Getting corporate sponsorship

[peter_g]

Aus$100,000 is GBP?42,000. The Australian dollar is not worth a kick in the crotch.

[Matty2phatty]

skinhead's right. Shorts aren't made for profit, and aren't really seen by an audience beyond festivals or short film programs on tv. For the most part shorts are just like a demo reel should you chase funding for a feature.

I thought $100k was a bit much for a film too... (i'm in Australia, not Austria, by the way [img]wink.gif[/img] ) but the more i spoke with the woman about it, the more i realised it really wouldn't be hard to spend $100k on a short. Especially if you're paying everybody at least their minimum required wage, and providing food and dressing rooms, and marketing, and using a decent lighting set up, and the list goes on...

[jb_617]

Originally posted by Peter_G:
Find a state body (Whatever the British equivalent of the arts council is...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I nearly puked I laughed so hard when I read that.

Sorry Peter_G I couldn't resist it.

Anyway. Let the serious funding discussion continue.


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Again, sorry.

[curtinparloe]

I was chatting to a jobbing producer about making shorts and a huge chunk of a ?50,000 budget can be devoured just by having a road scene (paying the council/police/residents/security etc etc to get thew road closed).

[jbridges]

That's funny. I went to this small town to scout for a location in front of a Court House. I found one that was perfect. So, the only hurdle would be the cost of the permit, security, etc... right? I investigated further and the city didn't even require permits. Shot there for $0.00.....

Free is good......

Sorry, had to throw that in....

Back to the topic.

[emjen]

You might even try city counsels. Some of them might be interested in giving away a few hundreds for a movie in 'their' region and get some artsy points.

I've heard it can happen.

[Matty2phatty]

that's an interesting idea, especially since councils have fees for filming. If you can get them to pay you for something they usually charge you for, then you're doing well.