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'''Negative cost''' is the net expense to [[Filmmaking#Production|produce and shoot]] a [[film]], excluding such expenditures as [[Film distributor|distribution]] and [[Promotion (marketing)|promotion]].<ref>''Barnes & Noble Glossary'' http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/glossary.asp?z=y&LTR=N&TRM=1007105 Retrieved 2007-02-12</ref>
'''Negative cost''' is the net expense to [[Filmmaking#Production|produce and shoot]] a [[film]], excluding such expenditures as [[Film distributor|distribution]] and [[Promotion (marketing)|promotion]].<ref>''Barnes & Noble Glossary'' http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/glossary.asp?z=y&LTR=N&TRM=1007105 Retrieved 2007-02-12</ref>{{Dead link}}


Low-budget movies, for example ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'', can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.<ref>''IMDb Explanation for differences in reported budget'' https://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boxofficedifferent Retrieved 2007-02-12</ref>
Low-budget movies, for example ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'', can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.<ref>''IMDb Explanation for differences in reported budget'' https://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boxofficedifferent Retrieved 2007-02-12</ref>{{Dead link}}


The term comes from the costs up to the production of the final [[Negative (photography)|negative]].
The term comes from the costs up to the production of the final [[Negative (photography)|negative]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,544319,00.html The Guardian: We Call It Martian Accounting]
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*[https://www.imdb.com/Glossary/N IMDb Glossary - N]
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Revision as of 02:17, 10 March 2021

Negative cost is the net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion.[1][dead link]

Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.[2][dead link]

The term comes from the costs up to the production of the final negative.

References

  1. ^ Barnes & Noble Glossary http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/glossary.asp?z=y&LTR=N&TRM=1007105 Retrieved 2007-02-12
  2. ^ IMDb Explanation for differences in reported budget https://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boxofficedifferent Retrieved 2007-02-12