by James Frizzell

Created on: May 13, 2007   Last Updated: May 15, 2007

In this day and age, there is a very simple way to get your movie paid for and finished.

I don't care who you are or what age you are, you've probably gotten a landfill full of those applications in your mail. You know the ones: _________________(Fill in your name here), you have been qualified. That's right, at some time or another, we have all been qualified. Credit Cards.

Now, I would be the last person to encourage any kind of consumer debt. I hate the system for their stealthy seduction. However, I am also a passionate artist, and I believe if you have a vision you desperately want to get out on celluloid, you should do whatever you can to get it made. That means that every single credit card application that comes through your mail box...FILL IT OUT AND SEND IT IN! Everyone. You will find that for every one that approves you, 2 more will come and they will also approve you. And so on and so on. You get the picture. Pretty soon, between all the cards, you should have a pretty healthy credit line. Once you have the total that you have budgeted for your first film, go out and start spending. It's that simple.

Once you have a finished product that's excellent, you should have no problem getting distribution. And once all those big bucks start rolling in because your movie is a smash hit, then you can start paying back the credit card companies. Now, I know what you're about to ask: What if it isn't a hit? Well, then you probably should have never made the movie in the first place.

Matty Rich did this for his movie, "Straight Out of Brooklyn" in the 80's and his story was a big success. So, trust me, it can be done. On the other hand, if you already have bad credit, you're just going to have to wait until a rich relative dies or go rob a bank or something.

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