A few days ago I was invited as a film production expert to the press conference of the new film by Franco Tibaldi and Rita Barbero, Return to Santa Vittoria.It is a low budget film, but despite their lack of money, it’s impressive the organization and the professionalism they showed: they have been able to fill the press room with journalists and local authorities and can go theatrically in many cinemas at the same time.
All of it not with solid deals and pre deals, but the involvement of the local population, enthusiasm and friendship.
People who are looking for 10 million have the same problems as the ones who just look for 10 thousand: both are desperate for money.
But who works on a big project needs to have all very well organized, whilst the one who has just a little budget to cover can be careless and say Let’s start, and we’ll find a way.
And while I was waiting for my time to intervene in the press conference, I found out I miss this kind of mentality.
Are we filmmakers missing the forest for a tree?
When we work on a project where our strengths and money are not enough anymore we are so busy to find the budget we need, close our deals with the actors, try not to be destroyed by the banks and fight the distributors to let them respect the deals and distribute our film we miss the reason why we loose our health in doing that: making a film is fun.
