Introducing myself. I'm a filmmaker and come from commercials and documentaries but I've been forging ahead with a couple scripted projects. I'm curious if anyone is working in the micro-budget space and if they see any momentum for projects? I can't seem to write to low budget, so I've been spinning a bit to move things forward in the current economic climate ... I'd love to hear some success stories to fuel my tank! cheers.
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Great to meet you, Jason Baffa. I write micro-budget scripts, mainly short scripts. I struggle sometimes to write micro-budget feature scripts. I'll start off writing a micro-budget feature, then I'll add things that turn it into a low-budget script. I have to keep reminding myself "micro-budget" and remove some things.
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Hey Jason Baffa, great to hear from you! I agree it's tough to strip everything back from low to micro-budget. Too many sacrifices to make! My trick is to go 1 main location with multiple "pick up" type locations with much shorter scenes that can hopefully add some visual variety!
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Great notes. thanks guys. I think my struggle is that I love action movies ... and action gets expensive when done correctly.
You're welcome, Jason Baffa. I know what you mean. I have the same struggle sometimes. One thing that might help is showing the before and after of big action scenes instead of showing the big action, like having the characters talk about a big heist that'll cost a lot to film/showing them preparing for the heist, then showing the aftermath.