ASG Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, ironpony said: Oh okay, I am just not sure how else to invest the money in wanting to get into a filmmaking career, other than spend on on making a film project to get into the door with. This is a misconception. Spending money on a movie is not how you get into the industry. Having connections is how you get in. This is very much a "who you know" industry. Crew doesn't have to be professional. Technical film students tend to need the experience. You'll have to pay expenses, but not day rates (you definitely cannot afford that) Spending all you savings on this will not get you in the door. That's not how it works. What would your end goal be, once this film was done? What would your next steps be, to get into the industry? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Author ironpony Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 The end goal would be to market movies to festivals. If it doesn't sell, hopefully it will be a foot in the door to get other projects offered to me. I feel that the crew has to be at least somewhat professional in order to get professional results though. The DP, PSM, and PD have to be at least talented enough in their areas to get good results on the overall product I feel. I don't have a lot of connections in the industry other than some people I know who's projects I have helped out on, but I think connections would take one more seriously if they had a feature film under their belt or so I feel. Link to post Share on other sites
dramafreezone Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, ironpony said: Oh okay, I am just not sure how else to invest the money in wanting to get into a filmmaking career, other than spend on on making a film project to get into the door with. How about finding financial backing from people that have the means to fund these types of ventures? That of course requires a business plan, which requires planning, a lot of meeting people and those people telling you "no thanks", and patience/perseverance. If you ask enough people though, someone will like what you're doing and give you a chance if this is a sound, original project, of course in turn you'd sign a contract detailing that they would be cut into future earnings/rights to future projects. You have to think creatively on how to get this off the ground. There's a reason why some are very successful and that's because they took small, manageable steps to get where they needed to go. They didn't rush or bite off more than they could chew because they felt like they had to do something now. There shouldn't be a rush, if this is a great project you should want it to go as smoothly as possible. If it takes another 2 years to do this right, so be it. Edited February 23, 2022 by dramafreezone Link to post Share on other sites
Author ironpony Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 I can do that, it's just I would feel much more under pressure if it was other people's money other than my own. If other people's money went into a product that didn't make any money back,, I would just feel more bad, compared if it was my own money. Link to post Share on other sites
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