What is a Low Budget Movie?
I often write about the difference between working on a low budget or big budget production. But I realized, I’ve never defined the terms. If your understanding of the film business comes from entertainment websites, you might be under the mistaken impression that, say, a $12,000,000 film is “low budget.” When you’re comparing it to […]
How NOT To Make a Microbudget Film
Last week’s post about why movies are so expensive got some interesting responses. The Burger King (probably a burger king, not the burger king) wrote– Most of this is very true, but you are wrong in implying that independent filmmakers can’t make movies unless they have $98,000. Dead Hooker in a Trunk, $2500, sold to IFC […]
Why Are Movies So Expensive?
For longer than I’ve been in the Industry, we’ve been hearing how cheap, digital cameras and readily available editing software would democratize cinema. There would be a revolution in independent filmmaking that would tear down the studio system. Except… that hasn’t happened. The reason is, equipment is no where near the biggest expense on a […]