aaron harvey

Filmmaker. Writer / Director - COME WITH ME (2026) | INTO THE ASHES | THE NEIGHBOR | CATCH .44 |

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

Excited to drop this one into the world! @Theorossi @DemetriusStear @JonathanCroom #ComeWithMe

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'The Penguin' Star Theo Rossi Boards Aaron Harvey's 'Come With Me' As Star & EP https://t.co/j4VdteY9N5

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

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[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@BustedKnucklePr @MTGraveStudio Another spot on take 💥.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@fringeblog 1000%. Well put. The amount of entitlement floating around is pretty wild - if you’re upset a film you work on (and got compensated fairly for) does well, then go make your own film! See what goes into actually making it happen/who actually holds the bag, then come back to me…

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@EvanAboutCinema great film!!

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@AusScreenwriter @MTGraveStudio @ChrisAlvino 100%

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@Hwdgfly Correct.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@BustedKnucklePr @ChrisAlvino Nailed it.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@cory_fitz 👆🏼this. 99.9999% of people posting on here about this issue have never actually been involved with setting up an indie film. There’s no real concept of HOW these things get made / who’s actually saddling the risk.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@jenna_payne @bremue Agree. it truly does take an army,
but having made multiple films myself, at the end of the day like it or not it’s the director (and good producers) who literally steer the actual ship and/or fly the plane into the mountain. If it wins they’re the hero, if it fails the scapegoat

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@bremue @jenna_payne Sure - but the production designer didn’t “personally make” the film. They contributed to it. Again, I’m all for performance bumps/points if the film can sustain it, but if not it is what it is. There’s still capital in having your name, in that position, on a film like this.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@jenna_payne @bremue Agreed. Although I would caveat that it’s not the responsibility of the film to cover the in-between time of the workers either. The film has to be responsible to itself / its budget and be made reasonable relative to the $$ so that it actually has a shot of recouping.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@bremue @jenna_payne 100%. Agree there as well!

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@bremue @jenna_payne For sure- but $300/day for a month of work is a living wage. ROI in this case is the fact she was a prod designer on the biggest BO film going and can now leverage that. THAT is her ROI. There was no front end risk being involved except showing up, doing a job, getting paid.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@bremue @jenna_payne Meaning if the film flops the crew can just chalk up another bullet point on their resumes and move on, but the producers/directors/financiers live with it well beyond that - thus the ones literally taking the risk. Take the risk, reap the benefits. Don’t, then don’t complain

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@bremue @jenna_payne Sure I can get w the idea of promising a bonus or points if it works- but no one is entitled to it IF that isn’t the initial agreement / setup. Zero people know if the film is gonna be successful until it is, but all of the risk is truly borne by the filmmakers.

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@bremue @jenna_payne You also don’t “go low budget” - you “go” with whatever you can put together, in most cases real $$ from real people that you took real years to raise (wether $200k or $2million) - only to have someone show up, collect a paycheck, the whine about it after? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@LukeBarnett Dude you took every word out of my mouth. Almost made an identical post but I don’t have a tenth of your audience so kinda pointless - but I’ll triple agree with every word above! Exactly this 👆🏼

[aaron harvey @aaronharv]

@worldofreel @firagawalkwthme @nytimes What a fucking dork.