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quit v30 to be an independent film producer?

4th year associate bro
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  01/28/15
lol, no
hairless hateful garrison
  04/04/15
Know a guy who did something like this and ended up back in ...
multi-colored gaping
  04/04/15
...
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
Know a dude who did that. I think he would do it again.
Stimulating splenetic half-breed hall
  04/04/15
Fuck Yeah
Mentally Impaired Den
  04/04/15
...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  06/15/15
I'm doing it bros
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
damn. whats your first project about?
motley filthy house
  08/20/15
Heroin addiction
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
so prestigious why not do biglaw and just doc all the he...
territorial factory reset button
  08/20/15
lol
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
can i join your crew?
disgusting stage
  08/20/15
U can be my gaffer. How are u with electric
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
mediocre. i'm a solid casting director though
disgusting stage
  08/20/15
Even better. I got a lot of really distinctive rolls to fil...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
nice! i won't let you down.
disgusting stage
  08/20/15
i did this and came straight back
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
How long did U give it? Was it hard to find a law gig after...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
~8 months, i worked as an associate producer on a major prod...
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
R u the dude who lived in his moms basement for two years an...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
maybe i cant keep track of my flame
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
lol
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
...
adventurous location
  08/20/15
...
useless deer antler
  08/20/15
...
Provocative piazza kitty cat
  08/20/15
My goal would not be to maek it in Hollywood. My goal would...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
ya we did opposite things, i was on the "associate"...
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
What was the billable requirement
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
no billables, you get paid hourly but those almost always ge...
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
(dude who supposedly has highly relevant info and experience...
disgusting stage
  08/20/15
what do u want to know friendo
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
what made you decide to do it? what was your experience like...
disgusting stage
  08/20/15
was a film geek, loved movies so it was a no brainer when an...
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
Cr. Just another cog in the wheel of corporate America. I...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
dude is weak flame. don't listen to him! don't let him flam...
disgusting stage
  08/20/15
That's really not my dream, see above.
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
sadly its not
Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive
  08/20/15
it depends,
Shaky space faggotry
  08/20/15
No connections. Minimum financing. No distribution. All I...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
I know some producer/writer types. they don't have much fin...
disgusting stage
  08/20/15
My current theory is that if you build it they will come. W...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
$30K won't even get you rights to a script. But you're right...
Shaky space faggotry
  08/20/15
again, not trying to buy a blacklist script or whatever. ju...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
You'll need at least $1M to be close to comfortable making t...
Shaky space faggotry
  08/20/15
tax lottery? dude colin treverrow made safety not guarant...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
Lol, yeah with the Duplass bros. on board. The problem isn't...
Shaky space faggotry
  08/20/15
yea man ur right. but again, im shooting low. just wanna m...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
And if you hit the tax lottery, you will def. get financing ...
Shaky space faggotry
  08/20/15
Ohhhhhhh that's a great idea. Film is easy money. And dude...
scarlet soul-stirring pocket flask plaza
  08/20/15
Not in it for the money. Id I wanted money Id just doc revie...
Pink Stirring Nibblets
  08/20/15
Can we just film short social experiments and poast them onl...
disgusting stage
  08/20/15


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Date: January 28th, 2015 9:42 AM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

4th year associate bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#27202602)



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Date: April 4th, 2015 12:11 PM
Author: hairless hateful garrison

lol, no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#27617998)



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Date: April 4th, 2015 12:12 PM
Author: multi-colored gaping

Know a guy who did something like this and ended up back in biglaw.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#27618003)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:07 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589951)



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Date: April 4th, 2015 12:17 PM
Author: Stimulating splenetic half-breed hall

Know a dude who did that. I think he would do it again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#27618034)



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Date: April 4th, 2015 12:22 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Den

Fuck Yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#27618060)



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Date: June 15th, 2015 9:56 AM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28123078)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 11:52 AM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

I'm doing it bros

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589872)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:04 PM
Author: motley filthy house

damn. whats your first project about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589940)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:07 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

Heroin addiction

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589952)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: territorial factory reset button

so prestigious

why not do biglaw and just doc all the heroin addicts in biglaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590562)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 2:33 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590935)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:06 PM
Author: disgusting stage

can i join your crew?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589945)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:07 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

U can be my gaffer. How are u with electric

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589958)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:09 PM
Author: disgusting stage

mediocre. i'm a solid casting director though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589970)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:12 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

Even better. I got a lot of really distinctive rolls to fill on a tight budget.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589987)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:20 PM
Author: disgusting stage

nice! i won't let you down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590051)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:07 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

i did this and came straight back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589955)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:08 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

How long did U give it? Was it hard to find a law gig after?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589963)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:10 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

~8 months, i worked as an associate producer on a major production

no, i had top creds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589979)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:13 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

R u the dude who lived in his moms basement for two years and thinks v30s are shitlaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589993)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:14 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

maybe i cant keep track of my flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590005)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:16 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590018)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:21 PM
Author: adventurous location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590058)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:28 PM
Author: useless deer antler



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590107)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 3:01 PM
Author: Provocative piazza kitty cat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28591135)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:17 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

My goal would not be to maek it in Hollywood. My goal would be to make a series of small budget, avante garde short films that receive moderate critical and audience attention and provides a meager living for me, prod in conjunction with a series of shit odd jobs like tutoring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590028)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:20 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

ya we did opposite things, i was on the "associate" producing track

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590047)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:23 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

What was the billable requirement

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590070)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:26 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

no billables, you get paid hourly but those almost always get blown away cuz you are maxing out hrs during shooting,meaning 100 hour weeks

i believe it was around 12 dollars an hour, and you got paid 1.5 or 2x for overtime, i never paid attention cuz it was not very meaningful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590089)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:12 PM
Author: disgusting stage

(dude who supposedly has highly relevant info and experience poasting one line)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589985)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:12 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

what do u want to know friendo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589988)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:14 PM
Author: disgusting stage

what made you decide to do it? what was your experience like? why'd you go back to biglaw? how was the lifestyle? what was the work like? etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590000)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:19 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

was a film geek, loved movies so it was a no brainer when an opportunity came up when i was transitioning between jobs

it was a huge production and kinda too big for some n00b to be joining, it was fucking brutal, lots of menial tasks, standing around, fetching shit, driving around random towns. it was exciting at first but i was working around 100 hours a week during shooting so was too tired to enjoy it, of course pay was shit

i decided i liked getting reamed out in an air conditioned office while making 200K+ versus getting buttfucked in random cities while making less than 20K per film

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590041)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:20 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

Cr. Just another cog in the wheel of corporate America. I'm charting a different path.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590056)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:22 PM
Author: disgusting stage

dude is weak flame. don't listen to him! don't let him flame your dream away!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590062)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:22 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

That's really not my dream, see above.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590065)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:24 PM
Author: Bright Confused Bawdyhouse Depressive

sadly its not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590075)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:13 PM
Author: Shaky space faggotry
Subject: it depends,

Do you have connections, financing, distribution, or know a production services co.? Then maybe. The business isn't terribly difficult. Getting into it can be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28589990)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:14 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

No connections. Minimum financing. No distribution. All I know is that I'll fail 100% of the time I don't bother trying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590004)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:20 PM
Author: disgusting stage

I know some producer/writer types. they don't have much financing or distribution. the way it currently works for them is they might connect with some other producers (my understanding is there are producers who do business side, creative side, or both) who want a certain story. dudes write a mockup or whatever, then shop it around to studios looking for financing. if the script gets picked up, dudes can produce the film.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590049)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:22 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

My current theory is that if you build it they will come. What stops 99% of would be filmmakers is just not doing filmmaking. You write and spec and pitch and try to get someone else to make ur movie. I'm just gonna take 30k of biglaw savings and frakking do it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590063)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:55 PM
Author: Shaky space faggotry

$30K won't even get you rights to a script. But you're right, the problem with most ppl is that they never fucking try to do it. I'm at work or I'd go on. Will try to come back to this thread at lunch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590293)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 1:35 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

again, not trying to buy a blacklist script or whatever. just trying to make small, local, engaging film

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590555)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 2:30 PM
Author: Shaky space faggotry

You'll need at least $1M to be close to comfortable making this. Throw your hat into the tax lottery and hope.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590927)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 2:34 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

tax lottery?

dude colin treverrow made safety not guaranteed for 150k and got off that got hired to do Jurassic World and Star Wars. 1 mil is a medium budget film these days.

anyways im talking shorts, not features, so way less.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590943)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 3:00 PM
Author: Shaky space faggotry

Lol, yeah with the Duplass bros. on board. The problem isn't the shooting budget, the problem is attaching people that will get the movie actually distributed and knowing ppl that will set those conversations up. He made it for $150K, sure, but any profit was eaten up by deferments and back end paid to make up for everyone doing it at scale. He wouldn't have gone on to Jurassic World without knowing the right people. If you do, good on to you brother. The likelihood is that you might break even if you go svod with it, but you're not jumping into Star Wars by making an indie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28591128)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 3:06 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

yea man ur right. but again, im shooting low. just wanna make movies, ya know. theres alot to be discouraged about, but what else should i do, give up before i start? lateral every 15 months until im 40?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28591155)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 3:01 PM
Author: Shaky space faggotry

And if you hit the tax lottery, you will def. get financing or distr...and with presales that'd be financing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28591137)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:21 PM
Author: scarlet soul-stirring pocket flask plaza

Ohhhhhhh that's a great idea. Film is easy money. And dude, if you have a half-way decent script, LA studios are just handing out money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590057)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:23 PM
Author: Pink Stirring Nibblets

Not in it for the money. Id I wanted money Id just doc review my life away

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590066)



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Date: August 20th, 2015 12:26 PM
Author: disgusting stage

Can we just film short social experiments and poast them online?

edit: we can just create tons of viral videos to help finance the co

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2793895&forum_id=2#28590091)