So, after a few hours of stumbling around the internet, I've unearthed a few interesting links to share with the lot of you, dealing with the technical aspects of low budget & independent filmmaking. Are you ready? Yes? Are you sure? Excellent.
Although $750,000 may not seem "low budget," the average American made film cost around $5,000,000 to produce in 1973. And it was with this modest (modest, you say? I'm a college student. I get excited about finding quarters on the ground.) budget that George Lucas' American Graffiti was produced that year, eventually landing itself at number two on Cinematical's top seven- fancy that. Blaire Witch also made the cut, what with its $25,000 budget, as did Clerks, Kevin Smith's debut into the directing world.
A few interesting folks from Finland got together and decided to make a "feature-length sci-fi parody," entitled Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. Then they put together a website with the thought in mind that anyone should be able to make the movies they want to make, whoever they may be. Their slogan? "Enthusiasm over professionalism." A major motivator for them is the marriage between the internet and filmmaking, and the concept that, through the internet, niche films can find their audiences much more easily, and be that much more successful. You know, niche films kinda like a Finnish Star Trek parody...which took seven years to make, by the way, with an unspecified, but tiny, amount of funding.
Number one: Lights Film School Blog
Lights Film School is an online film school (!!!), and, in an effort to keep the world updated on the happenings in the movie-making world, they have created this splendiferous blog, in which they ramble on about tips for independent filmmakers. There's plenty of practical advice: how to write a documentary treatment (what's a movie treatment, you may ask? Do I dare willingly dole out the secrets of the industry? Okay, it's not actually mysterious. It's basically just a synopsis of the story, anywhere from 2-10 pages -or longer, depending on your definition of "brief outline"- that filmmakers use to pitch their movies to would-be funders), how to light interviews, how to write casting notices, and other things that the majority of the population don't think about when they watch movies, but that are essential to the movie-making process. Fascinating stuff, kids. Fascinating. Stuff. (And things!)
Number two: Cinematical Seven: Best 'Ultra-Low Budget' Films Ever Made
Although $750,000 may not seem "low budget," the average American made film cost around $5,000,000 to produce in 1973. And it was with this modest (modest, you say? I'm a college student. I get excited about finding quarters on the ground.) budget that George Lucas' American Graffiti was produced that year, eventually landing itself at number two on Cinematical's top seven- fancy that. Blaire Witch also made the cut, what with its $25,000 budget, as did Clerks, Kevin Smith's debut into the directing world.Number three: Wreck a Movie
http://www.wreckamovie.com/
http://www.wreckamovie.com/
A few interesting folks from Finland got together and decided to make a "feature-length sci-fi parody," entitled Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. Then they put together a website with the thought in mind that anyone should be able to make the movies they want to make, whoever they may be. Their slogan? "Enthusiasm over professionalism." A major motivator for them is the marriage between the internet and filmmaking, and the concept that, through the internet, niche films can find their audiences much more easily, and be that much more successful. You know, niche films kinda like a Finnish Star Trek parody...which took seven years to make, by the way, with an unspecified, but tiny, amount of funding. Le fin!
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