Anyone Here do business with Maverick Entertainment?

DjfunkmasterG said:
I shot a large scale zombie horror film for $6,000 using 520 extras, starring Jim Krut the Helicopter ZOmbie from the original DAWN of the DEAD, Blocked roads, used a real SWAT team, a biotech company, and police cars. Set the whole thing about being people being trapped inside a 10 theater movie cineplex the night the dead come back to life.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=158035

Not hard to shoot under 10K films. My first film was 10K, almost 11K, this one I did on for half the cost of the first one. It justtakes a lot of planning an patience.
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Good job man! Would love to see it.

My first feature -- Afterlife -- was a romantic ghost story. Lots of locations, including a cemetery, hospital room, bar, country club, corporate executive's office and home, and even hell itself. Plenty of speaking roles, as well as a couple dozen background extras. And two car crashes. Cost: $10,000 give or take.

My second feature -- the suspense/drama Tangled Web -- was a much less ambitious project. Smaller cast. Simpler shoot. Shot the whole movie in 3 days. Cost: $1,000.

Coming up next -- yet another suspense/drama, The Circle. Projected budget is again around $1,000.

We'll see which one makes a profit. :)
 
DjfunkmasterG said:
I shot a large scale zombie horror film for $6,000 using 520 extras, starring Jim Krut the Helicopter ZOmbie from the original DAWN of the DEAD, Blocked roads, used a real SWAT team, a biotech company, and police cars. Set the whole thing about being people being trapped inside a 10 theater movie cineplex the night the dead come back to life.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=158035

Not hard to shoot under 10K films. My first film was 10K, almost 11K, this one I did on for half the cost of the first one. It justtakes a lot of planning an patience.
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You're exactly who I'm talking about. You and people like you. It can be done. If the question is stability as far as the money made no one can know that but if you're making something people want it will sale. I'm in the process of making a new "bigger and better" book on filmmaking at a low budget, I saw your budget breakdown and may use this film as an example. I've been thinking about a zombie film myself martial arts flick like Versus.

-Nate
 
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If I have a limited budget less than 50,000 then my goal is to get the film done in as quickest time possible (not rushing) but a.s.a.p. on the premise of several things. 1. If am paying cast and crew and other things, money runs out quicker than you can blink.
2. Time constraints. Cast I know from experience do not have a lot of time on their hands. I know some friends who dragged their production out and as a result lost most of the main cast and had to re-cast which was a pain cause the original footage all already shot had to be scrapped. Even if you are paying them, you still have to consider time with them cause if a larger opportunity arises for them don't think they will bail on you that's why it's best to have them sign a contract at the beginning.
 
I wouldn't waste my time with MAVERICK or YORK both are ripoffs. If I am devoting my time and budget into a film I would want to receive some form of compensation deal from a distributor.
 
For $50,000 I wouldn't dare bother with Maverick or York. Maverick may open their pocket book, but I personally wouldn't give anything to York over $3000 unless you've run your course with it then the only reason you'd give it to them is for the possibility of it getting shelf life in Blockbuster and the stores that deal with York and for the Netflix distribution (or for the possibility of it getting massively bootlegged in Asia).

-Nate
 
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jls4 said:
Thanks for responding. Bu if you say that $9K will get a person like Cromwell, why not be able to get someone with a little name for $5K a day. Shoot we had a girl that was in 3 of Tyler Perry's last moves, plus had her own TV show and I'm not going to give away her price, but I paid her for one day and shot 4 scenes, much more than a quick cameo. We got 4 scenes shot, plus photoshoot done in less than 9 hours! And it was quality shots. We were just prepared. So I'm saying - say you have an actor maybe C-list. That is $3K a day for 5 days, then another for $2.5K for 4 days, then a few others under $2K for a couple of days. You now have some people throughout your movie. 7 scenes is enough for an actor to appear to "be in" the movie.

But I understand. I called an agent about a few people and he told me none of his actors would even come to my set for less than $5K a day! And these were people who haddn't worked in years! I was upset then laughed when I thought "I guess they won't be working for a few more years." I'm being sarcastic, but I understand where you're coming from.
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I just don't understand why people would choose not to work for years and years??
 
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