no budget
Nothing to spend
No budget describes a project made with essentially no money—typically amateur films, music, or creative works produced with whatever resources happen to be available.
It's a step below low budget, implying scrappy improvisation rather than modest funding: We shot the whole thing no budget on weekends with borrowed equipment.
The phrase can signal authenticity or excuse rough production values.
- shoestringCord for footwear
- on a dimeWith abrupt exactness
- brokeLacking any funds
- out of pocketPaid from personal funds
- spare changeExtra coins on hand
low-cost · DIY · sweat equity · scrappy · duct tape · bootstrapped · tight · constraints · bare minimum · creative · hustle · making do · free · cheap · improvise · makeshift · resourceful · guerrilla
- money mistakesoverspending, impulse buying, gambling debt, debt spiral, no savings
- B-moviesB-movie, exploitation film, exploitation films, cult film, cult classic
- salessale, sales, selling, salesperson, salesman