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When Burmese cinema went back to the era before Kovid and the coup, the success of movies was defined together with artistic success. But now, the success of the film is being recalculated based on cost and revenue, said a producer.
''Before Kovid, films were censored appropriately. I shoot with artistic competition. the story The script and the shots are done in detail. An era of great competition. Now calculate the cost. It's more of a film that focuses on how much you can get back. Needless to say, there is no quality looking car. But it's very rare,'' said a producer.
There are still dozens of films made before Covid that have not been released. Most of these films cost between 3,000 and 4,000 lakhs, so there are producers who have not yet released the film, calculating that if it is released at this time, it may incur a loss without funding.
Therefore, at least three people from the film community said that in the current Myanmar film market, they are only prioritizing films that have been shot recently and trying to make a profit.
''The cars in the queue at the beginning have spent at least 3,000,000. Now the viewership is low, so the producers don't dare to post it. Because if it is released, it will cost at least 100 lakhs more. Posters and advertisements hanging in theaters, I have to connect the booking manager, They are thinking of loading the cars first because they will run out of things to do with the stickers for the stations,'' said a producer.
Therefore, the current movie theaters give priority to movies that have been shot recently, and there are producers and directors who do not spend more than one hundred thousand in the movie market.
Most of them spend between 800,000 and 1,000 kyats for a movie, 200,000 kyats for male actors and 50,000 kyats for female actors.
``We will spend 300,000,000 for the actress and the actor. If the director and screenplay take 100,000, then the remaining 400,000 will be spent on filming expenses. At the most, they spend only 800,000,000 for a full movie,'' said a Shutin manager.
It is said that these reduced cost films have between a maximum of a week and a minimum of 5 days of shooting. Currently, for a movie, they usually shoot between 55 and 60 scenes, depending on the movie.
For that reason, only if they shoot between eight and nine duties for a movie, they can shoot at least 55 scenes in a week. But the director's community said that the shooting duty was divided into two parts, day and night, and the shooting was completed in five days.
Duty is the shooting time of the day, and one duty is set from six in the morning to six in the evening.
''It just happened to be a video. I hit Juty harder. Now, if we go to May for a week, there will be a week's hotel and food expenses for the whole group. But if the duty is increased and the printing is done in five days, it will save two days. The entire team, including the actors, will have to pay two shifts day/night. But the hotel and food costs have been reduced a lot. A director told me that they started shooting after such a calculation.
But according to the fame and popularity of the filming director, there are some producers who pay a maximum of 12 duties to some directors.
''Before the age, young directors would shoot one film at a time. Two cars at most. Most of the directors who are shooting now take five, six days and one film, as if they were spinning with a machine. Only directors who shoot about four films a month are running. Guess the movie quality. If you shoot like this, even a layman can calculate how it will come out,'' a veteran director criticized.
A director who is no longer making movies even though he is in the country, said that the current movie market has become movies that are shot now, and there is no time for story and screenplay.
``When we were shooting, it took six months to a year for a script, and we improved the quality of the story until we shot it. At least, instead of changing to improve the world of cinema, they moved to the world of cinema by doing well as individuals,'' said a young director.
Currently, instead of preparing and shooting exactly according to the script called Production Design, shooting at the right place, etc. We no longer use a costume designer who arranges the clothes for the character according to the role, and there is no more detailed process such as what the actor can wear according to his preferences, and it becomes a style that the actor wants to wear.
''It's not good to shoot a few days, Rather than days being good, there must be a proper shooting time to shoot a movie. Then a film that can verify the quality will be released,'' said a young director.