If you don't want to reserve or spend money to market your film you are wasting your time and investors time. Whatever you spent to make your film you need 1/2 or 1/3 of the budget to market your movie. On average 8000 films are made each year by indies. In additional to all the titles that was...
I think there is money to be made in microbudget filmmaker. However two biggest mistakes I see filmmakers make are 1) Distribute 2) Marketing. You need a distribution plan. Streaming only should only be secondary revenue. You need a theatrical release. It will validate your film, you as a...
What is your overall goal. If you want buzz you need to hire a PR agency. However before making that type of financial investment you need to know what you would like to achieve . Then you need to ask yourself are you ready when the opportunity presents itself.