filmmakerguy
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Alright so I'm about to go shoot a feature and everyone is in for the most part unpaid [on the front end] so we can get this thing made. So now what I'm looking at is fairly splitting up ownership in the movie so people are happy/don't hold a grudge about anything and at the same time, we got a project we can sell at a low rate (in the current market) and still get paid.
Basically what I'm doing is deferring out up to $30k [avg. at least $100 a day] and doing back end percentages with the key cast and key crew. I'm basically building my deferral model on the idea we could sell for at least $30k.
Do you think this is a good way to go about it? Should I go all deferred, all percentage, watch out for anything in particular? I know everyone assumes these low budget movies make no money and they think they'll likely never see anything but I'd like to package it where I try to get at least $30k for it up front. If I can't do that, I'll self distribute it online.
Thoughts?
Basically what I'm doing is deferring out up to $30k [avg. at least $100 a day] and doing back end percentages with the key cast and key crew. I'm basically building my deferral model on the idea we could sell for at least $30k.
Do you think this is a good way to go about it? Should I go all deferred, all percentage, watch out for anything in particular? I know everyone assumes these low budget movies make no money and they think they'll likely never see anything but I'd like to package it where I try to get at least $30k for it up front. If I can't do that, I'll self distribute it online.
Thoughts?
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