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How To Make It In Hollywood Before You Make It

Came across a website for documentary called "How to Make It in Hollywood Before You Make It." The filmmaker, Chris Odom, seems to be very self-promoting. Nonetheless, there are some good tips on low budget production contained in his (?self-) interview:

Question: How did you finance HOW TO MAKE IT IN HOLLYWOOD BEFORE YOU MAKE IT?

Chris: Michael Marks and Charles Alleyne were both members of IFP West and told me that I could rent a mini-dv camera and a Final Cut Pro Editing Suite at IFP West dirt cheap if I was a member. But I ended getting an Apple Loan, with which I bought a G4, and a credit card, which became the operating fund for the newly formed ODOM ENTERTAINMENT. I did join IFP West, but ended up borrowing a GL-1 from my friend Lance Moseley, who also went to film school with me at Georgia State University, and who also appears in the documentary. I used IFP West to rent a light kit and HOLLYWOOD STUDIO RENTALS in Burbank to rent my mics and lens filters. On a sidebar, HOLLYWOOD STUDIO RENTALS prides itself as the only rental house in town that does not require deposits (which are usually upwards of $3,000 in Los Angeles) – just a driver’s license and a credit card.

--How To Make It In Hollywood Before You Make It

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