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.
