A lot of indie filmmakers are into horror. It's been said on here a lot and I went to a film festival this year, this being the second festival I went to. Almost every movie there was a horror. Accept for some bigger budget foreign films, which were showed for less cost possibly, almost every domestic one was a horror.
Mostly genres such as slasher, found footage, zombie, and not really slasher, but crazy ex lover stalker genre, unless that counts as slasher too maybe. The general consensus among filmmakers at the festival, or even some on here maybe, who all agree that horror is better for very low budget.
However, I am not sure quite how writing a horror script myself, saves on low budget. Here's part of a sequence I wrote:
EXT. ALLEYWAY -- NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS
Kimble pulls up aways from the house, in the alley, quietly
so Tyler cannot hear --
KIMBLE (V.O.)
Okay, I'll help you back into the
window.
INT. CAR -- CONTINUOUS
KIMBLE
(puts the car in park)
Quickly--
Tyler kicks in the window, nearly hitting Kimble with his
foot -- Kimbled ducks back from the glass shatter -- Tyler
reaches in and unlocks the door -- Kimble opens and shoves
the door, knocking Tyler away --
Sheila puts the car in drive,
and attempts to get to gas, but cannot --
Tyler jumps back into the car, on top of Kimble -- Kimble
accidently floors the gas --
Shiela opens the door and gets
out, just before the car speeds off down the alley -- Tyler
and Kimble try to stear the wheel while struggling and hit a
tree -- Sheila lays on the ground hurt --
As you can see, I am not sure how this saves on budget, since I would still have to write things such as people falling down, getting hit by a door, etc. That stuff causes injuries, and therefore will cause quite a bit of money I am guessing for insurance, so how exactly is writing horror, cheaper? Or did I miss the concept?
Mostly genres such as slasher, found footage, zombie, and not really slasher, but crazy ex lover stalker genre, unless that counts as slasher too maybe. The general consensus among filmmakers at the festival, or even some on here maybe, who all agree that horror is better for very low budget.
However, I am not sure quite how writing a horror script myself, saves on low budget. Here's part of a sequence I wrote:
EXT. ALLEYWAY -- NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS
Kimble pulls up aways from the house, in the alley, quietly
so Tyler cannot hear --
KIMBLE (V.O.)
Okay, I'll help you back into the
window.
INT. CAR -- CONTINUOUS
KIMBLE
(puts the car in park)
Quickly--
Tyler kicks in the window, nearly hitting Kimble with his
foot -- Kimbled ducks back from the glass shatter -- Tyler
reaches in and unlocks the door -- Kimble opens and shoves
the door, knocking Tyler away --
Sheila puts the car in drive,
and attempts to get to gas, but cannot --
Tyler jumps back into the car, on top of Kimble -- Kimble
accidently floors the gas --
Shiela opens the door and gets
out, just before the car speeds off down the alley -- Tyler
and Kimble try to stear the wheel while struggling and hit a
tree -- Sheila lays on the ground hurt --
As you can see, I am not sure how this saves on budget, since I would still have to write things such as people falling down, getting hit by a door, etc. That stuff causes injuries, and therefore will cause quite a bit of money I am guessing for insurance, so how exactly is writing horror, cheaper? Or did I miss the concept?