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"Almost nothing" in movie terms means "the cost of a house". Not "almost nothing" on a normal human scale.
by Joeboy 5y ago
"Almost nothing" in movie terms means "the cost of a house". Not "almost nothing" on a normal human scale.
- justinator 5y agoI would actually say, "almost nothing" in movie terms means, "human scale almost nothing" all the way to perhaps, "cost of a house". We all have phones, video editing software is free, there's plenty of distribution channels. If you want to make a movie for "almost nothing", you can do so. Doesn't mean it's going to be good, or that anyone wants to see it. Is this a peculiar concept? We all work OSS every day, right?
- Joeboy 5y agoTrue, to the extent that any 90 minutes of smartphone footage uploaded to youtube is technically "a movie". In order to be "a movie" in the sense that Evil Dead or Primer are movies, I would say you need a bit more than that.
- justinator 5y agoI really wouldn't consider, "a budget larger than, 'x'" one of the defining traits of what, "a movie" is. That's gatekeeping.
- Joeboy 5y agoI would also vigorously oppose such a view.