ok..say for some reason there's a financier who is willing to give one of u like rm1.5 million to produce a movie...and of course he wants returns from his investment...the reason why he does not want to produce it himself is because he does not think he has the will to do it...coz he knows malaysians' attitude towards their own films...

but since he has the money, he wants to get somebody to do it...and he'd like to approach new guys...coz he wants something different...and hopefully this new venture might overtake hollywood or something

so just a theoretical question - would any of u guys have the guts to grab this opportunity and blow his mind...(or hollywood) by producing the best malaysia movie ever and try to reap millions of profits from box office collection by just utilising the 1.5 million - nothing more nothing less? genre - love, action, drama, porn etc is up to you...as long as it could be sold legitimately in the cinemas

and remember, the money can only be used to make movies...not venturing into any other business deals...and the market is only the cinema taking, forget the ancilliary markets etc...

don't ask me why i'm asking this...i think it's just a relevant question for this thread...since i see so many great movie reviewers here....and maybe there's aspiring film producers here too?

so any comments? or criticisns? or whatever?

remember...it's rm1.5 million...not USD1.5 million...

This post has been edited by silbii: May 23 2007, 01:41 AM

sure or not?

and by renting that probably u'd burst ur budget already...hehe

yuppp...pay catering and petrol also damn expensive nowadays....rm100k...hmmm...used to shoot with this budget...sakit ooo...

oh btw - to shoot in dv/hd then to kinetransfer for prints to cinemas already cost nearly rm100k ...life sucks innit?

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Added on May 6, 2008, 11:35 pmshort movie easy quite ler coz it's short... no need to pay so much on casts, location, etc etc....but ask them to produce a feature film, say more than 80 mins...then sure different feel one...coz the story needs to be really good to engage the audience for the long duration...

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Added on May 6, 2008, 11:36 pmISA dude...ever heard of lelaki komunis terakhir?? havent shown oredi got banned...haha

This post has been edited by silbii: May 6 2008, 11:36 PM

English films? ever heard of Lip to Lips or Spinning Gasing or Ah Lok Cafe or The REd KEbaya?

theyve been there, done that my friend...still cannot sell one...

btw - Yasmin's films that good eh? ever seen Rabun?

and cost of producing at rm1.5m is not big actually...most silly malay films now are at that budget

btw - j-slade, send me a proposal...

we can talk if u seriously can produce with that budget and make zillions of money from it...if not, u gotta pay back every single cent...fair?

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