Anything Goes : Gorilla Software/Celtx by Marci Urling

Marci Urling

Gorilla Software/Celtx

What are your thoughts on using Celtx Standard Plan or Gorilla for basic production needs?

Chris Hackett

Gorilla is great. But something I'd only use if I were doing bigger movies. Combo of celtx, Gmail calendar and shotlister pro should get any small production clear into post.

Marci Urling

Chris, thanks a bunch. I have Celtx and I'm going into pre-pro with a couple of low budget projects. When you say bigger movies, what price range are you talking about?

Jeff Thieme

I tried out Celtx for its budgeting features. It's a bit glitchy and I received zero response when I contacted tech support. Jungle has a few good options. Chimpanzee is good for smaller projects. Gorilla is suited for larger endeavors. Jungle offers trials of both pieces of software. I am currently using Chimpanzee for budgeting and scheduling on some shorts and low-budget TV / feature projects.

Chris Hackett

I'd say 100k or higher is well above where you would need something robust as gorilla. I've seen 50k budgets stay pretty lean with having a celtx and some other freeish software hybrid setup.

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