The Collapsed (2011)
Read an article about this film and from the trailer it looks interesting. The filmmaker ( Justin McConnell ) is pretty honest about the production of the film. He tells that for less then 40K they made the film so they could get the film into shape to create a screener, which in turn would be available for sales at the AFM market . He says a lot of interesting points about indie filmmaking. These days it's pretty rock bottem budgets out there and even tougher to sell your film to distributors. It's nothing I haven't heard before, but for a filmmaker to honestly say what it's like out there in the film market seems pretty refreshing, so you have to respect him for saying it. I always believed if your producing a product your overhead has got to be low, and all the money you spend better get onto the screen. It's a crowded market out there and you have to stand out, so you better have a hook for the movie or dist...
