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  • Peli Handled Most Of The Production Duties To Finish Making The Movie In A Week on Random Facts About Making Of 'Paranormal Activity' Most People Don't Know About

    (#13) Peli Handled Most Of The Production Duties To Finish Making The Movie In A Week

    How was it possible for Peli to shoot an entire feature film in just one week? The first-time filmmaker took on most of the production duties himself, working day and night to get the project done in seven days:

    We were shooting at night, shooting at day and as we were shooting, I was constantly reviewing the footage, editing it myself to make sure everything worked fine. And in some cases I had to apply the visual effects while we were shooting for scenes while Katie and Micah were reviewing the footage. So I had to capture the video, do all of the processing, lay in the visual effects so the characters could view it on their laptop. It was an intense week.
     

  • DreamWorks Planned To Remake Peli's Original Cut on Random Facts About Making Of 'Paranormal Activity' Most People Don't Know About

    (#2) DreamWorks Planned To Remake Peli's Original Cut

    Paranormal Activity was purchased by DreamWorks in 2007. The studio planned for the raw, low-budget movie to get remade with a bigger budget and Peli still behind the camera. When the studio screened the horror flick for a test audience to attract perspective screenwriters to the project, though, they changed their mind.

    In the middle of the screening, several audience members left. But it wasn't because of boredom or dislike for the film; they were too scared to stay. Based on those reactions, the studio opted to not re-shoot the movie, but use Peli's original film with a few alterations - including a new ending.

  • Peli Spent A Year Researching And Preparing For Principle Photography on Random Facts About Making Of 'Paranormal Activity' Most People Don't Know About

    (#9) Peli Spent A Year Researching And Preparing For Principle Photography

    The actual production of Paranormal Activity only took seven days. But Peli spent a year in the pre-production phase doing research for the movie. He directed, edited, mixed, and cast the film himself. Peli also says he spent the year getting his house in San Diego prepared for filming:

    I read a lot of books on the subject. Many interviews, accounts of exorcisms and stories about haunted homes. All accounts on the topic, so now I have a large library about every angle of haunting, possessions and exorcisms. There are even some good TV shows. So, yes, I got my hands on everything. From my research, I learned the more violent entities are demonic. We wanted to be as truthful as we could be.
     

  • There Is Virtually No Blood Or Gore In The Movie on Random Facts About Making Of 'Paranormal Activity' Most People Don't Know About

    (#10) There Is Virtually No Blood Or Gore In The Movie

    Though Paranormal Activity is horrifying to watch, it doesn't contain much blood or gore. There is no boogieman like Michael Myers or slasher like Freddy Krueger. Peli's horror movie is terrifying because of what the viewer doesn't see. As Peli explained:

    I really love movies like The Others and The Sixth Sense, too. Movies that are subtle, not so over-the-top, or gory. I like atmosphere and slow plot build.

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    (#7) The Trailer's YouTube Release Became Another Marketing Home Run

    The producers of Paranormal Activity can thank YouTube for much of their box office success. In yet another marketing home run, the filmmakers cut a trailer for the horror movie and released it on YouTube, which drew millions of views.

    The trailer intercut clips from the movie with shots of horrified audience members watching the film during a test screening. Their genuine reactions only added intrigue to the already buzz-generating horror movie.

  • Peli Didn't Write A Script Before Filming on Random Facts About Making Of 'Paranormal Activity' Most People Don't Know About

    (#12) Peli Didn't Write A Script Before Filming

    Much like The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity did not use an actual script. The director auditioned a few hundred actors before casting Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat as the lead characters. But neither really knew any details of the story before production, according to Peli:

    There was no dialogue. There was only an outline of the story, the actors never received any script. They didn’t know about anything they were getting into. All they knew is they were going to do something about a haunted house and basically discovered everything as they were shooting. There were no lines for them to follow. Everything was spontaneous.
     

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Paranormal Activity is a suspense and horror film, directed by Oren Peli, and released in the United States in 2007. The film describes a story about a young couple who is troubled by the supernatural phenomena at home, they decides to take all the incredible horror phenomena with a hidden camera. Paranormal Activity is a remake of this home video tape, and it will definitely make you dumbfounded.

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