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    Here's a great Planet Money podcast that features this movie! Basically the producer, Jason Blum makes money by highly restricting the budget for each movie. (he made Paranormal Activity for $15K)

     

    Blum has very strict rules for his movies

    • Not too many speaking parts, speaking extras are on a different pay scale than non-speaking (also explains the empty extra less scenes, sounds like he limited non-speaking roles too).
    • Not too many locations, most economical is in one house
    • Pay talent as little as possible, pay using box office bonuses

    Here are the two reporters discussing how "The Boy Next Door" follows those rules

     

     

     

    SMITH: The movie "The Boy Next Door" was designed with these three rules in mind. There are barely any extras.

     

    HENN: There's a dance scene in the movie and you're, like, looking around, and you're like, are there people at this dance? Where is everybody?

     

    SMITH: I'm also guessing most of them don't speak (laughter).

     

    HENN: Oh, I don't think there's an extra in the entire movie who says one word.

     

    SMITH: Also the movie mostly takes place in a house and a school - just two places.

     

    HENN: And Jennifer Lopez and Rob Cohen are working for the minimum legal salaries. They're getting equity in the film. They get an ownership stake. But if the movie flops, they will earn next to nothing.

     

    Also there's nearly zero budget for special effects. They talk about the eye stabbing scene in the episode and I HIGHLY recommend listening (I won't spoil it) on how they had to make it work since they basically ran out of money and the scene wasn't going to be shot and the producer refused to give them more money to finish it.

     

    Transcript: http://www.npr.org/t...oryId=439632877

     

    Episode: http://www.npr.org/s...ng-in-hollywood

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