The Backstory of the thriller 'Fall' with a cost of 20 million and a box office of 80 million+

The film follows best friends Becky and Hunter stranded in a disused 2,000-foot radio tower. They tried to survive dizzying heights in the face of bad weather and shortages.

However, this movie which cost three million dollars to produce was shot, and the two heroines also released a behind-the-scenes documentary on ins.

By now, the film has earned more than 10 million US dollars at the box office, which is surprising.

Here's a look at how the low-cost thriller was created:

01 The Source of inspiration

The original idea of the film director Scott Mann was to make a short film when he was working on "Final Score".

"The idea for a film about fear of heights came to us while we were filming "Final Score" at a stadium in the UK," the director told Radio Times.

02 The scene of the high tower

The director believes finding a tower in the American desert is the key.

The first thing for the crew was to choose a specific location as the centerpiece. After much deliberation, they settled on the disused B67 television tower in California—the fourth tallest building in the United States.

"We looked at a lot of buildings and mountains. Eventually, we found this tower. It's all over 2,000 feet. We were very excited." the director explained.

While they were able to use the actual tower for the shoot, most of the production still had to happen elsewhere. The director and his team spent weeks figuring out how best to shoot the film.

In the process, they considered a lot of options, including using the LED virtual screen used in "The Mandalorian" to display the digital environment.

However, the director finally decided to make a real shot.

"At the beginning, I knew that I didn't want to shoot with a green screen, but it would be more realistic to shoot with an LED virtual screen, but even so, the air, the light, the wind in the sky, these factors, these are very difficult to fake. If shooting in a studio, the budget will be 50 million to 100 million US dollars. It is difficult to raise funds for the film.”

So the team ultimately decided to build the upper part of the tower on top of a mountain. By the height and location, the actors would look like they were thousands of feet up in the air.

The director said of the next: "Finding the right spot up high became a task. It was time-consuming. We were traveling all over California, and it was during the pandemic, so we just drove, drove, drove. Go to these random remote locations and try to get in there. A lot of them have radio masts and things on the top of the mountain."

In the end, the prospector found the perfect spot while searching on Google Maps.

03 The Deep Fakes Technology

After the production of "Fall" was completed, Lionsgate Pictures obtained the North American distribution rights of the film. The producer did not have a guarantee. The film performed well in previews. But the two girls said a lot of f*ck in the process of climbing, and the film was rated "R". So Lionsgate Pictures ordered the crew to delete f*ck words or artificially change what they say "f*ck" to something acceptable to pg -13, like "freak", that it could be rated PG-13 for added profit.

Since reshooting these scenes was time-consuming and expensive, director Scott Mann found Flawless, an AI company established in 2021. The Deep Fakes technology they used was familiar to movie fans, especially Star Wars fans. Leia and Tarkin in "Rogue One" all used similar techniques to change their faces.

Fortunately, the "deep fake" was completed in two weeks in the final stages of post-production, according to the director.