Here's an avenue for financing your films that'd I'd not considered before:
We just got a grant from the Lansing Community Media Center (public access television) for $10,000 in new equipment in exchange for producing 12 hours of original programming over the next year.
They had up to $120,000 to give away but only 10 folks submitted proposals.
It'll be hard work making 12 1-hour shows over the next year, but we've got no shortage of ideas.
Our proposal outlined the show we will do, a video version of the photocopied 'zine we did in high school, called The Limited Appeal. It'll be a lot of monologues, a lot of panel discussions on short films,/music/art installations/etc, iterations of my Atomic Reel series, etc. Basically we'll be doing what we want, on our terms, telling our stories, with new equipment, on television. Limited audience, to be sure, but the material will have limited appeal.
For the $10,000 we are getting some serious lights, a T2i to augment our 5D, a GoPro Hero, new mics and recorders, new sticks, and a few other things.
Anyway, check your local community access organization and see if they've got any money to throw around. Might be worth it!
We just got a grant from the Lansing Community Media Center (public access television) for $10,000 in new equipment in exchange for producing 12 hours of original programming over the next year.
They had up to $120,000 to give away but only 10 folks submitted proposals.
It'll be hard work making 12 1-hour shows over the next year, but we've got no shortage of ideas.
Our proposal outlined the show we will do, a video version of the photocopied 'zine we did in high school, called The Limited Appeal. It'll be a lot of monologues, a lot of panel discussions on short films,/music/art installations/etc, iterations of my Atomic Reel series, etc. Basically we'll be doing what we want, on our terms, telling our stories, with new equipment, on television. Limited audience, to be sure, but the material will have limited appeal.
For the $10,000 we are getting some serious lights, a T2i to augment our 5D, a GoPro Hero, new mics and recorders, new sticks, and a few other things.
Anyway, check your local community access organization and see if they've got any money to throw around. Might be worth it!
