Budget

Your crew bookings, already in the budget.

Start from a template or your own chart of accounts. Cast and crew come in from People with their rates and booked days, and costs logged on set go against their account and day, so the amount left is always accurate.

  • Labor from People. Rates and booked days turn into budget lines, with fringes.
  • Costs from any phone. Amount, receipt, account and how it was paid.
  • Spent, committed, left. Purchase orders and confirmed crew count before they’re paid.
Northwatch’s top sheet: a $75,000,000 budget with spending so far, committed costs and what’s left, account by account.
Logging a cost on a phone: $48.20 for gaffer tape and batteries, with a receipt photo, the account and how it was paid.
How it works

From the top sheet to the last receipt.

  1. 1

    Start the budget

    Pick a template or import your accounts, and cast and crew come in from People.

  2. 2

    Log as you go

    Anyone you allow can log costs from their phone with the receipt.

  3. 3

    Report

    Spent, committed and left by account, and a top sheet for the accountant.

Planning

Setting up the budget.

Templates or your own

Feature or series, short or commercial, simple spend tracking, or import your own chart of accounts.

Lines that follow the schedule

Per-shoot-day lines change when the schedule changes.

By location

Tag lines with a location and see each place’s estimate, spending and what’s left.

Spending

Tracking costs.

Approvals

Costs over a limit wait for approval. Smaller ones count right away.

Floats and spenders

Give someone a float or a card limit and see what they’ve spent against it.

Reports and exports

Spending by account, day, location and person, a top sheet PDF, and a CSV for the accountant.

FAQ

Questions people ask.

Can I bring my own chart of accounts?

Yes. Import it from a spreadsheet, or save a budget as a preset for your next production.

Get started

Try it on your next shoot.

It's free for one project, from the script to the live board, and you don't need a card.