Seeking a filmmaker's perspective on this, especially if anyone has insight into the movie studios--although I welcome indie input too. As a writer, if I write big budget scenes (anything involving cars, planes, water, big crowds), what makes you want to put down the script and say, "That's too expensive?"
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Hey Kristin! Would it be possible to have a little more context? The mindsets and approach would differ for say a Michael Bay film that relies on those sorts of scenes to put people in seats compared to that in an indie film.
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Okay, let's just say it's a Michael Bay film. How expensive is too expensive for a scene sequence?
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Nothing would make me put down an excellent script and say, "That's too expensive.". Anything in a script can be changed. So it's an impossible question to answer.
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let say if there is a scene that only needs to shoot in a green screen，then that could save lots of money . But if u need to shoot in a extreme weather , like " the revanant" , then it must cost a lot . In others words , depending on how many scenery changes in your script and the place u shoot! second , the movement of the camera . like the link down below if the movement is very difficult , the photographer and the actor must perfom very well https://www.facebook.com/hdslrFilmMaker/videos/1116509935092225/ hope this will help!
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What D said. Write your script, create your world.
Thanks, everyone!!!