low budget
Minimal funds allocated
Low budget describes something made or done with minimal financial resources.
A low-budget film or production operates with less money than typical for its category.
The term often implies scrappy resourcefulness, though it can suggest inferior quality: The special effects looked low budget.
As a noun without the hyphen, a low budget is simply a small amount of allocated funds.
- cheapLow in price
- on a shoestringWith very limited funds
- shoestringCord for footwear
- frugalSparing with resources
- thriftyPrudent with resources
bargain · indie · film school · DIY · scrappy · makeshift · economical · corner cutting · barebones · no-frills · bare bones · tight · stretched · penny-pinching · discount · dollar store · bargain bin · secondhand
- low-budget filmsB-movie, made-for-TV, TV movie, mockbuster, bargain bin
- indie filmindie films, indie film, independent, independent film, microbudget
- martial arts filmskung fu, karate, ninja, samurai, wuxia
- indie theaterfringe theater, fringe, black box, black box theater, experimental theater
- Spaghetti WesternsSergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, spaghetti western, Mexican standoff, poncho
- Realist Cinemaneorealism, location shooting, social realism, non-actors, documentary style