Brendan O'Brien

A writer-director originally from Canada, Brendan now lives and makes films in Poland most of the time.

📍 Warsaw

Writing our low-budget short film script: Adok

Luca and I worked together to write a script for his short film for film school. It's a cinematography/visual focused film but it still needed to have a compelling story. Plus we only had a budget of few hundred dollars and 3 days of filming to make it happen; essentially a no-budget short film.

Budgeting

Get started filmmaking with no-budget

Lately I've been starting a few film projects with essentially no budgets. Because it's a huge challenge that most filmmakers have to face, I wanted to explore the stages I take to get such a project going.

Writing

Finding a low-budget story

When I first start thinking about a movie I want to make I try not to put limits, but eventually reality comes calling and I need to think about my (lack of) budget.

Cameras

No-budget Camera Options in 2021

We've pulled together a few of the best options in 2021 if you're looking for a low cost camera for your no-budget film.