Looking at the trailer I think it's appropriate for the fund they get. Proper set and staging, not bad camera works, etc. The trailer editing quality a little bit at the lower side. But it fit the budget that they had. Making movie is expensive. You need more that 5 mil nowadays to make a proper movie. Otherwise, you have to cut a lot of corners.
I think this is something similar. Make shitty movies, take the funding ..no accountability needed. Why we need to give finas funding to any Tom dick Harry movie, when our hospitals are in bad state?
Kenot. Production funds usually were reimbursment type. You spend 10 ringgit finas return 10 ringgit. Regardless of the approved fund size.
There is a way to game the system.not saying that anyone is doing it ... But... I can think of this.. open sohai business renting or selling movie props..get the movie to exclusively use props from that company only . Say one baju sohai sohai also rm3k rental per day. Then charge into cost of production.
Later claim reimbursement ...baju special deswai 3k per day. But buy from taobao only 30 ringgit. Topkek
Or another way is, rope in sohem friends who can't act for shit, pay them like A list celebrity fee. Then drag out the production as long as possible but everyday turn up to set play game together.... so that u can Show time sheet etc... Pay them their A list actor fees, and ask them pay u back 50%. If any investigation happen, just show them see Abu hensem came to set everyday so rajin if I don't pay him so much nobody wanna do this job.
Don't try this in Malaysia, the above only applies in lawless countries like fictional marehsia
No kenot. Production grants quite strict one. They need to see original receipts and for crews they want to see bank statements. No receipts no reimbursements. Also grant only support around 50 percent of production costs.