The Budgeting tab allows you to create and manage a detailed production budget directly from your script breakdown, shooting schedule, and reports. When setting up a budget, you choose a hierarchy structure — 2-Level (Category → Position) or 3-Level (Category → Account → Position) — depending on the scale of your production. You can customize budget templates, categorize costs, adjust fringes and deductions, generate AI-powered estimates, and export your budget in multiple formats.
Filmustage provides the following toolsets within the Budgeting tab:
🛠 Set up your budget
Choose a budget structure (2-Level or 3-Level) and a template when creating a budget for the first time.💰 Generate the budget
Create a new budget from your breakdown and schedule using a template.🧠 Generate AI budget
Automatically populate cost estimates with AI based on your breakdown and schedule data.💡 Budget Hints in AI Budgeting
Understand how the App calculated each estimate — data sources, logic, and optimization suggestions.📖 How AI Budgeting Works
Learn what data powers the AI estimates — guild rates, partner pricing, and what's coming next.🗃 Create and edit budget categories
Add, edit, or remove budget category lines.🧾 Edit & apply fringes & deductions
Customize fringe and deduction percentages and apply them to budget positions.📊 Manage budget templates
Save, rename, or delete your custom budget templates.📤 Export the budget
Download your budget as PDF, XLSX, or Movie Magic Budgeting (MMBX) file.📝 Edit project information
Add custom description fields to your budget (shown in exported documents).💱 Set the currency
Choose the display currency for your project's budget.🗑 Delete budget
Remove the entire budget and start over from the setup wizard.