Saw' was a film that James Wan and I came up with back in Australia and we were just hoping anyone, literally, anyone would make that film and if nobody would give us the money we were going to shoot it in a garage somewhere.
All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it.
'Saw' really came from that want, the aspiration to make a feature film on our own.
YouTube's a funny place because so many creators fall into their aesthetics out of necessity and the visuals are driven out of an urge to create. You get a lot of interesting examples of interesting design choices that have roots in practicality as well as an artistic sentiment.
More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.
If you really want to have an anarchist experience, make a movie with a studio.
I was really into emo and scene culture in middle school.
You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.
I represent a kind of underground, punk side of drag.
