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Ultra Low Budget Film: What Corners Not to Cut

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Talentless  will be an ultra-low-budget film. Movies made for under $300,000 fall into this category. Sometimes movies in this category are also referred to as micro-budget movies. For those of you living outside of filmmaking, those numbers may be shocking. I mean, you can buy a house for $300,000 here in Milwaukee! Or in California, you can buy a shingle! Okay, that's a slight exaggeration. You could probably buy a roof. But you get my point, moviemaking is expensive! A moderate-budget movie costs between $300,000 and $700,000. Theatrical releases typically have budgets over $2 Million with the average movie made today costing between $50 Million and $100 Million.  Why do movies cost so much?  Simple. It takes a small army to make one. There are at least fifty necessary positions needed to make a quality movie. These positions range from the ones everyone has heard of, like actors, producers, and directors, to the ones that go unnoticed, like transportation coordinators...

The Birth of Talentless

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Welcome to Talentless! I'm so happy you've decided to join us on the journey of making this film!   The idea for this movie was birthed three years ago while my family was living in Arlington, TX. My daughter, who is a writer, received a phone call from her cousin who was considering starting a blog. She asked her for some tips on how to go about doing that. McKayla was happy to answer her questions. A short time later her cousin launched her blog and it was a hit. Fortunately, my niece does have a talent for writing. But McKayla began pondering, what if her cousin didn't have any talent and her blog was a hit? What if McKayla, who had wanted to be a writer since she was seven years old, was suddenly thrust aside and all the attention turned toward her talentless cousin? McKayla shared these thoughts with me because her writer instincts knew an entertaining story was coming to life.  McKayla was right! We began bouncing ideas around as it dawned on us this would be a grea...