Budgetüberschreitungen durch unzureichende Controlling-Puffer

Definition

Screen Australia requires that production budgets for funded projects include a contingency of **10% of below‑the‑line (BTL) costs for feature film and online/direct‑to‑audience projects and 8% for television projects**, with an overall project budget cap under AUD 30 million.[1] When budgets are created and monitored in spreadsheets, producers frequently either under‑provision this contingency or fail to update it as scope changes, leading to unmanaged cost overruns that cannot be passed on to Screen Australia or other funders once finance plans are locked. Industry budgeting guides for Australian video production recommend an additional **10–20% buffer for unforeseen costs** such as weather delays, reshoots, or permit issues, explicitly warning that failing to plan for these creates budget overruns.[2] Given that typical commercial video productions in Australia range from **AUD 7,500 to 100,000+**, and brand/advertising productions commonly sit in the **AUD 40,000–100,000** band,[3] each 10% unplanned overrun translates to **AUD 4,000–10,000** of margin erosion per job. Across a slate of 20 productions per year, this adds up to **AUD 80,000–200,000** in avoidable cost drift, even before considering larger TV or feature budgets governed by Screen Australia rules. Logic-based extrapolation from contingency requirements and market price ranges supports a typical overrun band of **8–15% of original budget** where structured cost reporting and real-time variance analysis are absent.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Media-Produktionsfirmen in Australien 🇦🇺 verschwenden jährlich 8–15 % jedes Produktionsbudgets durch schlecht kontrollierte Mehrkosten. Automatisierung von Budgetierung, Änderungsverfolgung und Controlling der BTL-Kosten reduziert diese Abweichungen massiv.

Affected Stakeholders

Executive Producer, Line Producer, Production Manager, Head of Production, Finance Manager, Agency Producer (bei Marken/Agenturproduktionen)

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