Low-budget filmmaker bemoans indie movie industry
Nov 9th, 2009 by Peter D. Marshall
“Today’s independent film industry isn’t independent at all, says Kelley Baker, also known as the Angry Filmmaker.
“I’m angry with the way the independent film industry works … They all have Hollywood stars and big budgets,” said Baker, who will be speaking at Dormont’s Hollywood Theater Sunday. “So I stay away from the independent film movement.”
Baker will lead a workshop on “Making the Extremely Low Budget Feature” at the Hollywood Theater at 2 p.m. He also will be signing his new book, “The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide Part 1: Making the Extreme No-Budget Feature.”
Baker, the sound designer on films such as “Good Will Hunting,” “Finding Forrester” and “Far From Heaven,” learned the hard way that making independent movies in Hollywood is more difficult than it seems.”
Read this article from Post-Gazette.
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Hey Peter,
Thanks for the heads up about this article. I recently wrote,directed and produced my first feature film “Bend & Break” (micro budget) and reading about Kelley Baker’s experience has me thinking about selling my movie directly on DVD from my website once we finish post-production…instead of the whole “indie film fest” route.
Ian.
Hi Ian,
Keep me informed of what you decide to do.
Cheers,
Peter
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