The Onion on independent filmmaking

David Mullen ASC · July 26, 2006

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28215...mp;special=2000

July 26, 2006

Ha! You almost had me, but I know you can't spend $75,000.00 shooting a movie with a Canon GL2.

R,

Patrick McGowan · July 26, 2006

It seems like the writers for The Onion have hung out with a few film school kids. That hits a little to close to home.

Tim Carroll · July 26, 2006

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28215...mp;special=2000

Thanks David, I needed that. :)

-Tim

Stuart McCammon · July 26, 2006

That article was too funny - all his parents need to do is spend another $1.5 million and we can hear about the other 20 films he has brewing in his head - watch out Hollywood!

Joe Sexton · July 26, 2006

I need to contact this guy and see if he wants to help me with one of my projects.

Peter Egan · July 27, 2006

:lol: :lol: :lol:

July 27, 2006

I was wondering who stole my script.

Matt Workman · July 28, 2006

I don't find this funhy in anyway.... :angry:

Josh Bass · July 28, 2006

That almost hurts. Too real, too real.

J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR · July 28, 2006

You know, I've worked for people exactly like that in real life. Including one guy who lied to me, said he was an adult and was still actually in High School! When these people call I tell them that they are not Indie but Amateur filmmakers.

Do you have a script breakdown? No

Do you have a real budget? No

Do you have a schedule that remotely relates to the breakdown and budget? No

Do you have a PM, an AD, a scripty? No

Are your actors and crew available every single day of the production? No

You are an AMATEUR.

Edited July 28, 2006 by J. Lamar King

Abel Klainbaum · July 28, 2006

I am a regular reader of The Onion, but I have to say that this doesn't sound real...

Patrick McGowan · July 29, 2006

I am a regular reader of The Onion, but I have to say that this doesn't sound real...

What? What on The Onion is real? I mean it's usually based on real events but it is also satire and comedy. I just read an artice about a NASA rocket that burns money into space to test the durability of money. It is a fake article, but it pretty much sums up the goal of NASA, to burn as much taxpayer money as possible.

here it is: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47977