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Hey dude, why does DIY filmmaking suck?

  • Yes Beavis, DIY filmmaking literally does suck.

    Let me tell you about my experience producing Quality of Life.

    Each day, I worked a full-time day job and then put in 4 - 8 hours more on the film at night. I still declared personal bankruptcy during pre-production.

    Then I was fired from my job for focusing on the film too much instead of my work.

    My girlfriend nearly left me since she never saw me.

    My friends stopped returning my calls for fear I'd ask for favors for the film.

    And in the end, the entire "indiewood" film industry basically ignored us. Sundance, the speciality distributors, the major indie film press outlets and of course just about anyone with money couldn't be bothered.

    And that was all before we decided to self-distribute the movie and things really got rough.

    So listen up: DIY filmmaking is not for the faint of heart. It sucks.

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March 25, 2010

Panel (and party) at WonderCon

Going to WonderCon in San Francisco next week?

It's like a mini-version of Comic-Con (with a comparatively intimate 40,000+ attendance). It's a great way to connect with fans, if you've got a genre film (sci-fi, horror, fantasy, thriller, whatever).

It's also just a lot of fun if you're secretly a comics geek like me.

Anyway, I'm on a panel of indie sci-fi filmmakers at WonderCon and going to be showing the first sneak peek clip from our feature, In-World War.

Please join us there if you can:

Friday April 2
6:00-7:00pm
Moscone South, Room 232/234
WonderCon San Francisco

Oh, and there's an after-party too at 111 Minna, co-sponsored by leading sci-fi blog io9.

Details on the panel and the party are here.

We're hoping the panel continues onto Comic-Con and beyond, as a way to spread the love for indie/DIY sci-fi filmmakers. So show up and show your support.

And if you are making sci-fi features or webisodes, get in touch about future panels and opportunities like this.

Posted at 12:33 PM in Events, In-World War, Marketing |

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