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Lessons
from the
Big Screen
Inspiration and Lessons
can come f rom a myriad
of sources and some-
times even from the
most unexpected ones.
By Srishti Tyagi
A typical question that floats amidst
any easy conversation is, “Which is
your favourite movie?” One of the
greatest source of entertainment for
humanity is cinema, so building a
conversation around this question
becomes convenient. But, building
movies themselves is not as con-
venient a task to perform.
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Movies are an extravagant affair.
Expensive cast, exorbitant cost of
production and extensive marketing
are all essential expenses that one
has to bear while keeping in mind
production of a movie that may
have a deep impact on its viewers.
The average budget of films is es-
timated to be anywhere between
70-80 million dollars and that is
excluding the budget spent on mar-
keting and promotion of the film.
Inherently, you would want to pro-
duce content that most of the peo-
ple would like to watch. Except we
get a plethora of genres in movies,
owing to the fact that we are all dif-
ferent, culturally and otherwise.