How to Make a Feature Film with No Money and No Car

An uplifting boost for your filmmaking self-confidence from someone who has been there

Created by: Robert David Duncan
Award-winning filmmaker, actor and artist

What Will I Learn?

• Learn from my experience of making a low-cost feature film that won awards.
• Understand the key drivers that add complexity and cost to films and how to work around them.
• Know how to build teams that will support your success.
• Understand the process flow of getting a film from the idea stage through completion, into festivals and distribution.

Requirements

• You should already be able to make a simple, small film, even on your phone.
• You should have a sense of how storytelling works in films.
• You should either be able to do most of the technical aspects of filmmaking (writing a script, operating a camera, offloading files, editing footage), be willing to learn them through self-study or other means, or know people you can work with who know these technical details.

Target audience

• Anyone who wants to make the leap from making short films to feature-length films.
• Anyone with no money, car, or other resources who is tired of being frozen out of the feature filmmaker club.
• Anyone who could use some encouragement and a boost in their filmmaking self-confidence.
• Anyone who wants to take a fun, low-cost adventure in making a simple feature film.
• Anyone who, like me, didn't go to a traditional film shool but still wants to make film art.
• Anyone who wants to break out of a life or career rut and try something totally different and creative for fun.