Production costing software may help low-budget films

Mon Jul 26 2010 13:43

Low-budget moviemakers could find production costing software of use.

Production costing software may prove useful for a filmmaker in Scotland hoping to make low-budget feature films.

The Scotsman reports that Glasgow-based producer David Griffith is set to create his first full-length micro-budget movie - a psychological thriller called Timelock.

A budget of just £115,000 is being used to make the film, following in the footsteps of the likes of the Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.

Mr Griffith told the newspaper: "It is the technology that makes micro-budgets work. The quality you get from the new digital cameras that have only come on the market in the past year or so is stunning."

He added the restrictions of finances can lead to greater art and may prove to be a commercial success if the filmmaker has the know-how to make it happen.

Recent figures from the UK Film Council, released as part of its first fully digital statistical yearbook, indicated the number of features funded solely in the UK in 2009 was 71, a slight decline on the 77 in 2008.