Hollywood Makes a Change (2011)

An incompetent Hollywood producer completely changes an original script into an entry in an awful horror franchise.

Director:

Zach Zeman

Writers:

Andrea Kout (story), Grant Zeman (story),

Stars:

Andrea Kout, Jessica Kout, Grant Zeman

Cast

Credited cast:
Andrea Kout	...	Charlotte Records / Lacy White
Jessica Kout	...	Hope Taylor
Grant Zeman	...	Earl Grant / Miranda Gray
Isabelle Zeman	...	Abby Bronze / Joyce Pitchers / Julia Heartfelt / Katie Larte
Victor Zeman	...	Mel Brighton / Ash
Zach Zeman	...	Eugene Wetherspoon / Gabe Sutter

Storyline

An incompetent Hollywood producer, Charlotte Records, completely changes an original script into an entry in an awful horror franchise. They choose the worst possible actors and crew for the film and everything slowly spins out of control all up to the first day of production, where all hell breaks loose.

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Plot Keywords:

improv | spoof | mockumentary | hollywood | satire

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 August 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Now Showing

Box Office

Budget:

$1,530 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The handy cam that Earl uses to film the movie at the end was a last minute decision. The director couldn't find a good-looking camera so he decided to use a bad-looking one instead.

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Goofs

In the Casting Meeting scene, the crew can be seen in the reflection of the back window.

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Quotes

Miranda Gray: This is an outrage!

User Reviews

An interesting short that peaked my interest.

Hollywood Makes a Change is an interesting short that kept me interested. The film is a mockumentary that farces Hollywood and the constant bad decisions made during the production of the movie. In the very first scene, the entire mood of the film is set up and you know things will be ridiculous. The producer constantly makes changes and acts like it's not a big deal which farces the producer in Hollywood who does make changes but they at least think about what they're doing.

The humor is what kept me going, in the director's commentary, Zach Zeman states that every line is improvised and I have to give Kudos to the cast for doing a great job. Not many times does improv work well. The camera shots rarely changed per scene but I believe that may have been the style of the film, what distracted the viewer from boredom was the hilarious cast and all of their personalities.

Hollywood Makes a Change is a well done film for a budget as low as it was made on and I'd like to see more out of the director to see what he's capable of.