Why does a film fail?

Why does a film fail?

Making a film is not a very easy task, almost all of you would have the idea about it. Working hard surely will help you to avoid your film to go for a flop, but it depends on the way you work hard.   Every person works very hard for achieving his/her dream, but only some of them reaches the platform, because of the way they use their skills, and work towards their goal as well. Now there are many reasons for your film to become a success, but also many reasons as well for it to fail, and I will highlight some of the points related to this. The first and the most common mistake is the story losing its track. Sometimes your film starts with a plot which grasps the attention of the audience, but later on loses the strength of the story either because of losing the track, or by the climax already being discovered from the audience. The story usually gets out of track either because of the plan being very poor, or even sometimes by not having the idea of the structure of your film. Until, and unless your film will not be structured in front of you with using the stage such as ‘Step Outline’, then it will be lost from the way which the film was flowing. 

The next reason can be the cast members chosen for the film. It is very essential to choose the cast suiting a particular role. As a film maker it is your duty for the character sketch to be done to exactly know which character you are giving birth, and also how is his/her personality. Occasionally in some movies there are elements added which are not very necessary, and also irritates the audience, such as over dramatic scenes until, and unless it’s not needed. To follow the genre of the story will help your film to avoid failing also. Until and unless the ambiance is not created, the film will also not reach the audience.

Technical elements also sometimes are not used properly, such as the editing or music used which can distract the audience from gaining the interest in the film. Confusing the audience can help enhance your genre like suspense, and also to keep them watching the film, but a maze should end at a certain point of time right? So it’s also very important to know when, and how to reveal the suspense instead of just exaggerating it, which will avoid the attention of the audience to break. 

Maintaining the continuity also sometimes helps saves your film. Connecting the story from the beginning to the end is very necessary to remember which will help avoiding the audience being over confused, and also make the movie look sensible in front of them. The creative direction should also be properly done, and also match the story which you will execute.

 Sometimes you shoot in another state, and in the film the particular location will be given the name of another existing state. It is very important not to cheat your audience, and if you will manipulate, it should be done in a witty way. Remember that our audience is very smart, especially now a days.

 One major reason which a film fails is because of the type of audience. You see, as I had spoken earlier in my previous posts that as a film maker you will have a blind audience, so you do not know who is interested in what, and how they will judge your film. The personnel opinion can effect and influence the actual presentation of the movie. One example which is very common, if you go for a film which you personally do not like, then you might avoid your known person who later on might not go, or psychologically it might affect the interest if he/she goes to watch the film. Hence you learn from your mistakes, and later on can avoid it as well. So as film maker make sure that these mistakes are not occurred, and it will help you become a successful film maker.