Hi everyone-
My good friend is a professional filmmaker. He primarily does promotional type stuff, events coverage, short documentaries, etc.
We have been talking about a potential
project to film the life on a family farm, through the perspective and
experience of young children. No grownups waxing eloquently on companion planting, everything would be filmed and explained by small children who live and participate in the life of the farm. Seems like a charming concept, especially for the many urban folks who are mystified and fascinated by family farms, but do not get the opportunity to participate directly.
So we have a nice farm with kids, a professional filmmaker, and an interesting narrative. The thing is, neither of us understand anything about how to produce a narrative film. Neither of us can afford to just fund the project ourselves and hope to
sell it somehow, to somebody, sometime. I am a farmer and he is a filmmaker, neither of us are businessmen, producers, or film distributors. We figure that we would need a budget of around $9k to complete the film. We would need to raise this capital before we could realistically proceed with the project, which we would like to shoot during this summer's growing season.
Does anybody have any experience with the world of filmmaking, from the business side. It seems like we need an Executive Producer? Or some sort of collaborative production? Does a project like this seem like it would have a broad
enough appeal to make sense? We are both country boys, not 'networked' with a ton of people who would crowd-fund something like this. Any ideas on how to make a project like this a reality would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
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