Budget Hints help you review, validate, and adjust AI-generated budget estimates in the Budgeting tab. Filmustage shows Budget Hints for each budget line, explaining the logic, data sources, and assumptions behind the calculation.

What Budget Hints show

For each budget line, Budget Hints can include:

Calculation logic used to generate the estimate.
Data sources that influenced the cost.
Filmustage's assumptions applied during calculation.
Cost category breakdowns.
Optimization suggestions to help control or reduce costs.

You can use this information to understand why a specific number appears and decide whether to adjust it.

View Budget Hints

Procedure

Open the Budgeting tab in your project.
Locate the budget line you want to review.
Hover over the question mark (?) icon next to the estimate.
Review the Budget Hint details in the tooltip.

When to use Budget Hints

Use Budget Hints when you need to:

Review AI-generated estimates before finalizing a budget.
Validate cost assumptions against your production requirements.
Identify optimization opportunities early in budgeting.
Explain budget numbers to producers or stakeholders.

Notes and limitations

Budget Hints explain how Filmustage calculated the estimate, not final production costs.
Filmustage bases Budget Hints on available breakdown data, scheduling insights, and referenced financial datasets.
Updating breakdown tags, DOOD reports, or the shooting schedule can change Budget Hints after regeneration.