Topsheet Structure

Your Topsheet is divided into sections.

Categories

Most of the rows on your Topsheet will be Categories, the top-level accounts (or headers) that contain multiple Accounts and roll-up the total costs for that group.

Production Total

Production Totals are subtotals that calculate the sum of all the Categories above them up to the previous Production Total or the top of the budget.

You can add as many Production Total lines to your budget as you like and rename them as you see fit. See Production Totals for more details.

The first Production Total in your budget (reading from the top down) defines what is "Above-the-Line" and what is "Below-the-Line."

If Fringes are posted to the Production Level then each Production Total will have a Total Fringes line presented just above it. This line can be renamed and given an account number as you see fit. See Fringe Settings for more details.

Charges

Charges are listed below the last Production Total in your budget.

See Applying Charges for more details.

In some cases Charges imported from older budgets may appear elsewhere in the budget. Movie Magic Budgeting currently only supports new Charges in this area.

Charges can be rearranged by unapplying all charges and then re-applying them in the order you want them presented (first to last).

Total Above-The-Line

This line displays if Display Summary Totals is on in Budget Preferences.

This will display the total for all "Above-the-Line" categories. This will match the total for the first Production Total added to your budget.

Total Below-The-Line

This line displays if Display Summary Totals is on in Budget Preferences.

This will display the total for all "Below-the-Line" categories. This will match the sum total of all Production Totals except the first one in your budget.

Total Above and Below-The-Line

This line displays if Display Summary Totals is on in Budget Preferences.

This will display the total for all "Above-the-Line" and "Below-the-Line" categories. This will match the sum total of all Production Totals in your budget.

Total Fringes

If fringes are posted to the Budget level then a Total Fringes line will be added above the Grand Total that calculates Fringes across your entire budget. This line is read-only.

See Fringe Settings for more details.

Grand Total

This will display the Grand Total (before Credits) of your budget, summing all Production Totals, Charges, and Fringes.

Credits

Credits are listed between the Grand Total and Net Total of your budget.

See Applying Credits for more details.

In some cases Credits imported from older budgets may appear elsewhere in the budget. Movie Magic Budgeting currently only supports new Credits in this area.

Credits can be rearranged by unapplying all credits and then re-applying them in the order you want them presented (last to first; the opposite of Charges).

If more than one Credit is applied to the budget the system will also display a credit Sub Total line.

Net Total

This will display the Grand Total minus any Credits.

At the very bottom of the Main Budget Pane you will see a series of totals that will update automatically.

Total Source
GT Grand Total summing all Production Totals and all Charges and all Fringes
ATL & BTL Total of all "Above-the-Line" and "Below-the-Line" categories, matching the sum total of all Production Totals in your budget.
Total ATL Total for all "Above-the-Line" categories. This will match the total for the first Production Total added to your budget.
Total BTL Total for all "Below-the-Line" categories. This will match the sum total of all Production Totals except the first one in your budget.
Credits Total for all Credits applied to the budget.
Sess The Session change total, which means all changes made to the budget since the last time it was opened (or the reset button was clicked).
Chng The Change total, which means the value change to the budget based on your last action (or 0 if the reset button was just clicked).

Click the green refresh arrow button to reset your Session and Change totals to 0.