$15 – one day's food for an actor or crew member

$25 – reflecting boards for lighting

$50 – car towing fees (for explosion sequence)

$75 – gasoline and gunpowder to blow up a car

$100 – a package of lens filters

$500 – roundtrip airfare for an actor

$775 – three night's lodging for the crew

$1,000 – six terabytes of hard drive space to store HD footage

$2,500 – gasoline to travel around the country one time

$5,000 – sound equipment

$7,500 – steadicam unit (www.steadicam.com)

$10,000 – lighting & camera movement equipment

$40,000 – the Red camera and necessary accessories

$80,000 – finance the entire film