{"product_id":"how-to-hire-experienced-crew-for-your-micro-budget-feature-film-on-the-cheap","title":"How to Hire Experienced Crew for Your Micro-Budget Feature Film on the Cheap","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_quote\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #339966;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: teal;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/admin.stage32.com\/vendor\/moxiemanager\/data\/uploads\/15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"158\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #42C2CB;\"\u003eSo you want to shoot a micro-budget film. You've got your idea. You're excited as hell. You can't wait to get going. There's just one problem. You have little to no money, need to shoot this film on the cheap, and you can't do it without an experienced crew. So how can you get quality, talented people to work for you for little to no money? It happens every day. \u003cem\u003eIf\u003c\/em\u003e you know how to navigate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe old saying goes, a filmmaker is only as good as his or her crew. Making sure that everything is buttoned up on set, from your script supervisor to your sound engineer to your DP and gaffer, the more quality you throw at your film in pre-production and during production, the less headaches and \"let's try to fix it in post\" problems (which are also painfully expensive) you'll face in post-production. The thing is, regardless of your budget, and in this case we're talking ultra low to $250,000, you \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e find passionate, creative, and qualified people to work for you well below their normal rate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarry Andersson is an award-winning director and cinematographer.\u003c\/strong\u003e He has directed 5 feature films (time and time again with some of the best crews imaginable) and has had his features theatrically released in theaters with his latest film distributed by Lionsgate. Barry's has also shot several television pilots, acclaimed short films, numerous commercials, and countless commercials and corporate videos. As if that wasn't enough, Barry is also the author of the hugely successful and revered \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDSLR Filmmakers Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003eBarry will teach you how to secure top level, Hollywood quality, crew members for cheap no matter where you live in the world. He will instill in you the confidence to identify and then go in for the proper \"ask\". He will show you why sometimes a positive and visionary attitude is everything. He will even teach you how to be flexible with your story and locations in an effort to give yourself the \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebest chance of finding and securing a crew that can take your film from OK to masterpiece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #42C2CB; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR BARRY'S TEAHCINGS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #42C2CB;\"\u003eBarry is an excellent teacher. He never fails to inspire and make you understand that what you always believed to be impossible, or at least ridiculously daunting, is not only possible, but absolutely attainable if you follow his methods. I wouldn't be where I'm at without him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #42C2CB;\"\u003e- Julia V.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #339966;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: teal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"http:\/\/admin.stage32.com\/vendor\/moxiemanager\/data\/uploads\/18_11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"158\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stage 32","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48055906959667,"sku":"","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/7728\/4659\/files\/image_65c59efd9d448.jpg?v=1707450112","url":"https:\/\/stage32.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-hire-experienced-crew-for-your-micro-budget-feature-film-on-the-cheap","provider":"Stage 32","version":"1.0","type":"link"}