Hi everyone, I'm new here. I've never really joined message forums relating to indie film making so I'm giving it a try. I've been a short film maker since 2004, mostly animated and puppet films. I've done small live action films but just featuring myself testing with home made special effects. I've recently had a friend that I knew for 5 years who said he was going to make my art and film dreams come true, it ended up being me making films for them without creative freedom so we went our separate ways.
So anyway I'm currently working with my best friend who I've known for over a decade and we love irreverent old school comedy films and animated shows and I'm trying ti figure out how to make films with him and even stuff that I do solo.
Anyway I'm thinking of an idea for a feature. Though I wonder how to I fund money to make an indie movie?
I've read things like grants, scholarships, asking random people for donations, investors (which is a complete risk from what I've heard). Then I heard that you need to ask a lawyer about the laws of funding a movie. I tried that and a lawyer try to charge me $100 for it which I thought was too expensive. I've been reading Lloyd Kaufman's Making Your Own Damn Movie. I have all the books and DVDs so far.
I haven't tried fundraising just yet because I don't want to get into any sort of legal trouble plus I don't know who to ask. My social life is extremely small, and my mother is the only relative that I can get along with but she refuses to donate money to my films. lol
So anyway I'm currently working with my best friend who I've known for over a decade and we love irreverent old school comedy films and animated shows and I'm trying ti figure out how to make films with him and even stuff that I do solo.
Anyway I'm thinking of an idea for a feature. Though I wonder how to I fund money to make an indie movie?
I've read things like grants, scholarships, asking random people for donations, investors (which is a complete risk from what I've heard). Then I heard that you need to ask a lawyer about the laws of funding a movie. I tried that and a lawyer try to charge me $100 for it which I thought was too expensive. I've been reading Lloyd Kaufman's Making Your Own Damn Movie. I have all the books and DVDs so far.
I haven't tried fundraising just yet because I don't want to get into any sort of legal trouble plus I don't know who to ask. My social life is extremely small, and my mother is the only relative that I can get along with but she refuses to donate money to my films. lol