“Don’t worry about the budget. If we like the idea, we’ll find the money.”

Has anybody ever found that money?

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Actually did that for a project I’m about to wrap up post production on. It wasn’t a crazy big project but it’s still nice that we found an extra 10K to work with our first choice of director & get a dop to go with it.

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Yup. It happend to me. They have the money. Trust me. They always do.

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There always seems to be more money for a redo.

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Whenever I get told that, the feedback is ALWAYS either “this isn’t BIG enough!” or “we can’t afford that!”

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Never. This is a kissing cousin to ‘let’s do this next year’. Or, ‘let’s shelf this for now’. I see your euphemisms and I do not accept!

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There’s always money in the banana stand *click click*

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No producer responses.

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Yeah, in the bank accounts and pockets of the leads.

Never enough money. Never enough time. That’s the rule.

Sometimes, an agency produces an idea and suddenly becomes the exception. And everyone gravitates towards it and says that it’s the norm.

Then everyone suffers.

way more often than you'd think.

yup.
but about 7 years ago. not so much recently.

Sure. It happens. Mostly on bigger clients.

It’s happened to me a few times, only on a huge brand though

just did on a project we did.

but this was 1 out of the last 10. but them’s not bad odds.

never ever. client bs.

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