Production budgeting & planning
What are you making?
Build a working budget for your next podcast, creator shoot, animation or larger production. Start independently, or work directly with Nicholas Ward on the decisions you need to make.
Start a budget
Define your scope, work through the costs and prepare your budget exports. Manual budgeting is available without an account.
Start a budgetGet expert help
Bring a budget, creative brief or production question to Nicholas Ward. You can start here without using the app.
Get expert helpEarly access: live AI is limited to approved pilot accounts. Work starts in memory; save or export explicitly before leaving. Online saving requires sign-in. Browser recovery is an optional choice.
Expert help opens an email draft. Review it in your email app before sending; no project details or attachments are added automatically. You can also write to mymediabudget@gmail.com.
More than a decade of production management experience · Former Head of Production, Herzog & Company
When to reach out
What do you need to figure out?
- Does this budget hold up?Get an experienced review of a budget you built yourself, generated with AI, or received from a production partner.
- What will this take to produce?Turn your creative into a realistic budget, schedule, and production plan.
- Can we make this work?Compare options and understand how changes to scope, timing, and resources affect the plan.
- Where would outside support help?Bring in production experience for an active project, ongoing planning, or a practical AI workflow.
Ways to work together
Four ways to work together
Budget Review
Budget review + a 60-minute consultation with Nick, starting at $495. Scope is agreed before booking. Larger budgets and hands-on revisions are quoted separately. Review the assumptions, missing costs and decisions behind your budget, including DIY and AI-generated estimates.
Budget & Schedule Development
Build or refine a budget and schedule around your creative, resources, and delivery needs. Work can include feasibility, bid comparison, and re-scoping.
Freelance Producing
Need a producer working directly on your project? Freelance producing is separate from the budgeting tool and budget consultation. Discuss the responsibilities and support you need with Nicholas Ward.
Discuss freelance producingOpens an email draft to mymediabudget@gmail.com. Review it in your email app before sending. Nothing is sent automatically; no project details or attachments are added.
Practical AI Workflow Consulting
Improve prompts, project context, and repeatable workflows for production planning and administration, with experienced production judgment guiding the work.
Selected Production Work
Nicholas Ward — line producer and production consultant, with more than a decade of production management experience.
More about Nicholas
Selected Work
The Great Big Giant MAX Creator Challenge
Adobe MAXLine Producer
Choose your next step
Work through your numbers independently, or bring a production question to Nicholas Ward.
Expert help opens an email draft to mymediabudget@gmail.com. Nothing is sent automatically.