When and how did Edward Burns become the mouthpiece of micro budget cinema?
That’s a question I asked on Facebook after a late night holiday bender and noticing the ridiculous amount of press Ed got for making a film that certainly didn’t cost him 9K. Then I thought, who really does make a film for 9K? If you add up all the favors and salaries that are not getting paid you’re in the hundreds of thousands. Then I thought, oh man is there any such thing as micro-budget at all? Or is it like the myth of cover girl beauty. (Isn’t he married to a model, by the way?) Then before I could kill myself, Lucas McNelly commented in defense of Ed. Lucas and I have been communicating on and off, and recently, Fcf has started development on a documentary of his A Year Without REnt...
That’s a question I asked on Facebook after a late night holiday bender and noticing the ridiculous amount of press Ed got for making a film that certainly didn’t cost him 9K. Then I thought, who really does make a film for 9K? If you add up all the favors and salaries that are not getting paid you’re in the hundreds of thousands. Then I thought, oh man is there any such thing as micro-budget at all? Or is it like the myth of cover girl beauty. (Isn’t he married to a model, by the way?) Then before I could kill myself, Lucas McNelly commented in defense of Ed. Lucas and I have been communicating on and off, and recently, Fcf has started development on a documentary of his A Year Without REnt...
- 2/16/2012
- by John Yost
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
If you visit this site regularly, then you’ll know about “A Year Without Rent,” filmmaker Lucas McNelly’s Kickstarter-funded twelve-month experiment in community-minded film production and online journalism. At the beginning of this year McNelly staged a dramatic Kickstarter campaign for what seemed like a crazy goal: he’d spend twelve months crisscrossing the U.S., working for free on independent films. Then, he’d document them on his site and at places like Filmmaker, Film Courage, Film Threat and Mubi. The Kickstarter raise was successful, and McNelly has been hard at work since then — rigging lights, manning craft service, holding a boom, and honing an increasingly compelling form of personal reportage.
Now, with four months left to go, McNelly is running out of money. He’s worked on 32 films and clocked more miles on the road than he originally planned. So, some of the filmmakers he’s crewed for,...
Now, with four months left to go, McNelly is running out of money. He’s worked on 32 films and clocked more miles on the road than he originally planned. So, some of the filmmakers he’s crewed for,...
- 11/2/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Chances are, you’ll never have a reason to drive the long way across Montana. There isn’t much going on up there and, let’s face it, it’s a really long drive. But if you do, make a point to do as much driving as possible during daylight, as the scenery is pretty stunning. You could stop the car every couple of miles, just to take pictures of the view. Before long, you’ll start plotting on how you might be able to embrace your inner Terrence Malick out in the middle of nowhere, shooting only at magic hour. And, hey, there’s a big statue of a dinosaur in Wall, South Dakota you could always use.
But me, I was just passing through as A Year Without Rent transitioned to a West Coast phase, and my little car that could wound up having driven from coast to coast,...
But me, I was just passing through as A Year Without Rent transitioned to a West Coast phase, and my little car that could wound up having driven from coast to coast,...
- 6/11/2011
- by Lucas McNelly
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Today launches a new monthly column by director and traveler Lucas McNelly, who will be introducing us to the films and filmmakers he meets through his “A Year Without Rent” project.
Ardent readers of the Filmmaker Magazine blog (which should be everyone), might remember that earlier this year, my Kickstarter campaign “A Year Without Rent” made a little bit of noise by raising over $7000, or roughly 60% of the target, in the final day without the help of any rich uncles. Rather, we did it the new-fashioned way — $20 at a time, fueled almost entirely by social media.
In case you’re wondering, I don’t recommend doing it like that. It’s pretty stressful. Blow past your goal in the first week. You’ll end up with fewer grey hairs that way.
As the title indicates, the project will last a year, during which I’ll travel around the country volunteering...
Ardent readers of the Filmmaker Magazine blog (which should be everyone), might remember that earlier this year, my Kickstarter campaign “A Year Without Rent” made a little bit of noise by raising over $7000, or roughly 60% of the target, in the final day without the help of any rich uncles. Rather, we did it the new-fashioned way — $20 at a time, fueled almost entirely by social media.
In case you’re wondering, I don’t recommend doing it like that. It’s pretty stressful. Blow past your goal in the first week. You’ll end up with fewer grey hairs that way.
As the title indicates, the project will last a year, during which I’ll travel around the country volunteering...
- 4/11/2011
- by Lucas McNelly
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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