Hollywood What If Chapter 11

  Kazir finished writing every small-budget movie that has huge box offices.

  He realized something obvious.

  "Most of them are horror movies." He muttered and looked at the list.

  He saw:

  The Last Exorcism

  The Devil Inside

  The Bir Witch Projebsp;

  Paranormal Activity

  Etbsp;

  These movies were famous and made a lot of money.

  Oher hand, there were small-budget movies in the edy genre like 'Napoleon Dynamite' and 'The Full Monty'.

  Kazir thought seriously while tapping his fingers. These movies might be famous, but he had to think about the pros and s.

  'First of all, let's take 'The Bir Witch Project' off the list. The biggest reason that movie made a lot of money iers was because of publicity, viral marketing, and the growing popurity of the I.'

  The Bir Witch Project cost 50,000 to make. However, the publicity for the movie was over 10 million dolrs. Together with the viral marketing that fooled the citizens of North America, 'The Bir Witch Project' became a success.

  Kazir uood that it was impossible to replicate that success now.

  The I was just getting started and no one was taking it seriously.

  It was still 1995.

  Furthermore, he didn't want to be hated. 'The Bir Witch Project' was notorious in his past life. It didn't have a good reputation and most people hated the movie to the very core of their lives.

  'Theher movies...'

  To be ho, Kazir was fident in making horror and edy films. He was a small-time director and he had experien making those kinds of movies. In his experience, he has a bad luck shooting horror movies. None of them were good.

  "... If I had to choose, it would be 'Paranormal Activity' or 'Napoleon Dynamite'".

  Napoleon Dynamite was a huge success in North America, but it was coldly received iionally. The main reason was simple: it was released in only two tries ae. It was almost five months before the movie was released iionally after its first premiere in North Ameribsp;

  Also, people outside of America couldn't uand the jokes in the movie.

  'But Paranormal Activity was different... Not only did it revive the shaky found-footage format, but it also made a lot of money. '

  "No," Kazir finally shook his head.

  "Paranormal Activity sounds good, but it has the same publicity like 'The Bir Witch Project'. They use rumors and social media to promote the movie."

  Then Calix turned his attention to the other movies instead.

  "What about Saw?"

  The movie was known for literally t its characters.

  "I do it. The filming is not difficult, but the budget..."

  The produ budget for Saw was over 1 million. Kazir had to find an ior if he wao make 'Saw'.

  Just like 'Saw', 'The Devil Inside' had the same budget.

  "Even 'The Last Exorcism' has a bigger budget, which was 1.8 million dolrs."

  He sighed. He uood that choosing a movie to make had to be taken seriously, otherwise his gamble would fail.

  If he was going to gamble, he would make sure that his ces of winning were high.

  "What about 'The Gallows'? But that movie has terrible reviews from the critics."

  'The Gallow' had the smallest budget in the list except for 'Paranormal Activity'.

  Paranormal Activity' cost 300 thousand dolrs, while 'The Gallow' cost only 100 thousand dolrs.

  Betweewo, 'The Gallow' had an acceptable price sidering Kazir's money.

  Suddenly, Kazir dropped the pen and smmed the table as he stood up.

  "Who am I kidding? The answer is obvious... Let's go with Napoleon Dynamite."

  Uhe other movies, he liked Napoleon Dynamite better.

  He also wao film the st se where Napoleon starts to dance... That robably the main reason why Kazir chose it.

  He preferred edy to horror, even though he made many horror movies in his life.

  Unlike horror films, which made him anxious and depressed because it mostly failed, edy films made him ugh and happy.

  So yes, 'Napoleon Dynamite' it is.

  "The found footage format may sound great, but they all have something in on. They are all shaky. People might get a headache watg them."

  To be ho, Kazir saw 'The Bir Witch Project' and it was terrible. He wao find the director and asked why he couldn't shoot it steady. The movie was shaking and he felt like he was getting dizzy.

  sidering that the director was a novice, it was a miracle that 'The Bir Witch Project' was successful iers.

  Kazir regained his focus and began writing the script. He had to take things seriously aer the script with the Writers Guild.

  The plot, the main characters and the sedary characters. The goofy ahh protagonist and his goofy ahh friend.

  "Perfect."

  Kazir wao leave his past behind. So shooting a horror movie was impossible.

  "If I'm going to be ho, I want to shoot an aovie. It's my biggest dream in my whole life. Unfortunately, shooting an aovie will millions of dolrs and it's impossible for someone like me."

  Anyway, Napoleon Dynamite, here we go.

  [Author's he real reason I chose Napoleon Dynamite is simple... I don't want to watch horror movies for research. The st time I watched 'Final Destination' I became overly cautious of my surroundings].