What's your advice to independent filmmakers?

What's your advice to independent filmmakers?

Ben Lyons (Producer) gives expert video advice on: What is an example of a successful independent film festival?; What's your advice to independent filmmakers? and more...

My advice to any independent film-maker out there is to fight for what you believe in, and that, I assume, is your movie. No-one's going to be helping you. You have to help yourself, and help the movie, and believe that you can get this movie not only made, but seen. You have to really, really believe, and let that passion come off in your work. Otherwise, people aren't going to want to pay attention to you and help you out. Everybody wants to get paid, everybody wants to be all Hollywood. But you know what? If you can get people excited about your material, and excited about you and your belief in your material, then you're going to go out and make a very successful independent film.