The Negative Cost is the term for the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion. A film distributor is an independent company a Subsidiary company or occasionally an individual which acts as the final agent between a film production company Promotion involves disseminating information about a product, Product line, Brand, or company [1]
Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost. The Blair Witch Project is a low-budget American Horror film released in 1999 [2]
The term comes from the costs up to the production of the final Negative. In photography a negative may refer to three different things although they are all related
References
- ^ Barnes & Noble Glossary http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/glossary.asp?z=y<R=N&TRM=1007105 Retrieved 2007-02-12
- ^ IMDb Explanation for differences in reported budget http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boxofficedifferent Retrieved 2007-02-12
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