Get The Real Design Budgeting Insights

🎞 What percentage of my film's budget should go to design? 

  • There isn't a straight answer here.  It depends on what your story needs. This book will help you figure that out.

🎞 How do I calculate my design budgets?

  • There are several factors that go into calculating your costume, hair, makeup and wardrobe budgets.  We'll go into depth about that in the book.

🎞 Do you give examples of how the principles of the book apply to the process?

  • 100%.  This book talks through the everything that effects your budget from the actual material costs, to labor, to the circumstances that you want to plan for just in case.

Beyond excited to share The Filmmaker’s Guide to Budgeting for Costumes, Hair, Makeup & Production Design with you. The book answers all the design budgeting questions you can't find anywhere else. 

You'll get real numbers, practical ways to calculate your film's design budgets, and formulas to ensure you know what you need before raising funds for your film.  The book includes antidotal situations from a decade of professional work in the field highlighting the principles of the book and over a decade of professional experience at all levels of the industry.

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About the Author

Sarah Cogan is respected designer and visual producer championing filmmaking by helping filmmakers craft cinematic cohesion by aligning their film's visual to their script.   She has over 18 year of experience as a storytelling designer.  She's worked across all areas of design from costumes to production to lighting.  

Sarah's work on 18 1/2 was eligible for the 2023 Oscars and featured American Cinematographer Magazine February 2023 issue.  She's worked on indie features such as Tapawingo (2023) starring Jon Heder, Billy Zane and Gina Gershon.  Her designs for Korean/American feature Abroad (2023) world premiered at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.  She's worked on major motion productions to indie micro budgets, to everything in between.

She is a proud member of USA Local 829