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Good for you! I went through the same exact thing and said "forget the idiots". I just finished a two-hour feature for well under $10K too - with jumbo jets, explosions, machineguns, high falls, crowds, all in Arizona where you can film downtown without any permit fees. I hope you don't mind...

You sound a lot like the good directors I've seen work.

Demanding, aren't they? What are they going to do for you except eat all of your doughnuts? There is no word regarding their performance, i.e., exactly what you get in exchange. I mean, when a producer knows you only have an 8K budget yet demands an eighth of it plus half ownership of the film...

Thanks for the welcome and the ten pence! After being brutalized making a no-budget feature for the past 16 months, getting a good sales agent is the last hurtle to haul myself over before I can rest, or at least get a full 8 hour night of sleep. A lot of filmmakers I know in town believe that...

I just telephoned the acquisitions people at distribution companies and asked them what they wanted to buy the next year and what they didn't want. They told me what they wanted to buy right up front, so I didn't have to guess. Their answers were always product which they knew they could sell...

I just joined this forum and have really ENJOYED reading the solid advice and opinions offered here. You guys certainly know what you're talking about, it all sounds pretty much like my experience in the real world (even when it's not the fantasy everyone wants to hear). Great forum.

Great discussion thread. And accurate. Thanks!