What makes a low budget movie great?

 

It is easier said than done. In essence, that is what makes a great low budgeter “easier said than done”. You can say you are going to make an incredible low-budget-movie. You can even see it playing out in your mind. But when you try to get all the talent, props, camera gear, lighting, environment, [...]

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Movie budget in your attic?

 

The movies that I have financed myself have all come from a very unusual funding source. They were not financed by investors, credit cards or purchased in advance by distributors. Believe it or not they were financed by liquidating stuff that I have collected over the years. I got all the junk that I wasn’t [...]

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Happy Accidents

 

by Mark Merenda
I was at home enjoying a “Sopranos” DVD I had rented. After watching the episode, I scanned the special feature: an interview by film director Peter Bogdonavich, (who plays a small role in the series) with the series’ creator David Chase.Bogdonovich asked Chase if he had planned certain nuances in the acting and [...]

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