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No Budget to Low Budget

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
Organizer Meghan Scibona Small Media Extra Large
Description You posted to YouTube, 10,000 views on Vimeo, and you're blowing up on blip.tv. What happens when a guerilla filmmaker gets a small budget for a project? What are the most important things to spend that extra money on?
Questions
Answered
  1. What makes for a good film watching experience?
  2. There are always tradeoffs in production. What are some painful tradeoffs you have had to make?
  3. If you had just a little bit of money, where would you spend it?
  4. HD vs HDV vs film?
  5. Sound vs lighting?
  6. Union actors vs non union actors?
  7. Pay for locations or shoot everything in your home?
  8. Which would you spend money on? A steadicam or a dolly? Or would you?
  9. Crew salary vs craft service?
  10. Extras vs costumes and props?
Panelists Felicia Day (The Guild), Meghan Scibona, moderator (Small Media Extra Large), Kevin Sullivan (Asia Minor Productions), Thomas Woodrow (furnacefilms.com)
Level Intermediate
Category Digital Filmmaking