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Karl: Don't forget it is low-budget. There's so much I could have done if we had a budget.
Conrad: (to Karl) But you're getting a lot of production value in your movie -
Karl: You do the best you can and don't rely on special effects; just go with the story.
Conrad: The story - right!
Karl: …People say [to me], "I liked the story" -
Jennifer: And then you have these people who come on [screen], like the people we were talking about, selling blood in these different decades. It's as if they come on and that's a little story [each time], so you're really going through this whole set of scenarios.
[It turns out Deana sculpts resin models for kits, including a line of "baby" horror characters like Pumpkinhead with a jack-o-lantern juice bottle, and Freddy in a diaper with a glove made of spoons! She talks about her mentor.]
Deana: I took my first piece to a show that he happened to be at. He had done a Darkness from Legend for Classic Plastic. I had done Lily from the movie. His friend pointed him out and said, "He did the Darkness kit, why don't you show him?" So I took it over there and… instead of taking it apart he said, "Why don't you do this, this and this next time?" So the second time I did the Good Witch from Army of Darkness, and I brought it back to him and said, "Well, I did what you told me, what do you think?" He was like, "Omygod, you listened to everything I said?" I sold that one.
[While going over prospects for future productions, Karl explains why new filmmakers have turned to video.]
Karl: When you shoot on film one of the problems is, the budget's very high. Now you have a film in your hand, now what do you do with it? Most of the movie theaters throughout the country are owned by Sony -
Steve: There's three companies that own all of them.
Karl: So you go to them and say, "I'd like to show this movie." And they say, "Well, Sony didn't give its OK; we can't play it here." Because if you do, and Sony finds out that you played a non-Sony movie, they'll rip up your contract. You'll never get another film.
Steve: There are very few independent theaters, that's the problem.
Jennifer: You can't "four-wall" anymore.
Karl: What do you do, show it in New York? That's what it comes down to.