Inside the Secrets of Crafting a Micro-Budget Feature Film with Ashley Scott Meyers: Hollywood’s Best-Kept Formula Revealed
And as I said, this bar, the Garage Bar, is actually in Ventura. Eileen’s Boutique is in Oak Park, which is ten minutes from my house. But I think that’s actually in Ventura County, not LA County.
So that’s another thing: if you don’t live in LA, it’s going to be harder to find actors, but locations should be much, much easier. You should be able to find some really cool locations and people that are excited to have you shooting there.
So that’s, I’d say, the biggest piece of advice: look around at what locations you can get that have cool production value, that look cool, and try and, you know, think about how you can incorporate those into your script.
