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Want to know how to make and distribute a truly 'no budget' feature film?

Brian M Franklin

4 years, 4 months ago - Brian M Franklin

Let me show you what you can make in 6 days with 3 actors in one location and with a mere £10k budget (all in).
Our first feature film 'The Passenger' was shot entirely on GoPro 6 and has won 2 awards and been internationally released on VOD (including the USA).
The link to the website of the story of how we made this film is below and of course you can watch the film by typing in 'The Passenger' to all good VOD platforms:

Website: https://www.thepassenger.uk/
Available on: AppleTV, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Microsoft Store, inDemand (US/CA only),

If you want to know more, drop us a line and look out for our videos of how we did it and what we learned on our Guildhall Pictures Youtube Channel.

Thanks
Brian

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Art Thomas

4 years, 4 months ago - Art Thomas

Hello Brian:

Thank you for sharing your insight. I look forward to watching the entire film. Great work indeed.

Art
art_thomas@mainmanfilms.com

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Lee 'Wozy' Warren

4 years, 2 months ago - Lee 'Wozy' Warren

Quick question... Is a film made for £10k a "truly no budget" film?
Just curious

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James McCann

4 years, 1 month ago - James McCann

I could make a whole bunch of my short scripts for 10k.

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John Lubran

4 years, 1 month ago - John Lubran

We made a fifty minute documentary, shot across Italy,Switzerland, France and the UK for £10k, no corporate profit was achieved but two of us got our fees. Certainly couldn't be described as "no budget". Unless such a costed budget exponentially exceeds actual spending, I doubt it could even be described as a "micro budget"; 'low budget' is only a relative term.

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John Lubran

4 years, 1 month ago - John Lubran

I'm pretty confident that members here have made hundreds of actual no and micro budget films.

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Lee 'Wozy' Warren

4 years, 1 month ago - Lee 'Wozy' Warren

Yes, John. Indeed. Very misleading to say, "...a truly 'no budget' feature..." and then say, "...with a mere £10k budget...".

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