Quinceañera Crashers: A Film Funded by the Community, for the Community I’m producing and packaging a film where Product Placement Integration is playing a huge role in financing. 🎬 Introducing Quinceañera Crashers! The Logline: Fourteen-year-old Valeria knows her quinceañera will be anything but glamorous—until a fairy godmother and a crew Read more…
ROADMAP TO A $700,000 FILM $700,000 is by far my favorite budget range for an indie film! You can achieve so much at this level. This is a more personal post because I’m currently packaging two $700,000 films: one is a horror project, and the other is a Christmas family Read more…
ROADMAP TO A $300,000 FILM Last week I wrote about the Roadmap to a $150,000 film. This week we are covering a $300,000.00 film. Script Notes At $300k, your script should be no more than 95 pages. Every page has a price tag, and costs compound quickly. Keep it contained—Dramas, Read more…
ROADMAP TO A $150,000 FILM A few weeks ago I wrote that every filmmaker and screenwriter should have multiple scripts in different budget ranges. The main indie film budgets are $150k, $300k, $700k, and $1 million. Script Notes When crafting a $150,000 film, self-contained scripts are key. Think horror, intimate Read more…
Limited Theatrical Release Case Study After some research here are some standout films that had a budget of $1,000,000.00 and under that did extremely well with a limited theatrical release. Did production have a budget set aside for marketing and a theatrical release or did the distributor cover the cost? Read more…