WHY are YOU making movies?

[occasus]

Because there's no alternative for me. This is what I do and what I love. It's also one of the few things I'm good at! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Andy.tom]

Two reasons
1. The voices tell me to
2. I want to be immortal (selfish I know but who cares)

[curtinparloe]

The problem with british films compared to say, french or italian, is that we're not the biggest producer of english language films. Whatever we do in britain, we're competing against hollywood blockbusters.
The budget for a hollywood film is probably at least 100 million (with a few notable exceptions), whereas in this country you'd be lucky to get funding for a 2 million budget film. How can we compete in the blockbuster arena?
Take a look at Richard Jobson's film The Purifiers
The Purifiers
This was made with a budget of ?450,000 (if I remember correctly), and in his own words, "It's shite".

[Kev Owens]

How good a film is is not directly related to what the budget is. That's a pretty narrow way of looking at it.

Sorry, I feel strongly on this, please don't give me the 'we can't compete with blockbusters' shite, a good film is a good film: and the majority of British films are crap through and through and a bigger budget WOULDN'T have made a damn difference!!!

[jb_617]

Well, maybe they could have got better actors with more money. I've seen a lot of potentially good British films ruined by some truly crap acting. The problem in my view is that there are a few "safe" actors that seem to get all the work on both sides of the atlantic and very few good British actors breaking through right now.

And please don't tell me "Well xxx is British and they're a good actor..." because I KNOW that. But for a 400K-2M budget film you tend to get people straight from Eastenders or the Bill.


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If script is everything, why make the movie?

[Kev Owens]

Isn't it the belief that a limited actor, say an eastenders actor, is better to have in a commercial film than a good actor but who is completely unknown that is preventing good British actors breaking through?

Getting good actors isn't necessarily a budget problem, it's may be laziness on the director's part or a brainless producer only interested in getting that 'big low-budget name'.

A bigger budget would allow them to get bigger named actors, better casting would help them get better actors.

The good script is a good start, without that you're always holding back the tide of shiteness.

[Initiate]

As I said in the recent Big Break competition:


My dream is to tell stories that really mean something, stories that make you think. I often look up to Shakespeare for his ability to tell great plays. I desire to make a stand in the film community and veer away from the shallow films, I feel that they focus to much on computer effects; I just want to tell stories that make us feel, stories about freedom, love and most of all truth. I believe I have the ability to move and inspire people through film, the ability to tell a story that will stay with you forever, I believe if given a chance, My films can really awaken people to the truth. I can?t wait to able to fulfill my dream, but never did I realize how hard it is to finance your goals, but you can never give up. I will never give up my dream of telling stories, I?m sure Shakespeare had his doubt as well. Australia is really braking through the film industry at the moment and hopefully I can be a part of Australia being given a chance to shine. Right now I feel like Mel Gibson, I just want to tell a story.