FinalRune’s operating budget for Season One of The Cleansed is $35,000, or $3,000 per episode with additional funds to support the show as a whole.
To put this into perspective, that’s less than one half of the budget for a single episode of Dancing With the Stars, or 3% of the budget of a typical episode of Survivor, for over five hours of quality audio programming.
Here is the breakdown:
| PER EPISODE REAL COSTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Line Item | Per Ep. | For 10 Eps. |
| Director | 500 | 5000 |
| Producer | 700 | 7000 |
| Writer | 200 | 2000 |
| Production Assistant | 150 | 1500 |
| Actors | 600 | 6000 |
| Music | 150 | 1500 |
| Mix/Master Engineer | 150 | 1500 |
| Sound Recordist | 150 | 1500 |
| Meals | 100 | 1000 |
| Office Supplies | 50 | 500 |
| Production Art | 50 | 500 |
| Equipment Rental | 100 | 1000 |
| Location Rental | 100 | 1000 |
| PER SEASON REAL COSTS | ||
| Administrative | 2000 | |
| Marketing | 1000 | |
| Creation/Distribution of CDs | 1000 | |
| Merchandising – Postcards, tshirts, etc. | 1000 | |
| Total funds to raise | 35000 |
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