Trongpai wrote:Making a movie in Thailand is nowhere near Western costs.
Some of those Thai soap operas seem to be filmed in fairly elaborate homes. I don't know if those are studio sets or actual homes they either rent or buy.
As an aside, speaking of homes, one of my favorite true stories occurred in 1929 during the filming of a silent Laurel and Hardy comedy called
Big Business.
The main action of the film involved literally destroying a house. Studio owner Hal Roach bought a house in a local neighborhood for just that purpose. And making the film, they really did destroy and demolish the house. Only one little problem - it was the wrong house! Somehow the film crew got the address wrong and the house they destroyed was the one next door to the one Mr. Roach had purchased.
The homeowners were away on a holiday during most of the filming, which was why nobody was home to stop them. Imagine their surprise when they returned home right in the middle of the filming. The wife nearly had a heart attack. I don't know how much Mr. Roach ended up paying in compensation, but I love the story.
I can't help but wonder if any Thai film crews have ever made little mistakes like that.