Foustland

Making an independent film is really a labor of love, especially when it is being done with out of pocket funding as I am doing right now with the Hall Show Documentary.

As you may know, the Hall Show Documentary is about a snapshot of time in Flint, Michigan history, and it is also a film being produced (currently) in Michigan.  There is currently a big push to get films produced here in Michigan, and there is even a state sponsored Film Office.  We have looked into getting support from the Film Office, but found that there are mainly tax breaks for productions anticipating $50,000+ budget spending.  To make things worse, it costs $100 just to apply for the potential of getting some tax breaks.

The Flint Punk Rock scene started out as a DIY thing with a bunch of really great people all interested in the same thing, good music.  That is the spirit I have taken as I conduct interviews, do production planning, and figure out how this whole thing is going to come together.  I am currently doing the production with some last gen digital video equipment, a pretty nice audio recorder and still camera, and the confidence that regardless of the deficiencies in my equipment I am telling the story of the Flint Punk Scene, and how it had a positive effect on both the city of Flint as well as a great number of the many participants that performed and attended Hall Shows.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't thing I would turn away angel investors looking to back my production costs, but I am not letting the lack of such funding stop me from discovering and telling this story.