budgeting process is new to most people, especially those educated in film schools, so that concept should be presented first.
Film students don’t need to become keen budget technicians. However, they DO need to get enough exposure to film budgets to understand the fundamentals, and to be able to communicate to film producers, film studios, bonding companies, banks, financiers, etc. in the same language as would be expected from professional filmmakers.
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There is a seventh article that could have been added for those who haven’t been exposed to the simple administrative