(Note: I originally wrote this for a site no longer available, so I decided to re-post it here to bring awareness to the "Fan Edit" movement.)
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There is a movement I've recently come across I wanted to share: fan edits. Fan editors are a group of people that for one reason or another want to modify films either to improve the film, preserve it or create extended cuts.
The first time I'd heard of a "fan edit" was when The Phantom Edit (aka The Phantom
Last week I did a little location scouting with Fred Miller, the d.p. of The End Has Gone. The photo of the house was taken by Thomas Merton and used with permission.
For me the hardest part of any production is raising the money to make a film. Many people know films are expensive to make, especially Hollywood films. We see those numbers every day: Watchmen cost between $125 and $150 million to make. Even a "low budget" film such as Slumdog Millionaire cost an estimated $15 million. The real low budget film is a million or less, dubbed by most "ultra low budget".
My first feature was one such film. Dead in the Water cost a mere $12,500 and
Over the last week Scott has been working hard on the revisions for the The End Has Gone. He’s cut eight pages (down to 110 from 118), added more conflict and upped the final confrontation at the end. It’s now a much scarier world than previous drafts. I’m really looking forward to filming this come summer!
The business plan and budget for The End Has Gone has been submitted to the other two producers for approval. Once that's done everything will be locked and sent out to investors.
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