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We're building a better way to make movies; one that pays cast and crew fair wages, shares profits equitably, and proves you don't need to sell your soul to tell great stories.
The Generic Movie People are making our first feature film, Christ Camp 2005, and documenting the entire journey right here. This channel is your behind-the-scenes pass to a filmmaking model that prioritizes people over profits.
Christ Camp 2005 is a teen camp comedy about revelation, redemption, and self-discovery at an Episcopal sleepaway camp in 2005.
What We're About:
- Filmmaking without exploiting artists
- Fair wages and profit-sharing for cast & crew
- Transparent filmmaking process from pre-production to distribution
- No gatekeepers, no corporate overlords, just good humans making good art
Let's build something better. Together.
The Generic Movie People
Swipe through this
Every slide is a truth the industry doesn't want said out loud: caretakers train young actors to be people-pleasers, kids taught to ignore their own instincts to please power, and a machine that profits from it.
Indie filmmakers don't have to play by those rules. Ingenuity comes from community — the machine doesn't care, we do.
🎬 What are YOU doing to protect young people on your sets? Tell me in the comments.
#indiefilm #filmmaking #childactors #filmset #filmsafety
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The Generic Movie People
Your film crew signed up to make art. They didn't sign up to subsidize your ego.
Every indie budget I've seen "balances" the same way: make the cash pile a little smaller by lowering crew rates a little. And when the movie hits? The investors get paid. The crew gets a thank-you post.
That's not an indie film model. That's just... the same broken system, scaled down.
We're doing it differently on Christ Camp 2005. Every crew member who works with us at a reduced rate gets equity in the project. If we beat the odds, they don't watch from the sidelines; they share the win.
Money is renewable. Your crew isn't. Treat their labor like the investment it actually is.
Follow @thegenericmoviepeople as we build our first feature and a better way to make one.
#IndieFilm #FilmCrew #LaborRights #FilmIndustry #CrewEquity
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The Generic Movie People
A 2026 Guide to Chicagoland Crew Rates 💰
I get DMs every week asking, "What should I pay my crew?" So here it is: Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 combined into one save-worthy post.
These are non-union COMMERCIAL rates, based on my experience in the Chicagoland market, 2026. Not indie. Not student projects. Not a binding rate card, a starting point for a real conversation.
Kit fees are not optional extras. They're real costs for real supplies. Put them in the budget.
The more we talk about money, the harder it is for anyone to lowball a crew.
Save this. Share it with your producer and crew friends. Tag someone who needs to see slide 9. 👇
#ChicagoFilm #FilmCrew #FilmProducer #CommercialProduction s #PayTransparency
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“We can only work from the scraps that we were given on this planet. I like that. That’s a challenge.” - Jack White (producer Katie’s favorite artist).
Get inspired! Get obsessed! Get your ego out of the way and go make something with your scraps today!
#indiefilm #filmmaking #jackwhite #filmmaking #filmmaker
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'Christ Camp: 2005' is a future classic that only needs $500k to be made. We are setting up a foundation so we can give the folks who believe in us a tax write-off.
Here's the type of work this money will unlock:
- Filmmaking jobs for Midwest-based film professionals
- Fair and living wages for every person who works on the film
- 8 - 10 hour shoot days (an unfortunate rarity with this work)
- Childcare on set (Primary caregivers often have to give up on their professional dreams when family dreams come to fruition)
- Equity in the project for anyone who works on it for 2+ weeks
- Supporting a group of femme-presenting artists making their first feature
How can YOU help? LIKE! COMMENT! SHARE! Talk to us! We can only make this if we have an AUDIENCE! Is this movie for you? BE OUR AUDIENCE!
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