Being right in the thick of making my second independent feature film there's a certain pride I take in watching this show and seeing them bitch about how they've only got $1M dollars to make their movie. Boo-fucking-hoo. They probably spend more on lunch their first day then we're spending on our entire thing. Not that I'd turn away from a chance to make a film with a (proper) budget, but there's also a lot of waste on film and television sets. People tend to want and need things just because they've always had them as opposed to really, actually, needing them.
This season was different from the first in that they had separate competitions for directors and writers. I still wonder how much of their casting is about picking the contestants that'll be the most entertaining on screen. I'm sure they'd like to make a decent film out of the whole thing, but I imagine that the TV show does more revenue and is, therefore, more important.
If you're a film nerd and interested in behind the scenes of making a film, there's few things as indepth as these. Check 'em out if you can find them!
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