Budgets!

Today in producing class we got to talk about movie budgets, which is really one of my favorite things to do. Well, one of my favorite things is actually looking up budgets and comparing them to what the movie made, which we also do in producing class. So that's pretty neat.

But I've never seen a broken down line-itemed movie budget before, so it was super cool. And I may look them up in my spare time because I think it's exciting. And also because I'm a nerd.

Other than that, we got to make our own budget, which was really fun. More UPM stuff, which reinforces the fact that I want to be a screenwriter/UPM when I grow up.

We also talked about the WGA in class, which is the Writer's Guild. I realized that I really want to be a member of the WGA. If you're in the WGA, the least they can pay you for an original screenplay is $65,173 for a low-budget movie and $122,354 for a high-budget movie. 

I would take either. Anytime. Seriously.

In sound class today we got to go outside on the backlot and make homemade videos. We took the boom mike out and the sound recorders and everything. For some reason, my group ended up making the Poop Chronicles, with five movies centered around poop. 

I really don't know why, but I know that when I was acting, I did get to pretend to throw up a lot. So that was fun.

Oh! And I got to use a slate for the first time ever! I've always wanted to use one. I never knew what they were for, and now I do. And they're fun. And magnetic!

I really do feel like it's such an old, outdated movie technology. But I really am in love with them. Slates, that is.

Anyway, it was a pretty eventful day. And we're already more than halfway through the 4th week. We meet our actors Friday! Yikes!