Moving to Bozeman was considered a horrific career move. But, I did it because I knew I could find the happiness and success I wanted here. And, so far, things are working out perfectly. In addition to his position as associate professor at Montana State University, where he teaches film studies, he is a producer at KUSM Public Television and the CEO of Orpheus Picture Entertainment, a film company he created to handle the legal and marketing issues making a film can entail. The problem is money.
Funding is the biggest issue independent filmmakers face.
One option is to sell the film to other markets, but this requires giving away many pieces of the pie. In essence, they are selling all the rights to the film to get money to finance it. This usually gives the filmmaker no reward. Another option is to find limited investors. Or, perhaps, Mom and Dad, or that rich aunt across the country can fork out some cash.