As producers, we can influence where the budget goes, but only the director really controls what tone, what type of movie you are trying to make.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.
The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the more interesting the art.
I'm willing to give up a little control but not a lot. So I say I want the money, but when push comes to shove, I'm not sure I'll be able to compromise in order to make the big studio movie. Maybe something in between would be okay, like a low-budget studio film.
For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.
I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people that ultimately shape the film, and a director can take great material and turn it into garbage if they are not capable of making a good movie.
It is important to be financially savvy when you turn producer. As a director, you just need to have a good script in hand.
All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.
A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated.
The success of the film should depend on its budget.