Category: Micro-budget
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I’ve been thinking about scheduling, and how as an independent filmmaker who can’t pay people very much, if at all, scheduling can be one of those mountains that can seem unclimbable. It’s pretty unreasonable to ask people to take two weeks off of work in order to make a movie that might not go anywhere.…
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While I don’t play a ton of video games, I am really interested in the process in which they get made as it seems pretty similar to a film’s production. Obviously there is a significant computer science background for games, but a lot of the creative and business elements overlap and a lot can be…
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In trying to figure out a way to practice filmmaking in an experimental, fearless, and quantity centric fashion—as in: making many films quickly in order to learn rather than to perfect—I’m building an actionable plan to make a large microfilm portfolio. The thing that often stalls people with short films is that their ideas are…
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Movies can potentially be expensive to make, but they don’t always have to be. You don’t need a few million dollars to get your movie made. In fact, with some stories you hardly need any money at all. Enter the micro-budget film. This is a list of 5 fantastic micro-budget movies that absolutely play to…