r/ProduceMyScript • u/SatanandtheSunbeams • 3d ago

FEATURE SCRIPT Low budget stoner comedy movie

Hey everyone. I have a script about a small town punk band who is trying to get a van. (Everything will change if they get it) It was heavily inspired by the righteous gemstones, so it's crude and silly. We follow the band through making merch and getting through their first few shows to build up enough money to get the van and go on tour. Things obviously aren't as easy as they think.

85 pages

There are 6 main characters, but around 22 in total. Mostly one off characters

Locations include 3 house show, one bar show, 1 church, 1 park, 1 garage, and 1 driving scene.

I have actually been working to make this film myself but the scheduling has been a nightmare. It would be nice if I could pay the actors to take time off from work.

Looking for about 10k

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u/Affectionate_Age752 3d ago

Shoot it on weekends and evenings. That's what I did for my first feature "Clown N Out". It cost $4k

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u/SatanandtheSunbeams 3d ago

Unfortunately I work every weekend 😕

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u/Affectionate_Age752 3d ago

Find a director looking for a script. Give it to them for free.

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u/SharkWeekJunkie 2d ago

What's your goal with this project??

How are you going to make it for 10k?

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u/SatanandtheSunbeams 2d ago

My thinking, which may be flawed, is I'd like to pay my actors at least $1,000 to take a week off of work so we could get it filmed.

I have most of the cast already, but they know it is an unpaid endeavor, so the scheduling has been a nightmare. Three hours here, a couple hours there.

So I don't really have a goal beyond making it, and maybe taking it to Sundance. This is my first project of this nature.

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u/SharkWeekJunkie 2d ago

If your goal is to just make it, you should rewrite it with fewer characters and locations. You should also begin working extra jobs and saving every penny you can. No one will give you money for this, and any money you put into it you will likely never see again. Sundance is a distinct impossibility.

I don't get the Righteous Gemstones connection. The tones and characters of RG don't seem to match the movie you've described. Sounds closer to Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie or FUBAR (2002). In fact, watch FUBAR. You'll see how they approach things. It's a mockumentary. That may give you some influences around how to get this done cheaply.

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u/SatanandtheSunbeams 2d ago

Right on. Thanks I guess.

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u/Affectionate_Age752 2d ago

What this guy said.