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InteScene for Line producers and UPMs
InteScene gives line producers and UPMs a real chart of accounts, the coded accounts, sub-accounts and line items production accountants use, tracking Estimated, Actual, Paid, Payable and Variance, with the contingency and completion-bond roll-ups studios and bond companies expect. Costs from the breakdown, locations, catering and transport feed it automatically, and globals, fringe libraries, purchase orders and what-if scenarios keep the number honest as plans change. Live crew check-in even accrues labour cost against each person's deal on the day. Budgeting starts on the Indie plan at GBP 12 a month, with Production and Studio adding fringes, purchase orders and scenarios, and every paid tier has a two-week free trial. Sign up at https://intescene.app/signup.
Keeping a financier-grade budget honest while costs trickle in from every department, and spotting overspend before wrap, not after.
Full chart of accounts
A real Movie-Magic-style accounting structure of coded accounts, sub-accounts and line items, each tracking Estimated, Actual, Paid, Payable and Variance, with contingency and completion-bond roll-ups. It reaches the depth financiers, bond companies and studios expect, but lives in the browser next to the script, schedule and breakdown.
Cross-tool cost feeds
Breakdown items, location costs, catering and transport roll into the budget automatically, so the number stays live without each department re-entering it. Over and under-budget lines even tint red and green so overspend is visible at a glance.
Globals and fringe libraries
Renegotiate one day rate with a global and every linked line and total updates instantly. Reusable fringe libraries calculate payroll taxes, pension and health and holiday pay correctly per labour line, with cutoff caps, so the heavy payroll maths is handled rather than hand-tallied.
Cost-risk pre-read (AI)
The Script Analyser's Cost Risks review reads like a line producer, ranking every scene 1 to 5 for production complexity and naming the actual cost drivers, stunts, VFX, night exteriors, crowds, minors and period, with reduction tips, all before you open the budget.
Workload and live crew check-in
See who is overloaded week by week against a configurable limit, and watch labour cost accrue live on the day as crew clock in, with overtime and double-time priced against each person's individual contract. Tracked labour feeds the budget's payable figure automatically, so overruns surface on the day, not at wrap.
Purchase orders and budget scenarios
Raise vendor purchase orders coded to a budget account, status-tracked and emailable as PDFs, and model a studio cut versus a lean cut side by side for financiers with an instant per-account comparison. CSV import even reads the exports of dedicated budgeting tools, so switching is painless.
Frequently asked questions
Is InteScene's budget detailed enough for financiers and bond companies?
Yes. InteScene offers a Movie-Magic-style chart of accounts with coded accounts, sub-accounts and line items tracking Estimated, Actual, Paid, Payable and Variance, plus contingency and completion-bond roll-ups, fringes and multi-currency. It is a web-based alternative to dedicated film-budgeting software, reaching that level of depth while living next to the script, schedule and breakdown.
How do costs from other departments reach the budget?
Costs feed in automatically because every tool shares one dataset. Breakdown items, per-location budgets, catering headcount costs and transport spend roll into the budget without anyone re-keying them, and live crew check-in accrues labour cost against each person's contract on the day. Change a day rate once with a global and every linked line and total updates.
Which budget features need a higher plan?
Core budgeting, the top-level budget, chart of accounts, globals, units, currencies and most reports, is available from the Indie plan at GBP 12 a month. Fringes, the fringe report and purchase orders are Production-tier features at GBP 20 a month, and budget scenarios are a Studio-tier capability at GBP 25 a month. Every paid plan includes a two-week free trial.
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