Edinburgh Film Festival

[Kev Owens]

Was at the festival on earlier this week and had a look at some of the digital shorts and features.

There is hope for us all yet- believe me. [img]graemlins/thumbs_down.gif[/img]

Budgets ranged from ?4k to ?1.8M, and nothing impressed me- in fact all the films I watched were poor.

[philipswales]

Sounds like good news, Kev.

I've got a couple of ideas for digital features that'll cost about ?100 - providing we can blag the equipment.

Even ?4K is out of the reach of a lot of indie film-makers.

Ever seen The Last Broadcast? That was made for about $900, which equates to roughly 500 quid in proper money.

And it pisses all over the Blair Witch Project.

[Kev Owens]

Yeah, I have seen the Last Broadcast, (the Jersey Devil movie). I enjoyed it very much and I reckon it proves a point that alot of the films I watched seemed to miss-

Have a good idea BEFORE you make a movie!

Alot of these films seemed like they'd been written after the funding was in place- otherwise who the hell would want to make them?! No originality, no story, poor cinematography... the guys who made the Last Broadcast had a great idea and worked with what they had (Plus, if memory serves The Last Broadcast is often criticised for copying the Blair Witch; when in fact it preceeded it!)

I think that for no budget digital features the idea and the concept is the key. If the idea is great, the budget is a problem that can be overcome.