by Brian Barnes As seriously independent micro-budget filmmakers we need an edge. Any little thing that will make our projects more likely to survive and thrive in the big, cruel marketplace that is feature film distribution. In pursuit of that edge, before making my first feature film, I did my due diligence and performed as […]
Guest post by Eben Skilleter Ahead of the final Guerilla Filmmakers 2 Day Masterclass next month, I asked past delegates to share their post event experiences. Here’s what Eben Skilleter got up to… Inspiration, Then Perspiration – Pre-production Trudging across a Hampshire field, in full retreat from the merciless weather, I wonder if I’ve gone […]
Guest post by Ross Aitkin I’m one of the 50 Kisses writers (Advice) and I’m in the middle of production of my feature debut (as co-writer/director/producer), a micro-budget comedy called ‘Kidnap Me’. It’s an edgy black comedy of love, sex and mistaken identity, in which a kinky couple book a roleplay kidnap experience, only to […]
Guest blog by producer Bethany Clift We have read a lot about how hard is to get independent films out there, especially films on the kind of budget we made Heretic for (£30k), so I wanted to counter this with our good news story. Yup, after three years of toil, tears and tragedy our no-budget […]
Guest blog by Greg Hall / Broke But Making Films In less than a week my new feature film COMMUNION opens in London at the Portobello Pop Up Cinema and begins it’s journey of self-distribution. I have made three feature films previously (my first being the micro budget film ‘The Plague’, which got some national […]
Guest blog by Sebastian Solberg Modern Man – Watch it, like it, share it with everyone you ever met – and use the hashtag #VMShortsvote: http://tinyurl.com/ModernManFilm From my London office-bedroom last Friday morning, I was able to travel to Wales to watch a woolly mammoth being brought to life with 3D technology, then take a […]
I asked DSLR magician Ken Simpson to share how he manages to pull off amazing movies with very little kit, crew but tons of guts. Here’s his detailed response… pretty amazing advice… I’ve had more than a few people ask me how I was able to achieve such a high level of production value with […]
Guest blog from Kristi Barnett (right). I asked Kristi to share her experiences making her innovative, no budget Transmedia project…HURST Every writer and film maker has their own reason as to why they’ve chosen to get into this creative and sometimes soul destroying medium. For me, it was a constant influx of ideas and […]
