Funding and Production of Short Film.

From researching this area, a few key points have cropped up as far as funding and producing a short film is concerned. To begin with, funding is the part of filmmakers that amateurs will worry about most and more often than not it's the hardest part to master. There's the option of an investor, who may provide funding with the return of credit and/or a cut of the profits, there are also whole organisations dedicated to funding film, for example the Hackney Film Fund.

As far as production's concerned I've gathered three simple instructions.

1 - Always keep yourself one step ahead of your filming schedule.
2- Make sure there's enough in the budget to keep the crew and cast happy.
3- Keep yourself free during filming as something is bound to go wrong or need to be swiftly corrected so it helps to be on hand.