Zero budget can really mean zero budget. Not small budget, but zero money.
Me and the other writer had written a nine page script to our first team meeting. We needed four rooms, one wardrobe and a paintball range. None of us felt that we had an urge to bring the film team to our home, or simply didn’t have the location specified. A paintball range is not hired for free.
Here is my tips for writing a script for a zero budget:
- It is easier to find a friend to act in front of the camera if there are no lines to speak.
- Keep the story outdoors, on public grounds.
- No special clothing, makeup and props. Do not include any of these if you don’t know for sure that you have them.
After all, I think I should be able to tell a story with as little aid as possible. This will be an interesting exercise.
2 comments:
I decided to go with your script Walking the Graveyard instead of one of my own scripts because your script was cheaper to shoot and it was a cleaner script.
At $650.00 it wasn't a zero budget but was low enough to make. My other script that was in the running would have cost $2000.00.
Costs run away awfully fast.
This project really is a zero-budget, because there is no passionate producer behind it. We are all there to learn different aspects of film making. I want to see and learn what a production is like to understand new aspects I can use in my writing.
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