A creative mind is a low budget filmmaker's most important tool. The whole process of film making starts with a fresh idea. From there it is all about sustaining the idea until it develops to become a fantastic idea. After that it is the matter of getting your idea turned into a movie using all the energy and money you can come up with.
Most of the successful films that are displayed at film festivals are movies that were made at a fraction of the costs required to create a big Hollywood Studio film. Hi tech equipment, mainly built around computer effects and advancements in technology has made it possible for just about anyone can create a movie. Film cameras as well as sound recording equipment and just about any other type of equipment is required to create movies can be bought at cheap prices nowadays.
The film-making equipment available is accessible today can create a low-budget film that has an overall revenues, which could look like a famous director had something to do with the project. This professional appearance coupled with a unique story can help any film's chances at being recognized at film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto Film Festival or even winning the Oscar!
As hard as they try, the major Hollywood cinema studios will never be able to claim monopoly on the creativity. They invest more than one million US dollars, not just in filmmaking, but marketing research, intending to find out just what is that film-goers around the globe look for when they go to the theater.
Despite all of this effort, they haven't come up with a formula of successful. The motives and preferences of people who go to the cinema are as hard to predict as a natural disaster is. Due to this, the doors is opened to creative minds of the world to participate in the competition. All they have to do is develop a genuine idea that they can turn into a spectacular film, and then submit their work in festivals such Film Career as Sundance and then let the judges make the final decision. While the big studios have attempted to control the festival scene in recent times, it is the small, creative minds who create the tiny, yet distinctive film that are the real winners in that realm.