As long as it is a local movie, I guess it doesn't matter if its real-life or animated film.
Maybe a local animation would be so bad as long as the story is good (good graphic is a plus of course).

If a team can come up with a good animation that cost less than 1.5mil, that's pretty awesome.

in b4 "but pixar/dreamworks/etc had to spend more than that.."- lines

yupp...some ppl think it's just pacak camera...shoot..do simple edit..then can get into cinema...they forget the in between process uses a lot of money....and to blow up the thing for cinema also needs loads of money....

i think DV can be blown up for cinema release...but quality wont be that great ler....depending on the compression they use when shooting i think...but i'm so not well versed in this, so no comment from me now...gotta learn some more first

i read that 24 Days Later was shot in DV in some of the crucial scenes...maybe that should be a guide to go low-cost...

oh..in this inflation age...RM1.5M so ciput actually....value of money gone down

on a slightly different note - what do u guys think of Yasmin's films camerawork? i see Mokhsin and i think the cost for that wasnt that high since she always go wide-single-shot...pacak kamera and 5,6 ppl acting in out of the frame...hehe...no need tracking panning or reverse shots...it's creative but at some point kinda malas (well, it's her art )

but i bet the DoP and camera crew boys sure lepak one since no need to penat2 do tracking etc...

if u compare to Cinta's shot...see the camera never duduk diam one...always moving everywhere...and possible that's why ppl love Kabir's work in terms of cinematography

If they give it to me, I could.. I've always wanted to direct a movie (recently, I got an offer by a friend to be a director but its in Theatre production... which is quite tiring and irritating and often fake... I rejected, of course... they clashes my schedules..)

1.5mill is actually enough to direct in malaysia. But if you want quality actors, I think I know some people... heheh.... but I don't actually prefer to use local and overly exploited talents... there are some people who are still living, working and doing a degree who is much more talented than those SPM leavers who want to breaking through by joining teledramas...

This post has been edited by aoibhealFae: May 20 2008, 02:21 PM