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IS YOUR SCRIPT TOO EXPENSIVE? 5 Links for Low-Budget Screenwriters

IS YOUR SCRIPT TOO EXPENSIVE? 5 Links for Low-Budget Screenwriters

Feb 26, 2020 | Five For Filming

Is your screenplay too expensive to produce? Sometimes, even the strongest scripts have a hard time selling because of the production costs they would incur. If your ultimate goal is to see your work on the big screen, you need to be able to write good content that is...
GOOD AND CHEAP: Money Saving Tips for Your Low-Budget Feature

GOOD AND CHEAP: Money Saving Tips for Your Low-Budget Feature

Feb 11, 2020 | Five For Filming

Who’s ready to make a movie? Who has everything they need but financing? Funding is often the number one obstacle that filmmakers face, but we are here to help you keep costs low. If you have a clear vision and simple story, you don’t need all that much cash, after...
LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING: How Much Does It Really Cost To Make Your First Feature?

LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING: How Much Does It Really Cost To Make Your First Feature?

Jan 22, 2020 | Five For Filming

Fellow indie filmmakers continue making micro-budget feature films. Glen Schultz (Red Trail 90) says he did it with $10,000. Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair) suggests you only need $1,000.  Those figures notwithstanding, keeping costs low can set you up to turn a...
WHAT’S YOUR CONTINGENCY PLAN? 5 Ways To Catch Budget-Busting Line Items

WHAT’S YOUR CONTINGENCY PLAN? 5 Ways To Catch Budget-Busting Line Items

Dec 17, 2019 | Five For Filming

A film budget can be a moving target to say the least, and honing in on an accurate number before cameras roll is essential to a successful production. Just about everyone at one point in their career is tempted to trim their budget too low, and it is almost always a...
PUBLIC RELATIONS OVERVIEW: Five Tips for Assembling Your EPK

PUBLIC RELATIONS OVERVIEW: Five Tips for Assembling Your EPK

Nov 19, 2019 | Five For Filming

Your film has a story! Where it came from, why it matters, or who came up with it in the first place (while stranded in a Maryland blizzard, for instance). Public Relations is the art of telling that story, through source material, documentation, and data—all compiled...
RENAISSANCE DISNEY: Lessons We Learned Rewatching The Lion King

RENAISSANCE DISNEY: Lessons We Learned Rewatching The Lion King

Aug 22, 2019 | Five For Filming

The term “Renaissance” has been used by fans to describe the awakening and reinvention that brought public and critical interest to Disney Feature Animation in the 1990s. We started revisiting these innovative filmmaking techniques with Aladdin, and will periodically...
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