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Any Shooters with links to finished micro budget feature films?

3 years, 6 months ago - patrick astwood

Are there any Shooters who have successfully completed micro-budget feature films? I am planning one or two of my own projects soon and am keen to get a sense of what people achieved with whatever budget is available? Does micro-budget mean bargain-basement production values or are there people exceeding expectations? So if you have a trailer or link to your film it would be good to see it. As a side note it would be good if Shooting People would shine more light on this area.

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3 years, 6 months ago - Richard Harrison

Here you mate, check out my first feature, The Honey Killer.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killer-Cadwell-Antonio-Mariscal-Shilony/dp/B07BMJNBWT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1E9TMMJZBIQKU&keywords=the+honey+killer&qid=1646646848&sprefix=the+honey+killer%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-1

If you type in the name on Google you'll see it's become one of the most pirated and watched films in the world.

There's a lot more going on with it now with a remake etc.

Best,

Richard
www.razorfilms.co.uk

3 years, 6 months ago - Stephen Quinn

I made a film in 2020 during lockdown with a budget of £600. It runs 8 minutes. Budget was spent mainly on the actors. I filmed with an iPhone and edited on my iPad. Lockdown Love https://vimeo.com/456299295
Cheers,
Stephen

3 years, 6 months ago - patrick astwood

Thanks for the links Stephen and Richard. Would love to see more.

3 years, 6 months ago - Ed Greenberg

Hi Patrick,
I can't share the full film I'm afraid as it's currently in sales and doing the festival rounds. But we made a feature for £10K.
You can see the trailer here, which should convey the production values and level we were working at with hardly any finance: http://renataroad.com/

Hope its of some help for you.

Best

Ed

3 years, 6 months ago - S Marchant

One from a friend I recorded sound for.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Made-James-Knapp/dp/B087CB7VFP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XFSLNGR93OJU&keywords=british+made&qid=1646759702&s=instant-video&sprefix=british+made%2Cinstant-video%2C66&sr=1-1

3 years, 6 months ago - Paul W Franklin

I saw the Honey Killer. Rather enjoyable, well done.

I've written a few films which have been made for about £5k. The guy who makes them has been hiring out big locations for cheap during covid, shooting in a week and not paying the actors. He churns them out, and they're almost all crap. But with a bit more time and attention to detail, I think it's possible to make something decent.
If you can have minimal characters and stick to (mostly) one location, it can work.

Ed, yours looks decent. Did you blag a hotel for cheap?

P.

3 years, 6 months ago - patrick astwood

Thanks for the feedback Shooters, really helps. More examples would be most welcome.

3 years, 6 months ago - Richard Anthony Dunford

Here's one I did back in 2018. Was released in the US under its original title 'Dragonflies only live for 24 hours' and renamed by the UK distributor to '24 Hours to Live or Die'. Had an £8k budget. Got a DVD release in the UK in a few supermarkets, Amazon and HMV. https://store.hmv.com/store/film-tv/dvd/24-hours-to-live-or-die?

3 years, 6 months ago - Vasco de Sousa

I made two microbudget feature length films when I lived in Aberystwyth
Dara Says (a romantic comedy. Total cast were three, crew two.) https://vimeo.com/58130604
and
The United States and Ukraine. (documentary. used a lot of footage from Nato, the UN and the US military, during the Obama administration.) http://ukrainedocumentary.com/
Everyone other than the company owners were paid. The US military pays its soldiers to film, then I edited it. Dara Says I wrote, edited, directed and acted, the producer also acted and storyboarded, and I explain in my production diary how we found employment subsidies to help us pay the crew. (If I paid myself for my time, they would not be microbudget. That is why I didn't really make another microbudget. I figure, it is easier to raise the money than do all that other work.)