Rick Lomb Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I always see ads where people ask for scripts for shorts and say any profits will be divided up, or some arrangement, but is it even possible for people to make money on shorts? If so, how would you do so? Thanks Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted December 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2009 I always see ads where people ask for scripts for shorts and say any profits will be divided up, or some arrangement, but is it even possible for people to make money on shorts? If so, how would you do so? Thanks Rick I've never personally heard of anyone making money on shorts. I'm sure it's possible but scarce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 It's possible to lose money on a short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted December 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2009 It's possible to lose money on a short. It's pretty much a guarantee that you'll lose money on a short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael K Bergstrom Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 It's possible, but mainly through contests. Expect to lose money. The shorts I have made money on were shot low budget with high production value. It's more common to use the shorts as either an exercise to try out new techniques or equipment, or to try to use it as a spring board into financing a bigger project such as a television pilot or feature through the venue of a film festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I always see ads where people ask for scripts for shorts and say any profits will be divided up, or some arrangement, but is it even possible for people to make money on shorts? If so, how would you do so? Thanks Rick No. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted December 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2009 Shorts are generally a name-builder. And shooting them out to fests will build up your credit as a director if they win some awards, which can help later on. Of course, when/if you make it big, then you can monetize your shorts as a collection/retrospective, I suppose. But, as mentioned, I would think of a short as an investment in your own abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I know of two shorts that have, but that was quite a few years ago and they were real festival pleasers. One was around 25 mins long, so it was actually more of a one off TV drama anyway. As everyone has said, best not build a business plan around making shorts, I suspect it's even more difficult to make any return on them these days than it ever was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Stubbs Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 if you make one for an incredibly cheap amount of money, or sell it to a phone company,it is possible to make money from it. Take this film for example http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalCity#p/u/6/AOEgn8y3yIg I was given 5 kodak B&W disposables for free from an online group. The supermarket developed the negs,and scanned to a disc for $2.99 cdn. I used windows movie maker, and got the soundtrack online for free (It sounds awful, I know.) Total investment- $2.99 Cdn. I have been offered 5 dollars for every dvd I can make of it, so it is possible to make money from it. But not a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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