These days with all the awesome technology most people have access to the equipment needed to make an amateur film. The cost is no longer an obstacle in movie making. Creating a movie is a ton of work and filled with road blocks. If you happen to have a great story that can be created on a tiny budget you have over come the most important element of the film making processes. Filming the movie is fairly easy. You start with master shots and then go in for coverage and closeups. The tough part is the post production. Getting a good edit done is actually more work than filming or writing a script. So if you can find a great editor or do it yourself you have all the tools you will need to make a movie.