by Jason Lees, MoreHorror.com
When you make a movie on a budget, a really small budget, you tend to write not only what you know, but with an eye for what you can afford. If your budget is huge, yes, write giant production moves with a cast of thousands. If your budget isn’t quite so grand, keep it real. I don’t mean keep it boring and small, but keep it to what you can get your hungry little hands on. And even more important than that, don’t forget that ideas are free. It’s everything else that racks up the bill.
Sometimes this holds the production back, while other times it pushes the filmmakers to make something special. Give me the magic of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its $1.98 budget over any flick that answers its problems with post-production CGI. I like to see the seams.
When you make a movie on a budget, a really small budget, you tend to write not only what you know, but with an eye for what you can afford. If your budget is huge, yes, write giant production moves with a cast of thousands. If your budget isn’t quite so grand, keep it real. I don’t mean keep it boring and small, but keep it to what you can get your hungry little hands on. And even more important than that, don’t forget that ideas are free. It’s everything else that racks up the bill.
Sometimes this holds the production back, while other times it pushes the filmmakers to make something special. Give me the magic of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its $1.98 budget over any flick that answers its problems with post-production CGI. I like to see the seams.
- 9/23/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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