Learn all the behind-the-scenes secrets of this $4,000 short.
This post was written by Josh Jacobs.
Hi, I’m Josh, an LA-based filmmaker. I work as a writers’ assistant and script coordinator on TV shows, and I direct my own short films. By far, the most valuable thing I’ve learned about storytelling from big-budget shows and indie projects alike is that just two elements—the actors and the script—are way more important than everything else.
This lesson helped me save money and make The Jungle, my cheapest (but, alas, still around $4,000 in total) short film since college, which was selected for the 2021 Austin Film Festival.
You can watch the full short, which was shot pre-pandemic in 2019, below. Then you can learn how I made it and where my money was spent.
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This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
