Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film.
That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.
You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.
Actors are con men and con men are actors.
The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over.
Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.