Comments on: Arrowhead: Signal – A $600 Sci-Fi Short Film

By: Lee Whitman

Lee Whitman — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:41:00 +0000

Fantastic job. Very well done.

By: Lee Whitman

Lee Whitman — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +0000

I made a feature film for $20k that went around to festivals, won awards, etc. All that said, we didn’t pay anyone. I did the editing, vfx, sound editing, the actors donated their time, my brother did the music. Etc. That said, our budget was still $20k. Most of that went to food/location fees. I’m guessing that was probably the case here.

Also, gas is expensive.

By: Jesse O'Brien

Jesse O'Brien — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Thanks for your comments everyone.

By: DRW_photography

DRW_photography — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:37:00 +0000

I really enjoyed this short. I don’t quite understand how its labeled as having a $600 budget. Either everyone worked for free or the $600 is some random money they spent on snacks or something….doesn’t make sense at all. Breaking it down (if people were charging per hour to work), the music scoring alone would cost over $2000, the filming probably took around 60 hours, the editing had to have taken another 100 hours and the set (not the CG stuff) that was made cost money…..probably at least a few thousand. So, with that said, how in the world do they say this was a $600 film? That number just seems too small to be real and too big to be nothing. I could understand if it was a $0 budget and nobody got paid BUT who got the measly $600 when everyone else worked hundreds of hours to get this finished?

By: Claude Lee Sadik

Claude Lee Sadik — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Impressive work! I really liked the visuals and the overall atmosphere. Kudos to the team! If you enjoy these kind of science fiction shorts, I invite you to watch the one I released 2 days ago: THE DEVICE. It’s a 3min sci-fi short with a cool twist in the end! Made with a zero budget but with motivated friends. So far, it got great reviews. Check it out :
https://vimeo.com/50309815

By: SEAN SHIMMEL

SEAN SHIMMEL — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:04:00 +0000

Deserves more comments. And I agree with Nicholas’s remark. Reminds me of the punchy reminders in War of Art and the dangers of resistance in realizing a creative dream.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:30:00 +0000

Excellent effort by arrowhead. And what a profound point you make, Kenn. “How much potential are you wasting”, indeed?

My excuse is insecurity, the only talent of mine I despise. Sure I may have a 7D, but insecurity kicks in and I tell myself “but you don’t have lights, you don’t have the best audio, and whatever you present, the people online who may have more or “better” gear will call your work mediocre because you are insufficient.” And that is so terrible. We are all sufficient, and we are at a great time where if we do have stories to tell, there is nothing we don’t have.