Can Product Placement Fund Your Vertical Series? Your average vertical series has a film budget of $100K to $250K but those are starting to go up as the demand of vertical stars and production value is increasing. Vertical Stars do have a price tag and now there are more verticals Read more
SLATE 2026 What’s at stake for the film industry at this exact moment? Is it crumbling before our eyes? There are more films, platforms, and content than ever before, but it’s so spread thin that nothing makes a cultural impact. Word on the street is there might be a national Read more
The alarm bells are ringing—what once seemed like a viable career path for filmmakers is disappearing. Studios are slashing productions, Netflix is cutting its slate by nearly half, and international film incentives are outpacing anything the U.S. has to offer. Meanwhile, budgets keep shrinking. Is film even culturally relevant anymore? Read more
Cinema is going through a similar death the way that theatre had about 20 years ago. The majority of Broadway plays/musicals are now based on IPs. Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, The Notebook, “the musical” etc. Broadway had to adapt to spectacle. Of course there is still off-broadway plays that Read more
Do you need money for your film? Thinking about approaching a film investor? How much do you need? $300k, $1 mil, need more? To keep things simple, let’s say you need $300k. Now tell your potential investor to go to the convenience store and buy $300k worth of scratch off Read more
What if, the studios said F_CK IT and end their contract with the WGA? I’m going to play devil’s advocate for a second. What if the studios cut their losses and end their deal with the WGA? I’m already seeing clever and conniving strategies. I first caught wind of it Read more
How a $4,000.00 proof of concept trailer got a $100,000.00 investment! 15 years ago my key crew and I hit a huge milestone. My director/DP friend Daniel Maldonado had an idea for a Texas Zombie movie. At the time I owned the Panasonic HVX 200. To pull it off he Read more
What’s your film producer personality type? As film producers, we need to be honest with ourselves. Ask yourself what I am great at and what comes naturally to me. How is your personality affecting your film funding goals? Do you need to partner with someone who can elevate your weaknesses? Read more
WHY YOUR INDIE FILM SHOULD BE BETWEEN $150k to $300k Most indie films, especially dramas, crime thrillers, horror, faith-based, and some action films, can be produced within a budget range of $150,000 to $300,000. When writing, we often don’t have the budget in mind. However, if you’re serious and realistic Read more