MICRO BUDGET FILMMAKING RESOURCES
Jim Morrison IV DIRECTOR/PRODCUER
THE FOLLOWING ARE RESOURCES THAT WERE EITHER MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, OR WORTH BOOKMARKING AND EXPLORING!
BASIC BUDGET AND CALLSHEET TEMPLATES:
UNIONS AND GUILDS
ACTRA National: https://www.actra.ca/
ACTRA Toronto (TIP and Co-Op Programs): https://www.actratoronto.com/
Canadian Society of Cinematographers: http://www1.csc.ca
Directors Guild: https://www.dgc.ca/en/national/
IATSE 873: https://www.iatse873.com
Writer’s Guild: https://www.writersguildofcanada.com/
FILM RESOURCES
Canada Media Fund: https://www.cmf-fmc.ca
Canadian Council for the Arts: https://canadacouncil.ca
Canadian Film Center: http://www.cfccreates.com/
DOC Ontario: https://www.docorg.ca/doc_ontario
Internet Movie Database (IMDb): https://www.imdb.com
Joel Sutherland Rentals: https://www.joesutherland.com
LIFT: https://lift.ca/
Mississauga Arts Council: https://www.mississaugaartscouncil.com/
Mississauga Film Hive: http://filmhive.org/
Oakville Film Festival Industry series of free workshops: https://offa.ca/fall-industry-series/
Ontario Arts Council: https://www.arts.on.ca/
Ontario Creates: http://www.ontariocreates.ca/
Redlab Digital: https://www.redlabto.com/
Sim International: https://www.siminternational.com/
Telefilm Canada: https://telefilm.ca/en/
Toronto Arts Council: https://torontoartscouncil.org/home
Toronto Screenwriting Conference: https://torontoscreenwritingconference.com/
William F. White: https://www.whites.com/
RECOMMENDED SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE:
Final Draft is expensive, but the industry standard. The following also have correct formatting, and fine for your indie project.
FadeIn
Celtx
Movie Magic Screenwriter
Writer Duet
FUNDRAISING PLATFORMS:
Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/
Seed&Spark: https://www.seedandspark.com/
Pozible: https://www.pozible.com/
Fundrazr: https://fundrazr.com/
REFERENCE FILMS and INSPIRATION
These are a couple of micro budget films that are well known because they were massive successes and either launched a filmmakers career, or broke the box office.
EL MARIACHI - Budget 7K
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY - Budget 15K
CLERKS - Budget 30k
BLAIR WITCH 20K
These are some you may not have heard of, but helped launch the careers of some top filmmakers.
Permanent Vacation, JIM JARMUSCH 12K
Bad Taste, PETER JACKSON 11K
Eraserhead, DAVID LYNCH 10K
Newlyweds EDWARD BURNS 9K
Slacker RICHARD LINKLATER 23k
The Puffy Chair DUPLASS BROS. 15K
Primer SHANE CARRUTH 7K
Following CHRISTOPHER NOLAN 7K
For Lovers Only MICHAEL POLISH “0$”
For fun I highly recommend watching AMERICAN MOVIE. ( be warned … you are either going to want to jump right in and make a film… or abandon all your dreams of becoming a filmmaker)
Jim’s Film
The Immigrant TRAILER
The Immigrant FULL
Cynthia’s Film
(writer, producer, actor)
Obdurate TRAILER
see Jim’s current film BONECRUSHER