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Why Micro Budget / No Budget Filmmaking Sucks

October 4, 2016 by Say Little Productions, LLC

Why Micro Budget / No Budget filmmaking sucks besides the obvious…

It does not suck…

  •  because you cannot use your favorite filmmaking toys.
  • because you cannot have a trailer.
  • because you may not be able to use SAG actors.
  • because you have to shoot under 18 days.

It sucks…

  • because instead of paying crew / feeding them a little better, producers rent expensive cameras.
  • because instead of budgeting for VFX, producers hire SAG actors.
  • because instead of hiring a few more crew members to make your days, producers make crew work overtime without OT pay.
  • because instead of paying actors a nudity bump, producers take out a large cut as their “producer pay”.

Micro Budget / No Budget Filmmaking doesn’t have to suck. You just have to learn how to properly distribute your budget.

Filed Under: Film/Video Production Tagged With: filmmaking, films, independent filmmaker, low budget, microbudget, no budget, producers, producing

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