Production budgeting & planning

What are you making?

I’m Nicholas Ward, a line producer and production consultant. Through My Media Budget, I help creators, filmmakers, agencies, and production teams develop realistic budgets and practical production plans. Start with the DIY budgeting tool, or work directly with me to review a budget, build a production plan, or work through your next decision.

Build it yourself

Use the My Media Budget budgeting tool to work through your project. When you want another perspective, you can request a professional review.

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Work directly with Nick

Bring your existing budget, script, deck, schedule, or production challenge. You can start here without using the app.

Tell me about your project

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

Review the assumptions, missing costs, and decisions behind your budget, including DIY and AI-generated estimates. A focused budget review with written red flags and priority decisions, plus a 60-minute consultation, starts at $495. Scope and delivery timing are agreed before work begins. Additional consultation sessions beyond the agreed scope are priced separately.

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.

Ongoing Production Consulting

Experienced support as your project develops, from production planning to line producing and fractional Head of Production support. Scope and responsibilities are agreed around your needs.

Practical AI Workflow Consulting

Improve prompts, project context, and repeatable workflows for production planning and administration, with experienced production judgment guiding the work.

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Selected Production Work

Nicholas Ward — line producer and production consultant, with more than a decade of production management experience.

More about Nicholas
The Great Big Giant MAX Creator Challenge for Adobe MAX

Selected Work

The Great Big Giant MAX Creator Challenge

Adobe MAXLine Producer

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Tell me what you are planning

Share your project, the materials you have, and the decision you need to make. I’ll review the fit and respond within two business days with the most useful next step. No work begins until the scope and price are approved.

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