An imaginative mind is the low-budget filmmaker's most powerful tool. The whole process of making films starts with an original idea. From there, it is all about maintaining your thought until it evolves into a great idea. Then it is an issue of having that idea made into a film using every bit of effort and money you can possibly muster up.

The majority of films that are displayed during film festival screenings are movies that were made with a fraction of the costs required to make a Hollywood Studio film. Hi tech equipment, mainly built around computer effects and the possibilities in technology has made it possible for nearly anybody can create a movie. Film cameras, sound recording equipment, and just about any other kind of equipment that one needs to make a movie can be purchased at very affordable prices these days.

The equipment for filmmaking that is available these days can provide a very low budget movie with a production value and overall revenue, which might Film Career look like some famous director was involved with the production. The professional look and an interesting story can increase the chances of being admitted to film festival like Cannes, Toronto Film Festival or even the Oscar!

However hard they may try be, the top Hollywood film studios will never have a control over innovation. They spend far more than one million US dollars, not just in filmmaking, but on marketing research. The goal is to find out just what is that film-goers of the world look for when they visit the cinema.

Despite all of this effort, they haven't come up with a formula of the formula for success. The intentions and tastes of the people who attend the movies are as unpredictable like an earthquake is. Because of this fact, the doors is left wide open for people with creative ideas from around the globe to join the fun. All they have to do is create an original idea that they can transform into a stunning movie, enter their film in festivals like Sundance and let judges decide. While the major studios have tried to dominate the world of film festivals in recent years but it is still the little creative minds that create small and unique film that are the real winners in that realm.