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Kevin Smith          Kevin Smith is a prime example of the kind of person in my industry that I aspire to be like. His card is in set upigent, but he walks the fine rake between funny and outright offensive. I admire him for his ability to tell a story using people, instead of effects and a large budget.     Kevins first movie, Clerks, had a budget of around $27,000 (Kevin Smith). The entire germinate was dingy and white, and the only effect that had on the movie was to further highlight how obscenely drab these QuikStop clerks daily lives were. Despite the tiny budget, Kevin showed off his sense of humor and told an involving story using barely anything but the characters. This movie was the birthplace of Jay and his hetero-life-mate soundless Bob, who are now well known after their appearances in several(prenominal) of Kevins other movies. This film ended up getting into the Sundance Film Festival, and tickets for it exchange out before the festival started. There were people outside scalping tickets. This was the flatten and crews first inkling that the movie might just make it. (Brian OHolloran) The film was bought by Gramercy after the festival.     Mallrats was Smiths second film, they went back to Gramercy for this one, and were offered a budget of 6 million dollars. Kevin actually fought against this size budget because he saw no need for that much, "Why? Its just a little picture ...