Hello,
This is my first post of this forum, actually.
I went to film school (lol) and shot two feature films since. The second one I actually wrote four years ago, when I was 21, and have been shooting it no-budget on a single Canon 5DmII (with mostly natural light, some portable LED light or film-noir light kit set-up... crew included a boom op at the most, using a Rode and Zoom H4n) since then. I wrapped shooting just a month ago and have been finalizing the scenes... it came to 3 hours long! No wonder it took me so long. I spent maybe $50 total on props and paid some actors' transportation.
Anyway, I plan to use this film as a "demo" of sorts, to use a musical term. The progression is episodic, so some of the scenes can stand alone. I have a completed outline for my next film and will write the screenplay soon to shoot it in April. It will be a roadtrip film, to put it simply, and a third of it will take place in a car that will drive from New Jersey to Los Angeles. Thus, my budget would include renting a van ($2-3000), gas, hotels and food, giving the actors and a single crew member a small stipend as thanks, and buying some new equipment (a back-up DSLR, insurance for the new DSLR, a couple GoPros, another car adapter rig...). I imagine it would come to $15,000 total, which for me, an isolationist living in the suburbs, is A LOT.
Given the information I provided, what would be a good way to get support, financially or with a producer? My lead actor/friend is a great NYC theater actor who may know supporters, and he already shot for a supporting role in the upcoming Ryan Gosling directed film. I can maybe raise a few thousand through family, but I need to shoot this thing in April (at least the on-the-road parts), when both the weather is sunny and my actor is available.
Thanks very much in advance!!
This is my first post of this forum, actually.
I went to film school (lol) and shot two feature films since. The second one I actually wrote four years ago, when I was 21, and have been shooting it no-budget on a single Canon 5DmII (with mostly natural light, some portable LED light or film-noir light kit set-up... crew included a boom op at the most, using a Rode and Zoom H4n) since then. I wrapped shooting just a month ago and have been finalizing the scenes... it came to 3 hours long! No wonder it took me so long. I spent maybe $50 total on props and paid some actors' transportation.
Anyway, I plan to use this film as a "demo" of sorts, to use a musical term. The progression is episodic, so some of the scenes can stand alone. I have a completed outline for my next film and will write the screenplay soon to shoot it in April. It will be a roadtrip film, to put it simply, and a third of it will take place in a car that will drive from New Jersey to Los Angeles. Thus, my budget would include renting a van ($2-3000), gas, hotels and food, giving the actors and a single crew member a small stipend as thanks, and buying some new equipment (a back-up DSLR, insurance for the new DSLR, a couple GoPros, another car adapter rig...). I imagine it would come to $15,000 total, which for me, an isolationist living in the suburbs, is A LOT.
Given the information I provided, what would be a good way to get support, financially or with a producer? My lead actor/friend is a great NYC theater actor who may know supporters, and he already shot for a supporting role in the upcoming Ryan Gosling directed film. I can maybe raise a few thousand through family, but I need to shoot this thing in April (at least the on-the-road parts), when both the weather is sunny and my actor is available.
Thanks very much in advance!!