Can a screenplay be too small in scope? I mean is if the story and premise on the surface would automatically label it as a potential block buster, but the script sticks to mostly the same hand full locations for long periods of time.
Can a screenplay be too small in scope?
I mean is if the story and premise on the surface would automatically label it as a potential block buster, but the script sticks to mostly the same hand full locations for long periods of time.
Most filmmaking is about human interactions - life, death, love, hate, jealousy, envy, fear, gain, loss, joy, sadness, triumph, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. and about personal growth - both positive and negative. Do you consider those things small in scope?
I didn't care for Rear Window..
I didn't care for rear window..
Which one? The original by Alfred Hitchcock with James Stewart and Grace Kelly (BOOH YAH!!), or the Jeff Bleckner version with Christopher Reeve and Daryl Hannah (not bad at all)?
I'd say Gravity is a prime example. It's 2 people trying to survive in space. The scope isn't exactly "huge". But it's a huge movie.
If approached differently the movie would be a $50 million tentpole, but with the approach I am going I see not much more than $10 million or so going into the project.