Very good.First, it's rather hard to put out a percentage that would fit all bills right. What percentage would work for a low/no budget won't fit a medium to high budget.
You can also look up sample budgets in your range to see what people are paying for particular roles. Just look for sample budgets in google or search these forums...
First, it's rather hard to put out a percentage that would fit all bills right. What percentage would work for a low/no budget won't fit a medium to high budget. I would expect a line producer would be a good person to ask as they're usually the person responsible for putting together the budget.
Then again, it really depends on what you mean by a project manager. I suspect you mean a UPM - Unit Production Manager, but you also could mean a producer.
You can also look up sample budgets in your range to see what people are paying for particular roles. Just look for sample budgets in google or search these forums, I've posted a link before to sample budgets given in a producers book.
Good luck.
Thanks Ray! I actually had printed this out and have it for reference.Very good.
There might be something useful on post #29 for you, Bird: http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=39122&page=2
Thanks Sweetie!
The definition of project manager for this particular sponsorship is someone who will be responsible for requesting funds and reporting (any) monies to the fiscal agency. She (my sister) wouldn't be responsible for bringing the production in on budget, nor any sort of regulatory considerations. My sister is a contract lawyer and I thought she'd be a good candidate to help me out. She'd certainly donate her services in-kind but if I were to get funding I'd want to pay her a fair wage.
Thanks again, peeps!
Ok, by the sound of it you're looking for a cross between an Executive Producer (responsible for sourcing the money) and a bookkeeper/accountant/payroll (recording keeping and reporting) for the first parts. For bringing it in on budget, that's usually the UPM and sometimes the producer. If you're talking about getting the money from some government body, that's usually the producers job. A typical fee is often 10-15% of the budget, depending on the size of budget, though I don't know if there is a typical rate on Govt subsidized projects.
The going rate for an Executive Producer is usually 10-15%, normally in the 10% range and it can go as high as 20%. For the UPM roles, it does depend on where you are, but off the top of my head, about High $1k to low $2k/week is typical. The bigger the production, the higher this rate would be. As for the bookkeeping/accountant/payroll, that's usually a per hour thing.
Depending on the size of your production, you may be asking for trouble getting the UPM to pair up with any other role during the production, unless you're diluting the role among other dept heads anyway. The UPM is usually a very busy person.
This of course assumes I understand what you specified correctly.