Cost Estimation Services

Here is how this works in practice. Our cost estimators model Australian budgets against the federal rebates triple stack — Producer Offset 30 percent on QAPE for Australian productions, Location Offset 30 percent for global productions hitting 30M AUD QAPE, and PDV Offset 30 percent for post-prod VFX work with 5M AUD QAPE — combined with stackable state rebates from Screen NSW (10 percent), VicScreen / Film Victoria (10 percent), Screen Queensland (10 percent), ScreenWest (10 percent), Screen Tasmania (up to 15 percent), and SAFC (5-10 percent) to deliver good combined rebates of 40 percent-plus on qualifying Australian spend.

Here is the short of it. Every line maps to an ATO QAPE category. Crew rate cards reference MEAA scales, ACS director-of-photography minimums, ADG and AWG award rates, and reciprocal SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, DGA, and Equity NZ floors when global talent crosses the Pacific.

Here is the breakdown. Studio day rates sample Disney Studios Australia in Sydney, Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, Docklands Studios Melbourne, Adelaide Studios, and ScreenWest Perth facilities — with today's AUD 1.55:1 USD modelling and 10 percent GST embedded into supplier line items.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Australian budget reality balances tested feature precedents across the Matrix trilogy Sydney builds, Star Wars Episodes II and III at Fox, Moulin Rouge!, Mad Max Fury Road and Furiosa at Village Roadshow Gold Coast, Aquaman and Lost Kingdom, Thor Ragnarok and Love and Thunder, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales, Elvis at Village Roadshow (Best Picture Oscar nom 2022), and Lion's six Oscar nominations including Best Picture for Garth Davis.

Here is how the picture comes together. We embed Fair Work Ombudsman compliance, ATO Superannuation 11 percent employer inputs, PAYG withholding, Medicare levy, Australian Border Force ATA carnet handling for imported gear, CASA drone operator fees, ACMA wireless licensing, Aboriginal Land Council consultation fees for any shoot on Country, AIATSIS protocol compliance budgets, plus weather-contingency lines reflecting NSW/Victorian bushfire risk December to March, Queensland wet-season cyclones November to April, and outback heat extremes — so producers comparing Australia against Vancouver, Atlanta, or London see a true landed cost net of every layer of rebate.