What are some ways to raise money for a ultra low budget feature?? Just curious of what people have tried in the past that have worked?
I got that. That's why I told you what I have done to raise money for my films.ive mostly done everything out of pocket as well. Just wondering what other film makers have done to raise money for their films.
I got that. That's why I told you what I have done to raise money for my films.
How much to you need?
Have you done a full, complete, line item budget?
well we have two scripts that are ready one is a big budget and I have a script I really want to shoot for around 15-25k
Rare exceptions aside, it just seems like there's a no man's land between $2k and $250k.
Who cares if you blow <$2k on a short?
What's the point of spending <$250k on a feature? (Likely need $2M just to play).
Sound about right?
What's the point of spending <$250k on a feature? (Likely need $2M just to play).
Ever since Blockbuster and Hollywood Video closed and stores like Best Buy no longer carry anything other than "the hits", everything over $5,000 spent is like throwing away money. You are not gong to make your money back. I don't know how you shoot a movie for that cheap that can compete with big budget Hollywood films. Virtually impossible. Better to just shoot something reality based that can be shot for cheap.it just seems like there's a no man's land between $2k and $250k.
Ever since Blockbuster and Hollywood Video closed and stores like Best Buy no longer carry anything other than "the hits", everything over $5,000 spent is like throwing away money. You are not gong to make your money back. I don't know how you shoot a movie for that cheap that can compete with big budget Hollywood films. Virtually impossible. Better to just shoot something reality based that can be shot for cheap.
Ever since Blockbuster and Hollywood Video closed and stores like Best Buy no longer carry anything other than "the hits", everything over $5,000 spent is like throwing away money. You are not gong to make your money back. I don't know how you shoot a movie for that cheap that can compete with big budget Hollywood films. Virtually impossible. Better to just shoot something reality based that can be shot for cheap.
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=paranormalactivity.htm
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tinyfurniture.htm
(according to imdb, budget is estimated at 50K)
These are only two examples, of which there are many more. Also, these are the more extreme examples -- the ones that go on to see a box office life. Remember that profit can be made in DVD distribution, alone.
Yeah, here's some more:
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.php
And down at the bottom of this list (which takes a minute to fully load on my POS 'puter):
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/allbudgets.php
Note the dates.
Or their sparseness, to be exact.
Then consider how many low-budget features were likely made in any given year.
Then divide the numbers of distributed films that were box office profitable (unquantifiable DVD sales and VOD contracts aside, even though you are 100% correct on that point) by that number of made features to render a "success" ratio.
That's a pretty little number.
It's almost a fraction of a fraction pretty little number.
....
However, again, exception rather than general rule.
Wa.
This isn't directed at you, Ray... but, you know what I don't like about this? Aside from the fact that everyone says it?
It assumes that all of those movies are actually WORTH payin for, and they aren't. Just go to a film festival and try to sit through most of the features. Let me know how many babies you imagined punching in the span of.
Even a host festival winners typically aren't up to snuff with major motion picture theatrical standards.
That just irks me, because most of those movies/films are NOT that good, or even half decent from any certain standpoint, technical or story-wise. Likelyhood? Unwatchable.