Fundraising Your Micro Budget Film

Posted on September 22, 2009 in Financing | No Comments

Money does make the world go around – and it oils the gears of filmmaking. Where do you turn to get said cash? Dale Newton and John Gaspard break it down.

…When we made Resident Alien and Beyond Bob (for $28,000 and $26,000, respectively), we thought we’d gone about as low as you could go, budgetwise.

So, can you imagine our elation when we realized that we could complete Grown Men for in the neighborhood of $10,000? Well, obviously we decided to move right into that neighborhood.

But that $10,000 had to come from somewhere, and so will the cash you need to get your movie off the ground and through postproduction. You’ve got to buy or rent a camcorder, sound equipment, lights, and tape stock, and you need to get your hands on an editing system. And pay for lots of costs in between.

Yes, you’ve reached that point. You have the idea; the script is written (or percolating); you’ve worked out your budget; you’ve set up your business structure; and now the next big step looms before you. You ask yourself, “How the heck do I come up with the money to do this?”

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