Maximazing production values on a low budget.

We intend to make an Independent film, as a newly founded independent British film production company, we would have to work on a low budget typical of independent films. However we wanted to maintain high production values throughout.


Ed Burns (also known as 'independent Ed'), is a filmmaker known for making low budget films with high production values.

He had very modest ambitions for his first film, 'The Brothers McMullen' and had a small budget of $25,000. The film ended up grossing $10,246,600 which was a huge success, it also won the 1995 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance festival.


Ed Burns has made films since then with budget more than half of that of his first Indie film.
One of his most recent films 'The Newlyweds' had a budget of $9000.
Burns advises young filmmakers to make use of the cheapest tools they can find.


“You guys have access to cameras that cost under $3,000. Why not just go make your movie? And it’s up to you to fight the good fight, market the hell out of your film and use Facebook and Twitter and email blasts and do all of the things indie rock bands have been doing for the last 10 years,”




This is how we intend to market our film. Alternatively to expensive advertising campaigns, we would maximise our available social media resources such Facebook and Twitter, to gain exposure through word of mouth. We would also make a website for teaser videos for our film.






Filmmaker Joshua Caldwell made his feature film Layover for just $6000; he cast his friends, borrowed a Canon 5D, and now it's competing for the New American Cinema award at SIFF.
This is similar to our methods of filming, we hired high quality cameras to ensure high production values, we used an up and coming actress who's rates would be lower than a big name. We used tripods and steady cams to ensure that our footage looked professional, while still keeping the feel of an independent film.