How much does it cost to make a movie?!


Question: i am interested in becoming a movie maker and would like to know about how much it would cost and what i would need to make the movie

thanks


Answers: i am interested in becoming a movie maker and would like to know about how much it would cost and what i would need to make the movie

thanks

It can be as cheap as free if you have/borrow stuff. Do you know someone with a camera? I have just a regular camcorder (okay, it was kinda $$$) that will film HD so I could enter stuff in festivals. I'd let a close friend/sibling borrow it. Do you have friends that are talented at acting? You can film in a lot of natural light and as long as you have an eye for camera placement and lighting, and then you don't need to buy/rent lights. I'm a film major and have made a ton of stuff myself on my camera with my friends (we were lucky to all be in drama club together in HS so they actually can act), used our own stuff to wardrobe, found our own props, did our own hair/makeup, and I am VERY happy with everything I've made. However, now I'm involved in a ~$5000 production in college through a class and I feel like we spend a lot of time moving around sandbags we don't need, setting up lights for no reason, etc., and I think the stuff I did on my own looks a lot better.

All you need is a camera, a way to edit (as simple as a VCR if you can get good sound takes), and talented people to go in front of the camera. If you're genuinely creative, you can make it for really cheap.

Somtimes as little as $500. Those are those indie flicks that make it to film festivals. Sometimes millions and millions of dollars. It all depends on what type of movie you are making, what you want in it, who you want acting in it, how much promo you want, and etc.

How much a movie costs is determined by literally thousands of factors in a movie. It can be a few dollars for a family movie with low quality to hundreds of millions of dollars for a major production.

For a professional cinematic release the basic costs can be broken down in to the following areas: Actors salaries, crew salaries, equipment rental, props/property purchase and construction, film/video processing and editing (including dubbing), special effects and music, catering, accomodation as required, transport .. the list goes on and on.

Good starting places for a career in movie making is to read everything you can get your hands on, autobiographies, biographies of famous movie makers, run the credits of a few movies and google the job descriptions, get your own computer based editing suite and video camera and start learning the basics. Go to a film/tv school or uni course.



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