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Well thanks. Sorry it took so long to report back. I did get some referrals and leads. My lead actress agreed to do a video letter of intent for a kickstarter campaign to raise the seed money. Thanks! I love this site. You guys are awesome.

So I've been advised to seek presales for my film, i.e. foreign distribution in x territory. But I've heard that if your movie's pre-sold to say, Turkey, and you hit it big at a festival, studios won't buy it because they want 100% world-wide rights?

I had 2 questions about this. Can you do more than one campaign for the same projects at different phases of production? Like one campaign to raise X amount of money for principle photography and then another campaign for post? It strikes me that chopping it up would be safer. Also, do you...

Ha! Dreadylocks, I didn't take that the wrong way. In fact, I went out and bought it and am reading it now. I'd previously skimmed through The Complete Idiot's Guide to Independent Filmmaking and didn't learn anything new. But Dummies looks quite informative. WeightOnWheels, that is super...

DreadyLocks, I'm with you that I like to understand as much as possible about my film. It proved really helpful in editing my last piece. Out of necessity I taught myself FCP, fired our editor, and was able to salvage the project. And I know how to shoot for the cut now. I have been warned...

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Thanks you all for responding. Any idea, ball park, how much to hire someone for both scheduling and budget? E.g. we may need a gun wrangler and I know it's considerable $$ I just don't know how much and for how long we'll need one. Also, I suspect scheduling is something that fluxuates so I'm...

That would be part of the business plan that I need the schedule and budget in order to write up.

My partner and I are looking to do a schedule and budget for our locked script before we write a business plan and approach 2 investors we know and start our kickstarter campaign. I have never done a schedule or budget before. I'm up for hunkering down and learning. Would it be more cost...

Thanks for giving me the nerve. Meeting tomorrow. I'll ask for the sun and the moon :)

Maybe you're right, Directorik. Like I said, I'm relative new to this side of things so if you sense my perception of what you can ask of "connections" is off, it may well be. Could you please tell me about experiences asking for and recieving favors like these from good friends in high...

Thanks everyone. Yes, good advice. And I appreciate. But it's true I don't want to "scare them away." I've already asked for (and received) a lot as far as favors go and I've seen people push these relationships too far. I don't want to test their level of engagement and have them disengage.

Hi, thanks in advance for any advice about this. I'm co-writing/directing a feature and I don't know how to go about it DIY style. My mind caves in when thinking about this actually. I've read many books and articles, and have been googling this question but all I ever get is "Step 3. Find a...

Batteries only and still... noise Thanks for all the advice. I tried everything you all suggested. Switched all the fluorescents to incandescent bulbs. Ran the camera and Rode mic on batteries only. Tried 2 Rode mics with 3 different cameras, all of which continue to work beautifully...

Thanks for the help IndieB and Alcove Thanks Indie Budget, I'm hoping not to have to replace the mics. I'd have to buy all new mics and new camcorders since I need 2 mics and 3 camcorders handy at all times and the camcorders don't have xlr inputs. Hey Audio Alcove, how are things? the mic...

Hmmm... Good Ideas Anim8 & knightly, thanks so much for responding! I was thinking of picking up a polarity checker from Home Depot. "run your camera/audio gear on a different circuit than your lights" - I thought running them on different circuits is what caused ground loops, no? That's why...

I tried posting in the newbie section because I'm not a sound person. But I'm not sure if I should be posting here instead. I'd be truly grateful for some help with an audio prob for a coming week of audition sessions. I have my lights and a camcorder and 7" monitor plugged into the same...

Solution for audio ground loop problem? Hi! I'd love some suggestions here. We're holding auditions in a new space and I ran into a problem. I have lights set up (2 china balls with 4 lights in each china ball) with small monitor and camcorder all running on the same outlet. We're using...

Don't go to film school. Huge waste of money. Can't emphasize it enough. Especially if you're already working as an AD in India. Getting ahead in Hollywood is mostly about relationships. How do you make them? By diving in and working hard for nothing (paying dues). I would suggest...

Is it possible to use the zoom H4N as my shotgun mounted on the camera and the Azden on the boom? And is it important to have either a super or hyper shotgun? or both? I really need to be in a class.... Thanks Alcove. I love hearing that a good mic holds up over the years! That's wonderful...