Inside the Secrets of Crafting a Micro-Budget Feature Film with Ashley Scott Meyers: Hollywood’s Best-Kept Formula Revealed
So I can’t speak to that, but I would say if you need sound equipment, try and hire a sound guy who can bring his own sound equipment. But for about $4,000, you can get a decent camera and grip package to shoot a micro-budget film.
The other piece is, we’ll see how it turns out for us, but owning the camera is also just a good thing for a micro-budget film because there are inevitably going to be little reshoots or pickup shots that we want once the edit gets more complete.
If you have the camera, I might just need a little wide shot of someone walking, or a hand opening a door, or some feet walking, or an exterior shot of the building. I can just go and get those at no cost. I can just take the camera and shoot it.
