Who designed it? Filmmakers, of course! Aaton Cohen-Sitt decided it was time to make a film and he needed something to help him put it all together. Why use Excel for a budget, Word for a character list, and a contact manager software for contacts? He decided to design a single, complete, seamlessprogram which makes it a snap to get all your rescources with a couple of keystrokes -- hence Gorilla!

Gorilla‘, the indie feature production tool rapidly becoming popular among emerging filmmakers, received a major upgrade with Jungle Software's release of Gorilla 2.0. With over fifty new features, including the ability to import screenplay information from Final Draft® and Movie Magic Screenwriter®.

Gorilla 2.0 offers a host of features beyond traditional budgeting and scheduling, such as the ability to track cast, crew, locations, rehearsals, profit sharing, and even film festival submissions. The software also allows for multiple budget scenarios, board swap, international currencies with conversions, and production phases. It also comes pre-loaded with 120 film festivals, replete with web site and contact information.

Some of my favorite new features are their easy to use pull down menus and their pop up boxes that give you the information your looking for quickly. You're also able to keep the crew and cast information you've compiled for once project and use it on another with ease.

I've used other movie budgeting software programs but Gorilla 2.0 is by far the easiest to get your budget from script onto paper. It was so simple to upload my script into the Gorilla program and I was able to begin working on my budget immediately.

Gorilla 2.0 has made what used to be a complex job very simple. They also include an extensive 150 page manual that you can access and print..

Their friendly, knowledgeable staff are just a phone call away and ready to help you with any technical question you might have.

Gorilla is available in three editions. The Pro Edition (retail price $399) offers unlimited shoot days and budget. The Standard Edition ($299) has all the features of the Pro Edition, but is limited to 48 shoot days and a $500,000 budget, and the Student Edition ($199) is limited to 14 shoot days and a $50,000 budget.

Gorilla runs on Windows®, Macintosh® OS 9, and is the only complete budgeting and scheduling solution that currently runs natively on Macintosh OS X.

Go to http://www.junglesoftware.com for more details.

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