What would a general breakdown of a budget look like?

What would a general breakdown of a budget look like?

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A general breakdown of a budget of an independent films depends, as every budget is different and everybody puts money into different things. Some independent films spend all their money on getting big-name actors and go cheap on the production, while other independent films will make sure that the film looks nice and has great locations, but will use some sort of unknown actors so they can save money there. Every budget is different on every independent film. People put in their fees before the making of the movie as a producer might want to say "if I produce this movie I want to take fifty grand off the top to know that I at least got paid", while others will say "I want the money to go towards the making of the movie and I'll just be promised money on the back-end". So everybody has a different budget and breakdown for their independent film.