Would anyone know how to go about funding a short, of say, perhaps a half-hour, at the most? My producer states that it will take at least $20,000 to do a zombie short film properly, including paying the crew, catering, location costs (we are only using 3 and 2 of those are FREE), equipment, etc. I have a contact who knows a lot of private investors, but they are iffy where horror films are concerned. I'm just the writer and have been told not to worry about funding, but I don't want to see this project go down the drain like one I worked on in 2006/2007 (due to a talker who didn't know what he was doing and who's even now working on a shoot where the actors keep bailing ship).