How To Make A Box Office Smash Hit

First step, write your script and find your title. Two, find out where you want the movie to take place. Three, find the actors/actresses that would work in the film. Finally make the film and hope it turns out as you have hoped. The following blog is an example of a director who has made millions of money on a short budget and how he made a box office hit.

Movies these days cost a lot of money to make. Back in the late 1970s, people like John Carpenter, the mastermind behind the Halloween series, had only $320,000, but turned into a multi-million dollar project.

With this short amount, Carpenter had to think fast about how he was going to be able to hire actors, fix up the set and make the music. He and his lovely assistant, Debra Hill, had to think fast on this one. In a twist of fate, he came upon three female teenagers by the names of, Jamie Lee Curtis, PJ Soles, and Nancy Kyes.

During a running of The Inside Story:Halloween, Carpenter went on to talk about how he basically loved the horror genre and how he had big dreams of becoming the next big thing. He continuously says that if you have the heart and drive to do it then you are for sure going to have a smash hit with your target audience.

Shortly after hiring the actors and talking to them about the script, he had to get the outfits and set ready. With the budget he was on, he was in no position to purchase clothes and things to make a set. Actors and actresses alike, had to wear clothes they had at home. Clothes? Check. Actors and actresses? Check. Set? That was the next thing he had to work on. Carpenter and his crew had to come up with a set and fast. They put their thinking caps on and came up with a foreign town by the name of Haddonfield, Illinois.




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(Rob Zombie redid Halloween in 2008 and redid Halloween 2 in 2009. He has yet to release Halloween 3D)

Filming was underway at this point and everyone was on the edge of their seats hoping that all would go well. After just twenty one days of filming John and his crew had made what was sure to be a showstopper. Until one brave critic made a bold move that stopped movie goers from seeing his film.

Film critics are a movie makers worst nightmare. They can make you or break you at any point in time. Almost three weeks had gone by when another critic made the film's ticket sales go through the roof.