the most common budgeting tasks!
• Special Industry Labor Guide Module works with Budgeting. Check the current rates and fringes, pop them into your budget!
• Bob Koster's Superbudget form included, with current crew rates. A complete pre-wired budget form with fringes, globals, subgroups. Individually configurable for your needs.
• Bonus: Go to Movie Magic Scheduling's own web site, or Movie Magic Budgeting's own web site for more info. Be sure to hit your "Back" button to return here to order at the best prices!

DotZero Scheduling
DotZero Budgeting/Costing
A simple and very effective scheduling and budgeting system. Since it is shareware, you have 15 days to try it out in its fully functioning form. After that, each of the two programs will cost you US$49.95 (sent to DotZero). Online help makes manuals unnecessary, and the programs are intuitive enough that you will start using them immediately.
Budgeting has a costing program built into it which, while not a full-fledged accounting program, can track costs against budget. And it can print reports of over- or under-budget items.
Jack Smith won an Academy Award in 1995 for developing these programs.

• Shareware. - $49.95 to DotZero. Documentation enclosed with package.
• For DOS
  

Download the DotZero Scheduling.
Download the DotZero Budgeting/Costing.

Computer Bidding

AICP Bid Forms

• List price: $750 StarComp price: $675
  
• For DOS and Macintosh
  
• Add-on to MS Excel

Download the Computer Bidding Demo. (Self-extracting archive. Works with MS-DOS Excel)

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