thread: 2007-10-04 : A dawning realization
On 2007-12-08, John Kim wrote:
I want to confirm with Darcy. My best friend from high school wrote and directed one of the films in this years After Dark Horrorfest (Nightmare Man). I went to the fest premiere party and showings with him. There is a lot of crazy stuff that went on during the filming, but that was in part because it was a horrendous strain.
Point being: yes, it is a field where you have some really intense times where people do wacky stuff. Horror films are the only genre where you have commercial low-budget productions, because they aren't sold on star actors. In practice, movie making is basically four groups: (1) big studio films; (2) small commercial horror films; (3) non-commercial films like documentaries, shorts, etc.; and (4) porn of various types. So you can get these real entrepeneurial ventures which make money but are still unconventional and wacky.
