FILMING WITH A LOW BUDGET

Budget is an important factor to think about before filming. In order to make sure our film looks professional without spending much there are a few things we can do:
Actors (friends, drama students) - Well known characters are obviously way above our price range as they would help sell the movie. Aswell as talented actors, we need reliable ones. If actors/actresses don't turn up, production costs would rise and we would waste vaulable time. Animals and children also cost more to hire as they are harder to work with/train.
Locations - Keeping our locations limited is essential. Hiring out areas would be costly and therefore an ideal place to shoot is on public roads, houses, parks etc. Also, scenes set in moving vehicles are very expensive and time-consuming.
Special effects - Few low-budget movies can afford "real" special effects, such as explosions, special prosthetics, or computer graphics, so these scenes should be avoided. Instead, we'd have to add in special effects from our own software.
Heavy make up and hairstyles -Difficult make up and hairstyle will be time consuming, wasting production time. This would raise the cost of production as it will take longer to film the scene and hire the crew.
Costume - Although costumes are an ideal thing to make the scene seem as realistic as possible, they are also very expensive. Costumes of those in the group or the actors would be a good idea.