I am wanting to talk to the more knowledgeable filmmakers on here who have had some experience with making full, professional short indie films (or even Hollywood ones, since a lot of the production stuff is the same), and get some advice from them about the costs, supplies, employees/crew, and all such things needed to assist me in making my short film.
Let me level some details at you first: I am wanting to shoot it on standard, old-fashioned 35 mm film. I am going for the lowest budget possible. I am assuming I'm going have to hire scouting agents, grips, camera loaders and focus pullers, and possibly cameramen (I am thinking about doing that job myself since I'm a photographer), and will have to rent the camera/lights/scrims/etc, and probably a caterer since I can't expect all those people to work all day and not feed 'em. Plus paying the people that I want to have in the scenes (which won't have to speak any lines as it's an entirely nonverbal film). One of the places I think I want to shoot is the Santa Monica Pier (from a distance) so that probably means permits, blah blah. Overall I'm wanting to go with as low a number of crew (notice I didn't say cast or actors, of which there'd be many).
So am I guessing right, in guessing that I'll need all those people? What other aspects of it have I forgotten that will likely come into play that I'll need to research?
I basically am wanting to use you guys as a soundboard to figure out ALL details, pros, and cons of getting this film started and off the ground.
Hope that's not too daunting! Let me know, guys!
Let me level some details at you first: I am wanting to shoot it on standard, old-fashioned 35 mm film. I am going for the lowest budget possible. I am assuming I'm going have to hire scouting agents, grips, camera loaders and focus pullers, and possibly cameramen (I am thinking about doing that job myself since I'm a photographer), and will have to rent the camera/lights/scrims/etc, and probably a caterer since I can't expect all those people to work all day and not feed 'em. Plus paying the people that I want to have in the scenes (which won't have to speak any lines as it's an entirely nonverbal film). One of the places I think I want to shoot is the Santa Monica Pier (from a distance) so that probably means permits, blah blah. Overall I'm wanting to go with as low a number of crew (notice I didn't say cast or actors, of which there'd be many).
So am I guessing right, in guessing that I'll need all those people? What other aspects of it have I forgotten that will likely come into play that I'll need to research?
I basically am wanting to use you guys as a soundboard to figure out ALL details, pros, and cons of getting this film started and off the ground.
Hope that's not too daunting! Let me know, guys!
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