I've always considered films under $100,000 to be ultra low budget pictures.
We all here understand that you can make a quality film under that budget with the technology available to us, but that it will undeniably be an indie production.
Now, a $20,000 film to me is considered on the lower-tier of ultra low-budget, but then I here many people telling me these figures, while low, are low in relative terms to big name productions, not ultra-low budget in quality.
And it gets me thinking. 50 million pictures do not cost 50 million to make. They are often makeable for a fraction of the price, if of course the big name actors aren't there and massive legal fees are not required.
That said, how do we breakdown low budget pictures by price-tag??
For me:
Low Budget Premium-$100-$500,000
Ultra Low Budget-$50-$99,000
Minute Budget-$10-$49,0000
No Budget-Under $10,000
We all here understand that you can make a quality film under that budget with the technology available to us, but that it will undeniably be an indie production.
Now, a $20,000 film to me is considered on the lower-tier of ultra low-budget, but then I here many people telling me these figures, while low, are low in relative terms to big name productions, not ultra-low budget in quality.
And it gets me thinking. 50 million pictures do not cost 50 million to make. They are often makeable for a fraction of the price, if of course the big name actors aren't there and massive legal fees are not required.
That said, how do we breakdown low budget pictures by price-tag??
For me:
Low Budget Premium-$100-$500,000
Ultra Low Budget-$50-$99,000
Minute Budget-$10-$49,0000
No Budget-Under $10,000