Congrats to JDS

Paul Coleman said:
Congrats Jack, Barry, and David. We are witnessing the formation of an indie studio. :thumbup: :beer:
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And it's gonna kick some a$$.

Congrats guys... I can't wait to see what your collaborations bring.
 
I think Jack is a Hack and nothing good can come of this collaboration!





HA HA :evil: :grin: just kidding of course!

Jack, you da' man! :thumbsup: AWESOME NEWS!!!

Can't wait to see what y'all come up with!

And, congrats on the win as well...it is, as always, well deserved :thumbsup:

Peace,
Larry
 
Hard to say as yet since we are still looking at material.
Barry's mantra has been that "everyone is paid" however.

I do know it's a subject of interest since most of us think about budget and wonder what's the bare minimum it would take to self produce or that we would have to convice someone else to cough up. As director for hire, all I know is that it's less than Hellraiser or Reservoir Dogs (a million) and more than El Mariachi or Sex Machine (7k and 10k respectively).

...Sex Machine is another great looking indie feature out of Austin which was shot on the DVX http://www.sexmachinemovie.com/ but I don't think it's had wide festival release yet.
 
Congrats again, Jack!

Btw - IMDb-pro says that the total budget for El Mariachi is estimated $220K, but it also says that's "[SIZE=-1]after post-production".[/SIZE]
 
Yah, after it was acquired for distribution it was blown up to 35mm and the sound was redone.

But film, much as it looks now when you rent it, was shot and completed for $7K and that was what was screened at Sundance that got them the blowup and distribution deal.

Same for Open Water, some recording and whatnot was done after festival release before distribution that would elevate its budget of 100K. Both films wear their low budgets as badges of honor and used them for festival buzz.
 
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Hey Congratulations and thanks for the comments about Sex Machine.

We actually made that for $8,016. We were trying to make it for $7K but we went over budget. We had no idea what we were doing, but overall I'm pretty proud of it.
 
Not yet. We are polishing up sound and a few details here and there before the DVD release which will hopefully be happening very soon. It's weird because we made the movie so long ago and it's just now finally getting out there.
 
Kind of late to the party. I've been so busy the last week that I hadn't even seen this thread until just now. Congratulations, Jack...:beer: Git-r-done.
 
asphaltplanet said:
Hey Congratulations and thanks for the comments about Sex Machine.

We actually made that for $8,016. We were trying to make it for $7K but we went over budget. We had no idea what we were doing, but overall I'm pretty proud of it.
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wow ... I just realized this was your first post ...
That was quick. Do you have a feature that lets you know when others link to your site?

You should start a thread for your film here
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?f=96
It's the user's films subforum ... its free until you are selling DVD's and then its $20 per month. Your film helped inspire me to get started with the DVX, and I admire that you went out and just did it for 8K, so I will def. help you pimp it there in the user film section.

Also if you need help in sound or music, you should talk to Herman who scored Rekindled and scored and mixed the second place film Bloody Mary. Herman is the shiznit.
 
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