The company ‘Warp Films’ is run by the director Shane Meadows, in the clip that we have watched Shane discusses what is better in about making a low budget film like ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’.

In the clip that we watched Shane Meadows mentioned that there was a system in the low budget films, this means that they have a list of what they need to do and they then follow that list to keep the costs down.

Then Shane Meadows mentioned that in the film ‘This is England’ they had to look for a residential area that looked the most like a 70’s residential area, so that they didn’t have to make any scenes because they couldn’t afford to make anything, then they found a residential are in Newcastle which wasn’t modernised since the 70’s, this then saved they lots of money and it kept the cost down. Then also in the film ’This is England’ Shane mentioned that he had to rent out lots of old cars for the set and he then said that they were becoming too expensive to rent out, so he then bought some cars off of eBay around for £200 and they then used them in the scenes, also they repaired some because the cars didn’t work when they bought them.

Later on into the clip Shane Meadows then said that he got to know the actors more better because the crew (camera men ect...) were later to arrive than the actors and Shane, this meant that they would rehearse the scenes before the crew went to film the movie and that Shane Meadows would get to know the actors and this would also reduce the actors making errors whilst the cameras were still rolling, this also cuts the cost. Shane then went on to talk about it is not about the actors in the film, he said that if you have a well known actor in the film they may not suite the description of the character in the story, so he would employ actors that may not be well known, but they fit the description of the character perfectly, this is also lowering the cost.

Shane then mentioned that he preferred low budget films because there is less of a risk when making the film and when the film is in the movies, this is because if the audience do not like the film then it won’t be as big of a loss as a middle priced film.

Finally Shane mentioned that he used standard lights that are found in houses rather than studio spot lights, this was because they are cheaper and that they give the film a more realistic effect and it is like the audience are in that room with the actors because of the lighting.