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The UK film Monsters is a recent successful example of bringing what was once considered the exclusive preserve of the big studios—the expensive, special effects blockbuster—to independent, low-budget cinema. [19] The film's budget was reported to be approximately $500,000, [20] but it grossed $4,188,738 [20] at the box office.
The film industry uses many tools and types of equipment during and after production: A A roll - Ambient light - Apple box - ...
A no-budget film is a film made with very little or no money. Actors and technicians are often employed in these films without remuneration.A no-budget film is typically made at the beginning of a filmmaker's career, with the intention of either exploring creative ideas, testing their filmmaking abilities, or for use as a professional "calling card" when seeking creative employment.
In 1996, before inflation made eggs luxury goods, Swingers was made for $250,000 (about $470,000 today), and that was considered a feat of low-budget filmmaking.
Amateur films were usually shot on 16 mm film or on 8 mm film (either Double-8 or Super-8) until the advent of cheap video cameras or digital equipment. The advent of digital video and computer based editing programs greatly expanded the technical quality achievable by the amateur and low-budget filmmaker. Amateur video has become the choice ...
Horror Film School is a new feature in which talent in front of and behind the camera share the ins and outs of creating the biggest onscreen scares. Creative duo Lee Roy Kunz and Cru Ennis wrote ...
The success of the micro-budget film Paranormal Activity in fall 2009 [6] has given a stamp of legitimacy to micro-filmmaking. Given the contraction of advertising revenues in television, the severe decline in DVD sales of major motion pictures (which generally results in approximately 50% of a film's revenues), [7] the reduced markets for Hollywood products internationally [8] and the ...
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about 2 ⁄ 3 inch); other common film gauges include 8 mm and 35 mm. It is generally used for non-theatrical (e.g., industrial, educational, television) film-making, or for low-budget motion pictures.