"Planet Earth" was an 11 part series, filmed in Britain that premiered on the discovery channel in the United States. This was filmed in high definition, took over two years to complete, and $22 million to create. They traveled all over on three eight-week journeys that allowed them to explore the habitats of different types of animals, as well as observe nature in the desert, mountains, jungle, and more places as well. They advertised for this well and got their name out there so people knew what it was about and were very likely to watch it when it premiered. The producer of this show had done another documentary, titled "The Blue Planet", before this one that cost $10 million for an eight-part series. It took 20 camera teams, five years, and was shown in more than 50 countries. There were different types of camera techniques used and lots of people on this crew.
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In the second article, it talked about three filmmakers using a very low budget to create films. They did not have any of the fancy supplies like those who did "Planet Earth" had, but they still had the passion for their project and knew they would somehow figure out how to find people to help with this, cameras, writers, etc. They had been planning their movie "Laws of Gravity" for a while, found some actors for it, and found the supplies they needed. It was all filmed with a handheld camera. They had one set for the movie, so that already saved a ton of money by not traveling like most filmmakers do. This only took twelve days to film, unlike the years it takes most movies. The entire movie, with props, equipment, production, etc., only cost about $38,000. Another movie they did, "The Living End" was done on a budget of about $22,000. They were just smart about who they had working on the film, what equipment and props were actually necessary, and where they filmed. They didn't need the effects like other movies did. They were still able to do their job and complete the task of creating a low budget film. These two movies didn't get all the hype that "Planet Earth" did, and it wasn't advertised like the show on the Discovery Channel, but they still did the same type of thing. Three filmmakers wanted to make a movie, but had little money for it. In some ways, they had to actually work harder because they had to cut back on things they may have wanted, since they didn't have funding for it. I think there can still be some great movies and documentaries done without having a huge budget and tons of advertising and well-known actors/narrators. You just have to look a little harder to find these ones. http://www.nextwavefilms.com/ulbp/abc.html | Fred Olivier/Discovery Channel and BBC Image |
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