You can make your feature a reality, even without a producer. I grew up in Texas with no real Hollywood network and little money. When I knew I wanted to get into filmmaking, one of the first questions that I asked myself, and probably many of you do too, is, "How am I ever going to get a feature made?" If you had asked me growing up how it would happen, I would never have guessed that my first movie would materialize in the way that it did. My movie was self-financed for several thousand dollars, and I ended up doing a lot of the work myself along with a small crew. Here's what I learned from the experience and how I got a distribution deal for my feature, At Night Comes Wolves. Development and Writing The film is actually three short films, which I then tied together to make one seamless narrative about an abused housewife that leaves her husband and joins a cult that is obsessed with transcendence, only to realize the husband she left is the same man who used to be the cult’s leader. That storyline is what gave me the arc to tie my unrelated short films into one narrative feature. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 19 April, 2021