First-Time Filmmaker F*ck-ups

Fuck-Up #24

“Movies Cost ___ Dollars”

Why it may be more or less expensive than you think

 

“You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.”¹

—Dolly Parton

 

 

The Fuck-Up…

The common conception that “movies cost millions of dollars” is quite frequently true. Movies can also cost hundreds of millions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of dollars, thousands of dollars, and in some (very rare) cases, just a few dollars. Although it’s true that movies can cost all these amounts, where people go wrong is in assuming that movies have to cost any of these amounts.

How to Do It Right…

“Low budget” is another one of those fantastically vague terms (much like the term “producer”) that can mean very different things depending on whom you’re talking ...