No-budget film

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A no-budget film is a film made with very little or no money. Actors and technicians are often employed in these films without remuneration. A no-budget film is typically made at the beginning of a filmmaker's career, with the intention of either exploring creative ideas, testing their filmmaking abilities, or for use as a professional "calling card" when seeking creative employment. No-budget films are commonly submitted to film festivals, the intention being to raise widespread interest in the film.

No-budget films are financed out-of-pocket by the director, who typically takes on multiple roles, or else uses a crew of volunteers.

Examples

In 1960,

black and white images and stage play setup.[12]

Footage for no-budget films is often shot on location, either with permission, or without permission (i.e. "guerrilla filmmaking"), using sites such as the filmmaker's home, backyard, or local neighborhood. Jonás Cuarón spent a year taking photographs of his friends and family which he then compiled into his fictional film Year of the Nail (2007).

No-budget films have often been made in the past using Super 8 film or

ASS Studios, a no-budget film studio founded in 2011 by Courtney Fathom Sell and Jen Miller on the Lower East Side of New York City.[13][14]

No-budget films can be distributed at film festivals that focus on independent and experimental films,[15] such as the Flicker Film Festival[16] and No Budget Film Festival[17] in Los Angeles, The 8 Fest in Toronto, and the Trasharama A-Go-Go festival in Australia.[18] The Polish brothers distributed their no-budget film For Lovers Only on iTunes and relied on social media to publicize it.[19]

Examples of well-received no-budget films are

Pizza, birra, faso, Nabwana I.G.G.'s Who Killed Captain Alex?, Jörg Buttgereit’s Nekromantik, and Cyrus Frisch's Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad in Afghanistan
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston, "Performativity in 1960s Experimental Film", Film Criticism Vol 23, 1998
  2. ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston, "The Exploding Eye" Archived 2006-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Strother, Annie (2011-11-23). "MOMA Pays Homage to Experimental Filmmaker Jack Smith". PBS. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  4. ^ Grow, Kory (2014-09-05). "John Waters Looks Back: 'I Was Worse Than Ed Wood'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  5. ^ Cox, David. "Media Meltdown". Sensesofcinema.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Luxonline". Luxonline.org.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Sinagra, Laura, "Grrrl, Interrupted", City Lights, 2004". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
  8. ^ Liss, Sarah, "The Lollipop Generation", Eye Weekly, 2 Apr, 2008 Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Courtney, Hannah. "Ferry filmmaker's 'Memory Lane' hits U.S." Times Leader Online. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  10. ^ "David Branin & Karen Worden from Film Courage Release Feature 'Goodbye Promise' for $1 on IndieGoGo". No Film School.
  11. ^ "James O'Brien's HYPERFUTURA, the controversial cult sci-fi feature film with Eric Kopatz gets cable VOD premiere". Filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  12. ^ Rockwood, S. (2021-10-07). "Friend of the World – Film Review". Set The Tape. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  13. ^ "COURTNEY FATHOM SEll's HI-8 HIGH LIFE | Filmmaker Magazine". Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  14. ^ "COURTNEY FATHOM SELL: SO YOU WANNA BE AN UNDERGROUND FILMMAKER? | Filmmaker Magazine". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  15. The Wrap
    . Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  16. The Pacific Northwest Inlander
    . Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  17. ^ King, Susan (2013-09-25). "No Budget Film Festival, in 4th year, to feature screenings, panels". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  18. ^ "Trasharama Home page". Trasharama.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  19. ^ Macaulay, Scott (2011-07-13). "Polish Brothers Release Successful No-Budget Movie On iTunes". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  20. ^ Kelly, Christopher (2014-09-29). "Kevin Smith says 'Clerks III' is finally a go". NJ.com. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  21. ^ Andrew, Geoff (2002-08-27). "Christopher Nolan". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  22. London Evening Standard
    . Retrieved 2015-12-03.
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