The film market can sometimes be seen as a battle for eyeballs between the studios and lowly independent filmmakers – a kind of David versus Goliath showdown. There is no way your no-budget indie will ever make as much money as a studio film. No way you’ll ever be as well-known, and no way you’ll […]
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 […]
By Brian Barnes I have a confession to make. I’m a terrible producer. You’d think that after making films day in and day out since 1987 I’d have learnt the one key skill a producer needs. But, no – still no further along that road. That key skill? Raising money. That means that, as a […]
