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Iron Sky The Coming race was able to raise $560k on Indiegogo, here's how they did it: http://www.ironsky.net/blog/the-story-of-a-crowdfunding-campaign-iron-sky-the-coming-race/

If your star's day rate is $5K, instead of hiring them for only one day which might be the more attractive option, I would try to get them for 2-3 days instead. You might get them for one extra day for maybe a grand or two on top of the day rate, or for three days maybe for $10K, if their usual...

Eric Roberts is way over-saturated, Tia Carrere is pretty good. Generally speaking name actors in lead roles or substantial supporting roles are worth more to buyers than smaller cameo type roles. But considering your budget I would say getting those names is pretty good, even for smaller...

What genre? Any marketable elements other than stars? Has it been screened or won awards at any film festivals? Is it in English?

Was the $8,000 budgeted for that one day only? What did you spend it on?

There are many Youtubers who make tons of money. The thing is however, most of them are not simply just guys or gals talking to a camera by themselves, many of the top Youtubers are basically production companies who have several full time employees on their payroll, and ad money from Youtube...

If you have to get a loan to pay for this, I would highly, highly suggest that you don't. I agree with Mike Regent, if this is just one scene for fun or a short, you should be able to get actors for free (more like food + credit), especially young kids for just one scene. Paying an unknown...

Actually it's the complete opposite. Fox offered Lucas a considerably higher directing fee for Star Wars than he had earned on American Graffiti, but Lucas instead negotiated a deal where he would receive the same lower fee for directing, but in turn would get all the rights to merchandising...

Depends on the movie. If you're making a T&A comedy, then it would probably be beneficial for you to have a bunch of porn stars/strippers go topless in your movie. Or if you're making a dumb Troma style horror/comedy/splatter then having Ron Jeremy might help you. In most cases however, if...

Not true. Names are important in ALL genres. The first thing a buyer or a sales agent will ask is "Who's in it?" that's the bottom line, whether it's action, thriller, horror, family, drama etc. Maybe the only exception being found footage horror, since it's common to have unknowns in these...

Both. You should invest the lion's share of that amount in a couple of names, and the rest for promotion, have a professional poster done, an effective trailer cut, fly yourself out to AFM and/or Cannes to meet with buyers and sales agents, and establish a presence on social media before...

Well, it's been some time time since I listened to it, but if I remember correctly, the "formula" was basically part pre-sales, part tax credits and part gap financing and/or equity? If so, then yes, that is still relevant. In fact, a combination of those is how most indies budgeted $1M-$2M and...

This interview is actually from a couple of years ago. I believe the title of Hangar 14 was changed to Tactical Force by the distributor, and Cuba Gooding Jr. dropped out at some point to be replaced by Steve Austin. The movie was released two years ago. I think I listened or read a followup...

Great points made in this thread. I would add this. Stop thinking about cameos, they're no good. Actors don't like doing them, their agents don't like cameos since they cheapen their client's name value and image, and buyers and distributors don't like cameos, they want name actors to have...

You would have to contact AFM and ask them about it. I know in the past you had to pay $7,500 to be able to sell your movies without a booth. No, I would not say that the value of the booth is greater than a pass, not for selling just one movie. Your best bet would be to find a sales agent to...