so, i was discussing this with one of the film students yesterday, he said that the actual budget was between $11k and $15k. then we got off on a tangent about other movies that tried and failed. he's working on a movie that is interesting right now. i'm hoping he'll give me a dvd of it when it is done. he's been good to share stuff with me that he has done.
now, all that said, when you see the name "kyle steinike" in the credits on the big screen sometime, you can say "a friend of mine knew him when he was just a film student"

seriously, he's going to school to be a producer, and is working with jason sheedy (the jimmy fallon intern) on the film he's working on right now.