Six words and let's roll
Vsetín cinema Vatra's golden times are long over. The last time it sold out was two years ago and the only guaranteed blockbuster is Harry Potter. When the film Modrý mauritius (Blue Mauritius) was screened at the end of June, though, the capacity of the cinema did not suffice and many viewers had to watch the film standing up.
The film was made by local fourth-year secondary students. And even though none of the students knew anything about cinematography, they managed to fill the local cinema and made it into the pages of a national newspaper after 10 months of intensive work.
Balanced budget
A British aristocrat is celebrating his birthday at his estate and he shows off his treasure – the famous Blue Mauritius stamp – to his friends. He is murdered soon after, but the stamp surprisingly stays in the safe. British detectives are joined by an idiosyncratic Russian detective who solves the case and catches the offender. The plot was created during one of the first September math classes when the classmates exchanged pieces of paper onto which they wrote words they thought should be used in a movie they made up on the spot out of boredom. One of them then took six words home (Blue Mauritius, stamp robbery, Great Britain) with a clear mission to write a script that would contain them.
They succeeded and, unlike to professional film crews who complain about insufficient of finances, the Vsetín students managed to balance their budget immediately after opening night. The shooting cost CZK 9,000, which they borrowed from friends and earned at seasonal jobs at South Moravian vineyards. Their expenses returned during the opening night based on a voluntary entrance fee, and they…
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