Comments on: 9 Tips for a Smoother Low Budget Film Production http://www.filmsensei.com/2009/06/8-tips-for-a-smoother-low-budget-film-production/ Indie and Guerilla Filmmaking Tips from the Trenches - Let the Sensei Be Your Guide Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Melanie White http://www.filmsensei.com/2009/06/8-tips-for-a-smoother-low-budget-film-production/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Melanie White Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:58:38 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=102#comment-1010 Your article is spot on. Contracts are a MUST and its worth the trouble to get everyone to sign before day one of principal photography. We shot "Shadow of Crime" (http://www.vimeo.com/4103913 ) low budget, and we had a three man crew for our full feature film. It's interesting how the actors were acting to that, at first they were very unsure and we had to constantly show them footage..to give them the confidence the film was being made properly..because of the size of the HV20... we had sag actors on our set so they were used to larger productions but they loved our script and we were professional about everything ...we knew a few of the actors so they worked under deferment. We love filmmaking and that has to be the HEART of your FILM.. When you show up on a low budget professtional set, and they seen a HV20, they all wondering what was going on with the pee-shooter..lol...we just show'd them footage as we went and they were very surprised what a small talented crew could produce. I would have to agree, with three people it made some things very easy..we had more control over our set and since we knew what we wanted, and didnt have to relay the message to other people of what we wanted, we lost time from have to multitask a bit and carrying set lights and props - but gained time from the tight crew with set up so it balanced out. Great BLOG! Your article is spot on. Contracts are a MUST and its worth the trouble to get everyone to sign before day one of principal photography.
We shot “Shadow of Crime” (http://www.vimeo.com/4103913 ) low budget, and we had a three man crew for our full feature film.

It’s interesting how the actors were acting to that, at first they were very unsure and we had to constantly show them footage..to give them the confidence the film was being made properly..because of the size of the HV20…

we had sag actors on our set so they were used to larger productions but they loved our script and we were professional about everything …we knew a few of the actors so they worked under deferment.
We love filmmaking and that has to be the HEART of your FILM..

When you show up on a low budget professtional set, and they seen a HV20, they all wondering what was going on with the pee-shooter..lol…we just show’d them footage as we went and they were very surprised what a small talented crew could produce.

I would have to agree, with three people it made some things very easy..we had more control over our set and since we knew what we wanted, and didnt have to relay the message to other people of what we wanted, we lost time from have to multitask a bit and carrying set lights and props – but gained time from the tight crew with set up so it balanced out.

Great BLOG!

]]> By: Bobby http://www.filmsensei.com/2009/06/8-tips-for-a-smoother-low-budget-film-production/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Bobby Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:05:16 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=102#comment-383 Mat, I'm in the pre-production stage of shooting my first short film and am interested in more detail about #7: Get releases and contracts signed. This will probably not fully apply to me since I am doing the film for school and working with a professor but for the future or even for this project (something i may not have thought about) what types of releases do you require crew and cast to sign and where can I get these release forms. Since I am not paying anyone and do not plan on trying to distribute for profit am I exempt from these things or should I still have some general things signed. Again, this is my first project, so I can really use all the advice I can get at this point. I appreciate your site, and look forward to a response. Bobby Mat,
I’m in the pre-production stage of shooting my first short film and am interested in more detail about #7: Get releases and contracts signed. This will probably not fully apply to me since I am doing the film for school and working with a professor but for the future or even for this project (something i may not have thought about) what types of releases do you require crew and cast to sign and where can I get these release forms. Since I am not paying anyone and do not plan on trying to distribute for profit am I exempt from these things or should I still have some general things signed. Again, this is my first project, so I can really use all the advice I can get at this point. I appreciate your site, and look forward to a response.

Bobby

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