Ollie Johnson
AS/A2 Media

The budget affects the production practices used because a film with a higher budget will have more money avaliable to use on different techniques, sets etc. Film with lower budgets will be more limited to the production practices that they can use. If a film has more production practices avaliable it can appeal to a larger target audience because it can use more techniques that appeal to different classes of people. For example in 'Dead Mans Shoes', the budget was very limited and this shows in the film. The dialogue is mostly improvised and there are no purpose built sets used. There are not many actors and none are established actors or stars. This makes the film more realistic and appeals mostly to working class males because they might be able to relate to the some characters in the film, and how realistic they appears. In 'Hot Fuzz' the budget is much larger and this shows in the film. There are many more famous actors and most of them are well know british comedic actors. This appeals to a wider target audience because the actors alone make people want to watch the film becuase of previous roles. There are also many purpose built sets and special effects. These production practices, while not neccessarily making the film more realistic, make it more entertaining for a wider more general audience.