It's one of those movies that came and went and despite having plenty of big names in the cast, it feels like a low
budget movie shot on the run.
Not exact matches
Someone took footage from a low
budget movie called «Desert Warrior», did a fast overdub to add the offensive comments, and put it out on the net to obscure the fact that these people in the lands attacked by the US are actually angry over invasion, conquest, looting, drone strikes against civilians, torture, and being
shot at by the United States on behalf of Israel.
The story goes that Whedon was burnt out after making his billion dollar Avengers
movie, and decided to detox by
shooting a no -
budget Shakespeare adaptation in his home.
In fact, The Film House
shot one low -
budget movie on location in Central New York, «American Dresser.»
What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films
shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big -
budget productions with real
movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.
Much of the attention for the
movie has centered on its preposterously low
shooting budget and camera, an iPhone 5s with a $ 7.99 high - def app, a Steadicam rig, and the odd anamorphic lens.
The earlier film was
shot in England on a very low
budget, and such hints as Eleanor's obviously foreign car (mischievously, in the new
movie Nell drives a Gremlin) and a briefly glimpsed «To Let» billboard suggest much of the location filming was done on the fly.
With few exceptions, the
movie has a dingy palette that's familiar from lower -
budget, digitally
shot movies, and its trembling camerawork is best described as functional.
«At Berkeley» — Frederick Wiseman's four - hour documentary about the great public university,
shot in 2010 at a time of campus - wide unrest over
budget shortfalls, says more about the state of American education — and by extension, America itself — than any other
movie this year.
Its aesthetic is cut - rate anonymity of the kind sometimes associated with direct - to - video
movies (it was partly
shot in Sofia, which is the capital of both Bulgaria and the low -
budget action industry) and crappy TV.
Ticking off the film's
budget ($ 53 million, which climbed to $ 60 million) and
shooting schedule (100 days) with a morose disbelief that has persisted a decade, Anderson believes that «there were too many things about that
movie that weren't fun for me that I thought ought to be.»
Shot in nondescript Los Angeles locations, including a generic apartment where much of the action takes place, the
movie has a flat, featureless look more suitable to one of the low -
budget, semiprofessional productions that Mr. Affleck helps sponsor through the «Project Greenlight» contest.
While Florentine and his longtime cinematographer, Ross W. Clarkson, manage to get a few»90s Hollywood - flavored Steadicam
shots in, much of the
movie is composed in an anemic, impersonal style that more closely resembles Florentine's past career as a regular director on various Power Rangers TV shows than the low -
budget craft of Ninja (2009) or Undisputed III: Redemption (2010).
That Sony's disc was serviceable entails that even the minor improvement made here results in The Muppet
Movie looking rather strong for a movie approaching 30 that was not shot on the highest of budgets or film st
Movie looking rather strong for a
movie approaching 30 that was not shot on the highest of budgets or film st
movie approaching 30 that was not
shot on the highest of
budgets or film stocks.
Beginning with «Easy Rider» (photographed by Kovács), they helped redefine the way
movies looked, from grabbing
shots on the fly for young directors making personal films on low
budgets to using natural light to give a heightened realism to their studio productions.
There are also unsubstantiated reports that Beatty
shot the
movie off and on during that period even thought it officially has a rumored and quite conservative production
budget of just under $ 27 million.
«As long as our PA Governor and Legislators pass the state
budget and include the film tax credit, we will
shoot the
movie in the Greater Philadelphia area.
Psycho is pulpy and sordid and perverse,
shot in black and white on a low
budget to give it the tawdry feel of a B
movie, and directed with the impeccable craft of a master who knew how to shock the sensibilities and shake up the expectations of an audience.
«It's a crap
shoot with low -
budget movies,» said Gilreath.
Although this was essentially a low
budget independent film, John Carpenter chose to
shoot the
movie in anamorphic widescreen Panavision.
The independent Franchise Films offered Duffy a
budget of about $ 6 million, and the
movie was
shot on a brisk 32 - day schedule with a cast that includes Willem Dafoe, Billy Connolly, and potbellied porn star Ron Jeremy.
This one was interesting because we
shot it in the Dominican Republic, so it was a very low -
budget movie but we
shot in the exotic location.
Brad Pitt famously bailed on «The Fountain» weeks before it was start
shooting, but he scaled back the
budget, snagged Hugh Jackman and got the
movie made.
Naturally, Gerwig would have preferred to film all of Lady Bird in Sacramento — just like she and Levy, also the cinematographer for this
movie, talked about doing back in the day — but proved her
budget savvy by
shooting, for instance, the interior of the McPherson home in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley.
The action unfolds in the cramped quarters of a dingy, dark bedroom where they're
shooting a steamy love scene between Juliette (Josephine Decker) and Eric (Kent Osborne), the attractive stars of a low -
budget movie.
Zombie master George Romero directed this tale of a film crew who are
shooting a low -
budget horror
movie when a zombie outbreak occurs.
It Came from Kuchar (Unrated) Bio-pic recounting the enduring career of twins George and Mike Kuchar, legendary, low -
budget filmmakers from the Bronx who got their start in the Fifties
shooting movies in the backyard with an 8 mm camera they borrowed from their Aunt.
THE FIRST BUT PERHAPS NOT THE LAST Steven Soderbergh
movie to get a theatrical release in 2018 is Unsane, which was
shot on the iPhone 7 Plus with 4K capture and, of course, a kit of add - on lenses and stabilizers, with probably half the $ 1.2 million
budget going to image - enhancing postproduction.
The
movie does have some pretty impressive production design considering its presumably small
budget, so it's a shame to see all that hard work wasted on a director more interested in unnecessary visual flourishes (like a POV
shot from a water bucket) than focusing on important things like character and story.
At the film's recent press day, Mirren revealed her approach to the role, what it was like having the opportunity to improvise on set, acting opposite the renowned Puri and what the two share in common, what she looks for in a project, why the director is an important consideration, why she likes to alternate between big
movies and smaller low
budget films, her lifelong attraction to French culture, her latest film that she's currently
shooting with director Simon Curtis entitled «Woman in Gold,» and her upcoming biopic, «Trumbo,» with Bryan Cranston about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
As adapted and
shot by writer - director Leslie Greif, Funny Money suffers from a low
budget look that has this one tagged as a straight - to - video or basic cable release, with video textures, spotty use of the generic soundtrack, and sets and props that give off that «we found this stuff lying around, so let's use it for the
movie» quality to them.
For its modest
budget for a superhero
movie, the action scenes were decent although there may be some
shot using green screen backdrops.
Smartly
shot for a very modest
budget of $ 30 million (lots of strings were certainly pulled to get such a cast of famous personalities onboard), Rogen and Goldberg know where and when it's most effective to go for special effects (this does not feel like a low
budget Hollywood film), and they do so without letting visuals or star egos get in the way of making a very funny
movie.
The transfer provides the
movie with an apt look, e.g., that of a «70s low -
budget sci - fi
shot on cheap, fast stock.
There's a considerable amount of absurdity to the foundation of the plan by Tony Mendez (Affleck, quite strong in stone - faced performance, making his occasional outward displays of emotion even more valuable): Fake a medium - to - low
budget science - fiction
movie that would necessitate
shooting in Tehran.
«Carlton Cuse's whole plan is we're gonna
shoot it on a
movie budget, we're gonna have the same stunts as
movies, it's gonna feel like a
movie but you're gonna watch it every week,» he said in the Collider chat.
Shot on a low -
budget often with hidden cameras and using a mix of professionals (like Johansson) and non-actors, «Under the Skin» feels dually creepy — it tells a strange story and, reportedly, the everyday Scotsmen she picks up didn't recognize the raven - haired, English - accented Johansson or know that a
movie was being made.
It's a strange backdrop for an even stranger
movie, which was
shot in a low -
budget location, yet could afford top - shelf character actors and indie all - stars — including Toby Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michelle Yeoh as various creators and caretakers.
As of 2009, Nigeria is the third largest producer of
movies in the world, producing over 2,400 films a year (all
shot on video on shoe - string
budgets and released straight to video) and generating $ 286 million a year for the Nigerian economy.
Whether you're making a low
budget indie film, or the next Avengers
movie, it's standard practice to hire all your camera and lighting equipment for the duration of the
shoot.
Mudbound is beautifully
shot, well - acted, and surprisingly sweeping for a
movie with a relatively small
budget of $ 10 million; if it's guilty of anything, it's perhaps trying to do too much at once, which is understandable given its novelistic scope.
The
movie was
shot on digital video on a modest
budget and as a result, suffers severely in the video department.
The
movie is hampered by its low
budget, much of which evaporated during
shooting, and by its lack of Welles» usual brilliant sound.
With an $ 11 million
budget and a 31 - day
shooting schedule, I, Tonya was never going to be an eight - hours - a-day-in-the-makeup-chair kind of
movie.
Shot on a modest (for a superhero
movie anyway)
budget by first - time director Miller (whose most well - known work prior to this film is likely the opening credit sequence of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Deadpool certainly isn't the flashiest film, but it does its best to look like it cost more than it did.
Shot on a modest (for a superhero
movie anyway)
budget by first - time director Miller (whose most well - known work prior to this film is likely the opening credit sequence of
The team
shot the scale model at the U.K.'s Sheperton Studios, where other high -
budget Hollywood
movies like Harry Potter and James Bond have been filmed.
Playing Lococycle feels much like you've crashed into an alternate universe where Quentin Tarantino and a cheap porn director got together to
shoot a
budget movie.
Planned, organized, and
budgeted film
shoots utilizing
Movie Magic
Budgeting and Scheduling.