Filmmakers Who Want To Make Money Need To Know This - Zeke Zelker
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In this Film Courage video interview, BILLBOARD movie writer/director Zeke Zelker on filmmakers who want to make money need to know this.
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It is my personal opinion that if you're shooting a film in the US, it must cost overall no more than $25k to make your money back. With $10k being the more sure deal. Sure, that amount of money limits the filmmaker, but I think that this is what needs to be done in order to not have to deal with so many gatekeepers as Zeke mentions. The filmmaker must start an online community on FB/IG/YT a couple of years before the film's release, and be active in it to get a few thousands of followers. Then, shoots the movie, cuts a trailer, and THEN starts pre-sales on kickstarter/indiegogo (to also be able to finish the post production). And then, Vimeo on Demand (that must be the first line of sales, all links should go there since they pay the most), and also Amazon sell/rent. Avoid iTunes/GooglePlay because they charge way too much to enter their stores ($1500). After a year, the movie can move to Amazon Prime ($0.05 / hour), and on ad-supported services. If in the meantime one can get a good deal for international distribution, go for it, but make sure the contract is favorable and they don't charge you for marketing or other hidden fees. Personally, I'd avoid it too. I would try to make all the money back from online sales alone. I don't want to deal with theaters, festivals, distributors, and weird sell-your-soul deals. I have done the exact same thing with my collage art business in the last 7 years and it has paid off well compared to others who tried to go about it via traditional ways: galleries/art shows that rarely pay off. So yeah, DIY. But for that to work, the budget needs to be super low, starting at $10k. Write a script around that fact, shoot at your home or your parent's, have 3-5 actors, and up to 3 crew members (1 audio recordist for sure, a script supervisor and all arounder, and 1 cinematographer, if you're not doing that yourself). Gear doesn't cost more than $1000 overall (my hardware guide: eugenia.queru.com/2018/04/24/shoot-a-feature-film-with-just-1000-worth-of-equipment/ ), and you can pay your collaborators $800 each for 14 days of shooting (which is not a lot, but it's what it has to be). The rest will go towards food (the unwritten law of filmmaking: feed your cast & crew), and some extra stuff that surely will be needed on set or post production.
You just saved me so much money and time with your comment. Thank you!!
Eugenia ... this was my experience as well. I couldn’t have said it better myself. BRAVO! GENIUS GENIUS GENIUS! THANKS FOR BEING SO DETAILED and honest
She just explained all you need to know to make a feature in a single RUclips comment. I'm working on my first feature and have been for a while and this channel (both the videos and its viewers) is what moves it forward. At least, it's what keeps making me confident my movie will actually be made.
Could not agree more. I've been saying the same thing. Great comment.
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The artist never cared about money enough to work for it. Art is not work to the artist. If it’s money you seek in writing or storytelling, you are in the wrong place.
A lot of artists think about money in the wrong way. Films are expensive things to make; it's not complicated. And art and money are not antagonistic. If you want to make a film suing precious cameras, you're just going to have to pay for them.
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If you concentrate on craftsmanship and art and write something with value, other people will pay you to use their cameras.