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Your July dose of microbudget filmmaking (aka our monthly newsletter) has SHIPPED!
Big shout out to
@minoritiesfilm
for featuring the MAKE NEWS SCREENING SERIES!
if you want to keep up with the microbudget madness,sign up for our newsletter at
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“Keep going” is not advice for filmmakers.
“Write a script that can be filmed in 1 location over a weekend with 2-5 characters. Start small, and use this film as a way to build your portfolio and connect with other filmmakers for bigger projects.” Is advice for filmmakers.
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@IssaRae
said it best. Network ACROSS, not up.
Make films with your friends.
Make films with your coworkers.
Make films with your classmates.
✨✨✨
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For the micro budget filmmakers with shoestring budgets who can’t afford to pay your friends, here’s a thread of incentives and what you CAN provide your team.
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Being a filmmaker isn’t defined by accolades. If you’ve completed a film, big or small, you’re a filmmaker.
We’re so damn proud of you.
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Yes, I’m a paid writer.
I write my film scripts while on the clock during my 9-5 corporate job.
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Any filmmaker who manages to make a film, is successful.
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People who talk shit about Tubi movies keep overlooking the fact that those filmmakers are actually getting their films made and distributed.
The shit talkers have been sitting on the same script for 6 years because they refuse to create without a 7 million dollar budget.
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Microbudget filmmakers, take a look at this!!
You’d be surprised how many shots in movies are made Just Like This! LOVE the creativity
@cameradoctorz
! - Will Smith
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Indie filmmakers, I’m begging you, stop waiting on corporations and entities to give you opportunities. Collaborate with filmmakers who are just as hungry as you are. Share your resources. Team up and make something special.
Build your film tribe and tell your stories.
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To the indie filmmakers who
• have jobs to pay the bills
• are parents who make films when they can
• save for months and months to pay for camera gear
• spend the weekend writing scripts
• keep going after festival rejections
We see you. We’re so proud of you.
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More indie filmmakers NEED to lean into collaboration. We can't afford to pay each other's day rates but..
I have a script that can be filmed over a weekend
You are a DP and own a camera
My DP knows an editor
My aunt said we can film in her house
LETS. MAKE. SOMETHING.
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Hey. Get off of Twitter and go finish that scene in your script.
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I need every indie micro budget filmmaker to see just how engaging a scene can be with two people in one room.
It doesn’t take much to captivate an audience. Focus on the story. Focus on the dialogue. Focus on the characters.
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A short film is a film.
It’s not a trail run.
It’s not a prerequisite for a feature film.
It’s not a dwindled down version of a longer film.
Short films are films. With a plot, dynamic characters, and a succinct story.
A short film is a film.
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Not all filmmakers have aspirations to get to Hollywood.
Some of us are enamored with the idea of creating independently, on our own terms, with our community.
There is no right or wrong way to be a filmmaker 💜
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Indie filmmakers need to form writers rooms and “studios” of their own. Forget the capital, come with resources. Who has a camera? Who’s got a laptop with edit software? Who’s got a script? Who’s a sound operator with a boom mic or two to spare?
Let’s create.
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I don't care if you filmed a short project in your grandma's backyard.
Submit the film to local indie festivals. premiere your project.
Get your film reviewed by a film review site.
Book a podcast interview to talk about your film.
BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK.
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Study cinematography.
Watch your favorite films and break down the shot list.
Go to YouTube and watch cinematography tutorials with affordable cameras.
Practice with your smart phone.
Learning the craft can be affordable.
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You’re a filmmaker if you make a film once every 5 years.
You’re a filmmaker if you make a film for $1,500 in your backyard with your friends.
You’re a filmmaker if your film didn’t win any awards.
You’re a filmmaker if you have a day job.
You’re a filmmaker.
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More films would get made if filmmakers bartered with each other. I’ll shoot yours if you edit mine. I’ll direct yours if you produce mine. I’ll star in yours if you write a script for me.
We can’t afford day rates, but that shouldn’t stop us from finding ways to create!
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A huge reason why filmmakers are discouraged and cannot get their films made is because they are writing scripts based off of resources they don’t have. What’s the most incredible thing you can write in one room with two characters? Minimal props. Minimal dialogue. High stakes.
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Hey filmmaker! I need you to stop thinking your script will write itself. Go finish that scene. Thanks!
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To the filmmakers who:
• keep getting rejected from grants and film festivals
• can’t afford the camera package they dream of
• are exhausted from trying to get your film into production
We see you. We’re so proud of you. We’re here for you. We believe in you.
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Filmmakers, keep going.
Dev Patel says making ‘MONKEY MAN’ was “the most demanding thing” he’s done.
• Financier almost backed out weeks before filming
• Original plans to film in India canceled due to COVID
• Lost locations day of production
• Equipment broke so had to film on phones and GoPros
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Micro budget filmmaking GOLD!!!!
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If you’re a filmmaker with a full time job, that job is simply your primary investor in your art. It’s not who you are. It doesn’t define you. Your passion does, and if your passion is filmmaking, that’s who you are.
You’re a filmmaker. Full stop.
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Microbudget filmmakers, YOU ARE YOUR FILM’S PUBLICIST.
I don’t care if it’s a $500 short film that you made in your basement with your five friends.
Submit it to indie film festivals
Create a film poster
Create an IMDB page
Submit it to streaming sites
PROMOTE YOUR WORK.
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How to make a feature film with a budget of $10,000
+ 2 characters only. No extras.
+ 1-2 locations , film in a week
+ a high stakes script with INCREDIBLE dialogue. Really work your script to develop the characters, their needs, and arcs.
+ skeleton crew - less than 10 ppl
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Micro budget filmmakers - COLLABORATE AND BARTER.
We can’t afford to pay each other’s day rates but…
I’ll shoot your film if you direct mine.
I’ll produce your film if you write my script.
I’ll act in your film if you direct mine.
Network ACROSS.
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If we did virtual meet up events for microbudget filmmakers to collaborate with each other - share projects, what roles they’re looking to fill + barter, would you attend?
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YOUR POST PRODUCTION SCHEDULE SHOULD GO AS FOLLOWS:
Assembly cut
Notes (from director)
Rough Cut
Notes
Fine Cut
Picture Lock
Sound Mix
Color Grade
Conform
Trailer
Release
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You’re not an “emerging” filmmaker.
You’re a filmmaker.
It’s not about the festival selections or awards, or screenwriting contests, or distribution deals.
You’re a filmmaker simply because you made a film.
Your art matters. We’re so proud of you.
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Indie filmmakers, this is your reminder to be proud of you.
Make that $500 film on your iPhone with your friends in your kitchen with pride.
Pull up to those local indie film fests and premiere your films with excitement like it’s Sundance.
You deserve to be celebrated.
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Start small. Find your film tribe.
A producer
A director
A DP
A sound op
A production designer
A gaffer
An editor
Collaborate and make 1 location films on weekends. Build your portfolios. Submit your films to festivals. Grow your team + resources.
Make bigger films.
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You don’t have to monetize your film or win an award to be a filmmaker.
You’re a filmmaker simply because you made a film.
Your art is your validation, not the accolades.
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An indie filmmaker asking another indie filmmaker if they want to volunteer/collaborate on a short film project is not disrespectful or exploitative.
Indie filmmakers aren’t studios with millions of dollars. We are spending $500 and filming in a backyard.
Relax.
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Silent films need to make a comeback.
For indie filmmakers, not having to include location sound or mixing can save a lot.
It also stretches you creatively, because you have to tell a story without audio.
Anyone ever made a silent film? Link it below!!
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Having a full time job doesn’t make you any less of a filmmaker.
It’s okay to define yourself and introduce yourself as a filmmaker, even if you have a full time job that pays your bills.
If you make films, you’re a filmmaker.
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How to go from “aspiring filmmaker” to “filmmaker” 101:
Write what you can shoot.
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If you’re down to make a no-budget, community/resource based film comment below.
This is our time.
Comment with your name, your location (the city), your role, and what you can bring to the table (a camera, a location, an edit suite).
Indie Filmmakers - CONNECT & COLLAB.
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🗣 ROLL CALL!!
Filmmakers with day jobs - comment below! Let’s inspire one another. You can be a filmmaker AND pay your bills ✨
I’ll start, I’m a creative strategist at an advertising agency. Outside of that, I make indie films.
What’s your day job?
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Microbudget FEATURE FILMMAKERS!
If you've made a feature film for $25K or less, drop your trailer below!
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If your indie film is streaming on
@Tubi
, link it below!!
Tubi is going to end up saving this industry, somehow.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you do not need $50,000 to make a short film.
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You’re a filmmaker even if you never sign an overall deal.
You’re a writer even if you never get staffed in a writers room.
You’re incredibly talented, even if you never win an award.
Value your art, not the accolades.
Microbudget filmmakers, we’re so proud of you ♥️🎞
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Who’s spending their weekend writing scripts? 🤓🎥
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Gather your friends. Make cool shit.
Did you know that film maker Issa Rae edited, directed and had most of her friends act in her web series, Awkward Black Girl?
Start where you are with what you have.
#womeninfilm
#filmfestival
#movies
#shorts
#webseries
#contentwriter
#BlackTwitter
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We tweet for the filmmakers who are tired of applying to grants, exhausted by crowdfunding, and decide to take matters into their own hands.
Our podcast and platform is dedicated to the microbudget, scrappy, “by any means necessary” filmmakers.
We see you. We’re here for you.
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Microbudget filmmakers- start your own writers rooms. Let's use this post to connect writers to each other.
If you're a writer & interested in being a part of a virtual writers room, comment below!
If you're a writer with a logline and are looking for writers, comment below!
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Study cinematography.
Turn on your favorite move. Take note of the shots, angles, and techniques used in each scene. Practice making your own shot list.
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Filmmakers need to tap into bartering services with each other.
I’ll edit your film if you shoot mine.
I’ll shoot your film if you direct mine.
I’ll gaff your film if you AC mine.
We may not have $, but we have skills and a network.
Collaborate.
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Micro budget film tips - feeding your cast and crew inexpensively
A THREAD 🧵
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Film Festival acceptances don’t make you a filmmaker.
Filmmaking Awards don’t make you a filmmaker.
Striking a distribution deal doesn’t make you a filmmaker.
Making a film is what makes you a filmmaker.
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More microbudget filmmakers should lean into silent filmmaking. Bad sound is unforgivable to audiences, and sound mixing can be expensive.
Creating a silent film is not only a way to flex your creative muscles, it’s a way to protect quality AND budget.
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No, I don’t have $50K to make a short film, but...
Im a DP and have a camera.
You’re writer with a short script.
They’re an editor I went to school with.
She’s an actress I met at a film festival.
My aunt said we can film in her house.
Stop complicating filmmaking.
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Part of being a filmmaker is taking time to live.
You won’t always be writing, filming, or editing.
Spend time resting, hanging with friends, enjoying nature, learning new hobbies. Laugh. Love. Cry. Dance.
Your films will benefit from you taking the time to be a human being.
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Indie filmmakers, YOU are your film’s publicist.
Pay to have your film reviewed by a film magazine.
Reach out to film podcasts and ask to be a guest to talk about your film.
Attend film festivals. Meet filmmakers. Promote your work.
BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU CREATED!
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To the indie filmmakers with day jobs, remember that having a job doesn’t make you any less of a filmmaker.
Your bills are paid, and you make your art on your terms.
Be proud of that ♥️
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To the filmmakers who are heading into their full time jobs this AM, don’t be discouraged. You’re still a filmmaker.
In fact, most “full time filmmakers” are stressed trying to get their scripts sold/produced.
You’re making art on your own terms, while sustaining yourself.
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It’s okay to ask for favors for your indie film.
Ask for help.
Ask to borrow a camera.
Ask to use their backyard.
Ask for the festival waiver
Ask if anyone is free to help you edit.
Ask your mom to come cook lunch for your cast and crew.
ASK.
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It only takes one film to go from ‘aspiring filmmaker’ to ‘filmmaker’.
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Shout out to all the filmmakers who were tired of being rejected from grants, asking random people for $5 (crowdfunding), or asking investors to believe in them.
Cheers to the filmmakers who took their own savings, a camera phone, their friends, & made a film in their backyard.
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Microbudget filmmaking homework:
Google successful films that take place in one location. Watch the film and take note of the shot list.
You’d be surprised what you can do in one single location.
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People downplay and troll Tubi movies, but neglect to acknowledge the fact that these indie microbudget filmmakers are actually completing and distributing films.
You’re fixated on the lack of budget, while we’re celebrating what was done with minimal resources.
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For every filmmaker who doesn’t want to collaborate with you, there are 10 that would love to.
Your film family is out there. Find them. Stop at nothing.
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Even if it’s filmed on an inexpensive DSLR camera-
Make a creative shot list
Play with lighting and lenses
Color correct your film
Your film can be visually stunning no matter how inexpensive the camera is.
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Indie filmmakers- get used to the non glamorous parts of filmmaking.
• script breakdowns
• budget sheets
• production scheduling
• location + crew release forms
• gathering distribution materials
• sorting footage in a hard drive
It’s all part of filmmaking!
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a film could take 10 months or 10 years to make. There are no rules, and there is no rush.
Quiet the noise. Make your art at the pace you can maintain.
You're a filmmaker regardless of the time in between your projects.
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To the filmmakers with jobs outside of filmmaking who are heading to work tomorrow…
We see you. We’re so proud of you.
Using your time off or weekends to make films doesn’t make you any less of a filmmaker.
It’s perfectly okay to sustain yourself while you create your art.
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1) go to
@FilmFreeway
and search for as many $0 entry film festivals as possible
2) find a film review site &have your film reviewed!
3) reach out to 3 filmmaking podcasts and request interviews about your film
4) submit to an indie film streaming site (outside of YouTube)
@NathanTeamCap
@_microbudgetpod
I feel like this is literally the only option for no/little to no budget projects. Maybe a few posts on social media but that's about it.
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Hey filmmaker! Your film doesn't suck. You've just been staring at the edit for too long. Step away.
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Make your film.
Instead of chasing grants or investors to believe in you, write the most incredible thing you can that takes place in 1 room with 2 characters. Lean into silent filmmaking so sound isn’t a barrier to the production quality.
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Hey filmmaker,
Step away from the edit. Your film doesn’t suck. You’ve just been staring at footage for too long.
Give yourself 48 hours and come back to it.
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You’re still a writer, director, producer, editor, or actor even if you have a day job that pays the bills.
You’re defined by your craft, not by monetary compensation.
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Happy Monday to the filmmakers with day jobs!
For those of you who are heading to work, remember, it’s perfectly okay to have a job that sustains you while you make your films.
You are STILL a filmmaker.
You’re just a filmmaker who’s bills are paid 💅🏽
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This!!!
Short films aren’t simply “portfolio builders” or “stepping stones”
They’re a valid and creative way to tell a story.
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Reminder to indie filmmakers- a film festival rejection doesn’t mean your film is bad. It just means your film isn’t a fit for the festival.
Keep going 💕🎥
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Let’s talk microbudget filmmaking hacks!
We’ll start:
+ using a chair with wheels as a dolly
+ styling your cast with wardrobe from their closet
+ writing a 1 location script
What are some of your favorite tips and tricks for making a film on a shoestring budget?
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You made a film. Even if you made that film for $1500 with your friends on a weekend...you made a film. You should be so proud of it.
Ignore the noise. Besides, It's probably coming from Hollywood aspiring filmmakers who have yet to get their 3 Million Dollar script sold 🙃
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The quickest way to go from “aspiring filmmaker” to “filmmaker” is by writing scripts according to the resources you have available to you.
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Write scripts according to the resources you have available to you.
Part of the reason your script isn’t produced is because it costs $800,000 to make.
What is the most incredible thing you can write in one room with two characters?
Start there.
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You have $2500 to make a film on a Saturday with your friends:
1 location
3 actors (max)
Any genre
Your team - Producer, director, AC, cinematographer, production designer, sound mixer, and editor all volunteer in exchange for IMDB credit + reel footage.
What’s your logline?
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Shout out to the filmmakers who are preparing for a hectic work week ahead. A lot of us are full time employees when we aren’t writing, editing, or directing on the weekends.
Remember, having a job that sustains you doesn’t make you any less of a filmmaker 🫶🏽
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SAG-AFTRA actors can still work on micro budget film projects who have the SAG Microbudget film waiver.
The project cannot exceed $20K per film or $20K per episode. The project cannot be affiliated with the AMPTP.
Indie Filmmakers- GET ON THIS.
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Yes, I’m a paid writer.
I write my film scripts while on the clock during my 9-5 corporate job.
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Filmmakers, tell the story you want to tell. Your audience will find you.
Quinta Brunson says she had a "strict no social media policy" for the
#AbbottElementary
writers room: "I don't care what social media is asking us to do. We have to do what we, the writers, want to do." | Variety
#ActorsOnActors
presented by
@peacock
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There’s no rush.
The film festivals will be there.
You will find your audience whenever your film is ready.
There is no timeline other than the one you create for yourself.
Dear filmmaker, pace yourself.
You’re doing great.
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Microbudget filmmaking is how films actually get made.
If you write a 7 million dollar script, great! But who is giving you that funding? And when? How?
If you write a 1 location x 2 actor film that only requires a skeleton crew…YOU can actually MAKE that film.
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I know it's hard, but the world needs your art. Keep making your films. You got this.
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Part of being a filmmaker is taking time to absorb.
Watch movies and take notes on the shot list.
Watch YouTube tutorials on color grading.
Go to film festivals and meet other filmmakers.
Attend filmmaking workshops.
You don’t always have to be creating.
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Microbudget filmmakers wearing multiple hats!
Shout out to us 🫶🏽
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I want to see more micro budget indie filmmakers forming writers rooms of their own.
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To the indie filmmakers who are coping with film festival, grant, and fellowship rejections, remember this:
Rejection is only possible after showing up. You showed up, you put yourself & your art out there. That was BRAVE.
That alone deserves to be celebrated.
We ❤️ you.
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4) A level up.
If you have a camera operator who has never had a chance to DP, let them DP your project.
If you have a PA who wants to produce, bump them up to production coordinator.
Give folks a chance to earn a credit in the role that they deserve.
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Indie directors - make sure your edit feedback is clear and concise.
“The vibe in scene 4 is kinda off” 🚫
“In scene 4, the pace is slow. Cut 9:45-10:13 of getting out of the car. You can start the scene with the doorbell ringing. Also can we find faster backgroud music?” ✅
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Many filmmakers are at a standstill because they’re trying to make a million dollar film.
If you write what you can shoot, you don’t have to ask for permission to create.
What’s the most incredible thing you can write happens in one room with 2 characters?
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