Easiest way to a make a movie

philipswales,

I just remember reading the Independents Day section, and Video Daze just stuck out.... basically because I was working in a video shop at the time... and I love Clerks!

its funny the things you remember...?!?!?

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Anyone ever see El Mariachi? (of course I'm being sarcastic, you've all seen it... right?) it was shot on film, bullet hits, no sync sound etc. etc. For about $7,000. Shitload of work, but it is possible.

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Cube 2?! The only way I could see that being as good as the first is if it took the same scenario but with different people reacting in different ways. And you'd still need a math genius and an idiot sevant.

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"Do it, Doug!"

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by adjcahill:
Anyone ever see El Mariachi? (of course I'm being sarcastic, you've all seen it... right?) it was shot on film, bullet hits, no sync sound etc. etc. For about $7,000. Shitload of work, but it is possible.
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Yes, however he had to sacrifice a lot in terms of the quality of acting, lighting, shot selection, etc. It's inevitable that the quality will suffer the more complex the film is, working with such low budgets/resources.

More films set in one location:
-The Haunting (Black and white version)
-Go, Go Second Time Virgin (Japanese film set almost entirely on a rooftop)
-Titanic (Set almost entirely on a very big boat http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif)



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The Clint Eastwood film "The Beguiling" was set all in one house. And "Dirty Harry" was set entirely in San Francisco.

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Who cares if Mariachi had to 'suffer' in terms of everything you mentioned - he's an extremely rich successful film-maker as a result.

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You're right. Who cares about quality?

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My point is: I liked Mariachi. And it's so fast cut you don't even have a chance to notice some of the shots are out of focus/over exposed.

And yes - who cares about *technical* quality if you have a shit story?

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God damm it, once again that name rodriguez fouls this board

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http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/Forum317/HTML/002051.html



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who shoots on DVCAM and is proud of the fact

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Public5ylac/files/

I'm just saying he is a successful film-maker, and as such should be studied for information purposes. A bit like old people - they should be studied to determine what nutrients they can provide us with.

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