BSA 306 - Week 2

Robert Rodriguez

1992 made El Mariachi – Budget of $7000 is recognised as the lowest budgeted film to make over one million at the box office (made 2 million after being picked up for distribution by Columbia Pictures)

Films include –
From Dusk till Dawn (1996)


Spy Kids (2001)


The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)


Both Sin City Films (2005 & 2014)


https://vimeo.com/36873453
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQE9eEmu1b4


Richard Linklater

Waking Life (2001)


A Scanner Darkly (2006)



Made Boyhood (2014) which was shot over a 12 year period using the same actors. Shot without a completed script, just the major plot points mapped out. The De Havilland law, which makes it illegal to contract someone for more than seven years, meant that the actors did not sign contracts.