This article was written by Sid Kali.

“The world of guerrilla filmmaking has allowed movies to be made that otherwise would have not seen the light of day. This method to producing movies has given a powerful voice to filmmakers that might have not been heard, that is a positive for filmmaking in general.

With guerilla filmmaking there are no studio budgets to rent prime locations, build expensive sets, use 3-D special effects or hire rock n roll actors like Luis Guzman, Hassan Johnson, Sofia Vergara, Steve Buscemi, Dean Winters, Nia Long, Vera Farmiga to deliver acting gold.”

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This article was written by Deb Patz.

“Thanks to Deke Simon (author of Film and Video Budgets – 5th Edition) and MWP Books, there is a free, downloadable budget you can use as a reference from the MWP site…”

Find out more about this free budget from Deb Patz.

This article was written by Sid Kali.

“For those readers thinking, “Doesn’t talent count for anything when making a movie?” Absolutely, filmmaking talent has a lot to do with how good a movie turns out. If there was an experiment where five filmmakers were given the exact same script, locations, money, cast, and crew to make a movie talent would be the variable. Talent at the end would decide which movies turned out good and bad.”

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The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking
How to Work (and Survive) in the
Film and Television Industry
by Peter D. Marshall

This article is from Motion Picture Central.

“Independent films can cost one dollar to fifty million dollars. The reason why it’s an independent film is because that’s where the money is coming from. But Is it coming from somebody who is guaranteeing distribution? Or is it coming from somebody who is hoping to sell the film for a small profit and go out to distribute or have somebody else distribute it? So independent film finances are all just defined from where the money comes from.” Read rest of article.

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