MicroBudgetFilmPodcast
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a 4 season podcast & monthly newsletter about filmmaking for fun…not the film industry. Check out our website for episodes, workbooks, and more! 🎥✨
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Joined August 2020
2025 is for the audacious filmmakers. We’re not asking for permission to make our films. We’re collaborating with each other. We’re bartering. We’re watching 50 iPhone cinematography tutorials and shooting on our iPhones. We’re learning to edit. We’re making our shit in 2025.
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Microbudget filmmakers, this one’s for YOU.
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We need more BTS films about microbudget indie films. Filmmakers who worked day jobs and made their films after work or on weekends. Filmmakers who managed to shoot their film in one single location. We need to see the shot lists for iPhone. We need to see the process.
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We created @_microbudgetpod and all digital workbooks for filmMAKERS who want to run a buttoned up production on a shoestring budget. All episodes available at:
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DO IT.
Maybe it is time to create a No Bull Screenwriting Contest? I've always refused but I dunno. maybe we start something small & specific. Those big companies dont work w/ me because im too honest. There are very very few LGBTQ-geared contests out there, maybe it's a place to.
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A landmark of DIY filmmaking indeed!.
On this day in 2015, “Tangerine” was released in theaters. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Sean Baker’s iPhone-shot film shook up indie cinema with its raw energy, bold storytelling, and authentic trans representation. Ten years later, it remains a landmark of
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Microbudget indie filmmakers, this one’s for you.
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That’s a skill…
@_microbudgetpod I've seen a lot of shorts with the same problem. It's completely possible to make one minute feel like an hour.
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RT @_microbudgetpod: We’ve gained over 100 new followers! Welcome to @_microbudgetpod! . We’re a 4 season podcast turned monthly newsletter….
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@_microbudgetpod That's right! We're making another one right now. Been making them for over 20 years.
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There’s too many wandering features with plots hanging on by a thread.
Short films don’t give you space to wander. It’s precision or nothing.
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RT @JacobAtTheMovie: @_microbudgetpod Just about every short I’ve written has been a stand-alone story. That’s just how I like them.
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RT @jasonbullocktv: 100000% agree. I'm still trying to understand that in an age of Youtube and people making careers out of dancing on an….
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RT @SamHoldren1: Please read this as many times as it takes. Also, strong short films are just as layered as features, and can/SHOULD be v….
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RT @nearlyallmen: @_microbudgetpod Nigeria or Lagos based actors. Please help repost. #Casting #Lagos #Ticktock #Nollywood #Netflix #Fil….
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Write that script. Get up 1 hour earlier than usual to write a page or two as soon as you wake up. Stay up 1 hour later than usual to write a page or two before you go to sleep. Dedicate your Saturdays to filmmaking and Sundays for relaxing. Start the habit. Get it done.
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