Whether the budget of the film is high or low, the message can be portrayed with the same success rate. The higher the budget, more details can be added, for example, in post production more money can be directed towards adding effects, which could then add more detail to the text. Also higher budget films can afford a more relevant set, and can also be more adaptable, which will make the film look more professional, and the audience will be able to take the film a lot more seriously.
Hot fuzz explores action and comedy, therefore it can appeal to a larger audience, and therefore be more popular. Hot Fuzz also relies on the film institution's reputation to be a sucess, for example "from the makers of shaun of the dead...".
Higher budget films also have the option to use a wider varity in cameras, for example the CCTV camera shots in the opening of Hot Fuzz.
Higher budget films can also afford more established, hollywood actors, who have a good reputation, which will also make the audience want to watch the film, if they are fans of the actors, which could widen the audience, by drawing in these high-end actors' fan bases.
As well as being able to afford well established actors, higher budget film institutions can afford a well established post production team, which will add the special effects of the films, if they use a post production team that isn't well established, they might not have enough experience to create an effective film.
Although low budget films can look more realistic, High budget films can afford extras in scenes, to make the scene come to life, and look more realistic. Higher budget films can explore more genres, through the means of costumes, Choreography, sets, effects, ect. By having variety of different genres, there will be a wider audience potential.
Low budget films target a smaller audience, as they normally stick to one kind of genre, usually realistic drama. By sticking to just one kind of genre, this will limit the success rate, and narrow the audience viewing. Although by sticking to this one genre, they can focus more on it, and add more detail to their text.
One of the ways low budget films make their films so realistic, is by using natural props, such as the use of natural lighting, or the use of improvised scripts, also not much, (if any) make up is used, this also cuts down on the costs.
Low budget films will often use sets which do not require any changes, for example in 'This is England', the director decided to use a small estate, which hasn't changed much from the 1980's, and all was needed, was the 1980's props, which he got from ebay really cheap, as they didn't work, or simply outdated. This added a realistic vibe, and by using props which are really within the budget range, it could appeal to the working class, which is where most of the audience will be based, therefore this could cause the film to have a higher success rate. In 'Hot Fuzz', the director decided to have the actors equipped with guns, and police costumes, which would cost more money.
In 'This is England', the director decided to use unestablished actors, which added a sense of realism, because the audience most likely haven't seen them in anything before, therefore they could apply the text they are in, exclusively to the actors.
In 'Dead Man's shoes', the use of camera is sometimes unsteady/handheld, which makes the audience feel that they are in the movie, so they can apply themselves to what's happening on screen.
In conclusion, I think that lowe budget films are for a specific audience, and are probably fans of independent movies, which could effectively narrow the audience views. I think that higher budget films have a wider target audience, as they contain a variety of different genres, and also well known actors, and appealing trailers, including "from the makers of..", which will make the audience want to see the film, if they have previously seen the makers of the other film.
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