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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...